Indian Journal for Research in Law and Management

Advancing Law and Management

ISSN No. : 2583-9896

We Trusted You!

A warm welcome and greetings to the reader, through this paper, we intend to study what defection is, how it affects a democracy and how nations try to tackle it. In a democracy, people elect their leaders. This is one of the basic features of democracy. India is a significant subject of examination because it […]

THE EROSION OF A SAFEGUARD: PREVENTIVE DETENTION AND THE UNFINISHED PROMISE OF ARTICLE 21

Preventive detention occupies a peculiar place in Indian constitutional law: it is the one power by which the State may confine a person without charge, trial or conviction, and it is written not into a temporary emergency statute but into the fundamental-rights chapter of the Constitution itself. This paper argues that the constitutional safeguards surrounding […]

THE EROSION OF A SAFEGUARD: PREVENTIVE DETENTION AND THE UNFINISHED PROMISE OF ARTICLE 21

Preventive detention occupies a peculiar place in Indian constitutional law: it is the one power by which the State may confine a person without charge, trial or conviction, and it is written not into a temporary emergency statute but into the fundamental-rights chapter of the Constitution itself. This paper argues that the constitutional safeguards surrounding […]

Legal Aid as a Tool for Enforcing Workplace Safety: A Study of Sexual Harassment Laws in India

Sexual harassment at the workplace remains a grave violation of women’s fundamental rights to dignity, equality, and safety. Despite the enactment of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013, significant implementation gaps persist due to fear, stigma, procedural barriers, and institutional failures. This paper critically examines India’s legal framework […]

Gendered Criminal Law and Exclusion: How the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, Fails to Address the Needs of Men and LGBTQ+ Victims

India recently overhauled its entire criminal legal framework by enacting new criminal laws, namely the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, and Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam. The primary purpose was to decolonize and depart from the existing criminal law framework by making it more liberal and victim-centric in nature. This paper aims to analyze such […]

Impact Of Uttarakhand Uniform Civil Code on Inheritance Laws in India

In 2024, the Government of Uttarakhand enacted the Uniform Civil Code (UCC), which represents an important advancement for succession law in India by creating one set of rules for all individuals regardless of their religion or any other classification. The purpose of this paper is to highlight the effects that the UCC will have on […]