This is where the 16 fundamental principles under Section 3 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 become important. Section 3 requires the authorities and bodies implementing the Act to be guided by these principles. They seek to ensure that a child is treated with dignity, heard in decisions affecting them, protected from discrimination and stigma, kept in institutional care ONLY as a last resort, and given an opportunity for rehabilitation and

What if the next legal term you encounter in a court order, property dispute, inheritance matter, criminal proceeding, or bank document has a direct impact on your rights, obligations, or financial interests? This guide introduces 25 more essential legal terms that every citizen should know.

What if the next legal term you encounter in a police station, courtroom, government office, or bank document has a direct impact on your rights, property, reputation, or personal liberty? This guide introduces 25 essential legal terms that every citizen should know. Explained in simple language and supported by relevant statutory provisions and practical examples, these concepts will help you better understand the legal system.

The Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006 (PCMA) is a Central legislation enacted to prohibit the solemnisation of child marriages in India. To provide protective, preventive, and punitive measures in relation thereto.

Few constitutional phrases have shaped Indian freedom as much as the selection between the terms “procedure established by law” and “due process of law.” These doctrines, though separated by only a few words, represent fundamentally different visions of the relationship between the State and the individual.

Rights form the backbone of a constitutional democracy. In India, the safeguarding of liberty, dignity, and equality is ensured through two complementary frameworks, namely., Human rights and Fundamental rights. Though these concepts have similar goals, they have a difference in terms of its origin, legal authority, and enforcement mechanisms.

Indian family law has traditionally conceptualised marriage as a union between spouses or families, while treating the child as a derivative subject whose legal relevance emerges primarily at the point of marital breakdown. This paper challenges that framing by foregrounding the child as an ever-present yet structurally invisible participant within the institution of marriage itself.

Administrative law serves as the backbone of public governance, regulating how government agencies exercise their powers and establish rules that affect citizen’s daily lives. At the heart of administrative law lie fundamental principles that safeguard individual rights while enabling effective governance. These principles act as guardrails, preventing arbitrariness and ensuring that governmental action remains within constitutional and statutory boundaries.

Every Union Territory is to be administered by the President. Acting through an administrator appointed by him with such designation as may specify. But this is subject to any law made by Parliament.

In every State, The High Court is the Head of the Judiciary. Below the High Court, in every State, there is a system of Subordinate Courts. All the control over Subordinate Courts in relation to posting and promotion of, and the grant of leave to, persons in the Judicial service of a State shall be vested in the High Court.