RLR Volume I Issue I | RostrumLegal

An analysis on the status of Armed Forces Special Powers Act in North-East India

Introduction: The Armed Forces Special Powers Act, 1958 (28 of 1958) was basically brought forward as an immediate measure to control the insurgency problem in North-East India and came into force on 11 September, 1958.[i] The act was modelled on the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Ordinance promulgated by the British Government in 1942 to control …

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Value Creation Through Mergers and Acquisition

1. INTRODUCTION The corporate sector in India has seen a considerable growth of mergers and acquisitions since the 1990’s & it’s a business strategy today for Indian corporate. The two main objectives behind any Merger & Acquisition (Hereinafter as M&A) transaction, for corporate were found to be: (i) improving revenues and profitability; and (ii) faster …

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Summary Dismissal in Labour Laws: Need To Reform Existing Laws in India

Historical Background[i] The history of labour legislation in India is naturally interwoven with the history of British colonialism. The industrial/labour legislations enacted by the British were primarily intended to protect the interests of the British employers. Considerations of British political economy were naturally paramount in shaping some of these early laws. The earliest Indian statute …

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Rule of Law and South Asia: A View from the Top

Introduction: The term ‘rule of law’ is used as opposed to the concept of ‘rule of man’. The primary meaning of rule of law is that the ruler and the ruled must be bound by the same law. Rule of law in some form may be traced back to Aristotle, and has been upheld by …

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Role of Mediation in the Arena of Human Rights Dispute

Mediation has a long history in international relations, and over time the practice has made inroads into other forms of conflict – labour, business, family, and community disputes – and recently into public policy-making, including environmental issues. Mediation is a distinct form of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), which is consensual, non-adversarial, non-adjudicatory and non-litigative. It …

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The Right to Kill: The Case of the Battered Women

Abstract The current law of self-defence within the definitions of the Indian Penal Code is so narrowly defined, that it fails to argue for the case of battered women, who have lost the basic integrity to function as an autonomous individual. The paper calls for a review of the doctrine of self-defence so as to …

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