Rahul Ranjan

The legislation regulating dementia care must be constantly rethought from a human rights perspective to preserve the rights of people with dementia. By analysing the concept of autonomy, this paper attempts to review the Indian mental health care law for people with dementia (Mental Health Care Act, 2017 and RPWD) from a human rights perspective. …

India’s Mental Health Care Laws on Dementia: An Overview and Analysis Read More »

Traditionally, Unitary and Federal systems have held position as systems of ruling to strike a balance between the organs of government and citizens of a country. While the concept of ‘self-rule’ gives priority to territorial or personal sub entities of a pluralist nation, ‘shared-rule’ institutionalizes control over the relationship between sub entities and encompassing entity …

Will One Size Fit to Everyone? Accommodating Divided Societies in a Constitution: Theories and Experiences Read More »

To date, India does not have a data protection legislation that unlike its European counterpart, US, UK or UAE, where dedicated legislations are in force. India is also not a party to any convention on the protection of personal data except the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and The International Covenant on Civil and …

Financial Regulators and the Need for Data Privacy and Protection- Issues, Opportunities and Challenges Read More »

The former Greek Finance Minister, Yanis Varoufakis, commented on Brexit as an economic deal that has brought: “The worst threat for the European Union…slow deconstruction…it’s going to become irrelevant.” As the, unfortunate, refugee crisis has become a pebble in the shoe of the Balkan states and the East European countries with the abrupt and monstrous …

The Euro as the Common Currency: A Boon or a Curse for Europe? Read More »

Intellectual Property Rights are constituted as one of the exceptions to the market mechanism meant to offer incentives to the private sector in certain fields where competition and free access are not deemed to provide appropriate incentives for innovation and development and are considered as an important legal mechanism to foster economic development by subsidiary …

Intellectual Property Rights and Patent Laws in Indian Scenario in Relevance to Innovations and Licensing Policies Read More »

The Constitution of India embraces the principle of separation of power under the idea of constitutionalism which grants limited power to each functionary of the government. Upon the principle of constitutionalism, there is a doctrine of checks and balances which is operational in India, and it facilitates the smooth functioning of the system, as each …

Case Analysis on B.P. Singhal vs Union of India: A Check on Absolute Power of Executive Read More »

This paper examines the legitimacy of the basics of fundamental principles of customary international law (also referred in this paper as standards of protection of investment), to ensure equitable sharing of benefits in the investment conducts of natural resources between investors from developed economies (sometimes supported by their home countries) and resource rich developing economies. …

An Account on the Legitimacy of Fundamental Principles of Customary International Law in Natural Resources Development in Growing Host Economies: A Lesson from Tanzania Read More »

This work examined the impact of occupational Health and safety (OHS) regulations and management of occupational health and safety in selected oil and Gas companies in Nigeria. This work verified the state of enforcement of OHS regulations by extracting the striking issues that influences enforcement of OHS regulations in Nigeria. This was done by adopting …

Occupational Health and Safety Legislations and Management in Selected Oil and Gas Companies in Nigeria Read More »

The problem of male domination is acute in society in northern Cameroon. The strategy put in place by Muslim women through small commercial activities, associations and groups seems to be an effective tool in the fight against this power of patriarchy skillfully implanted in the mores of society. The objective of this work is to analyze the …

Analysis of Gender Relations in the Muslim Community in Northern Cameroon: Issues and Challenges of Decision-Making Perspectives within the Muslim Community Read More »

Earlier, Kings would recognise various rights and liberties of their subjects. As human thinking evolved, then we got to know there are some rights and liberties where we cannot compromise, we need to protect the state, result of this was first Magna Carta, Bill of Rights and finally the fundamental rights were consolidated. In the …

Analysis of Term State under Indian Constitution Read More »