No person shall be deprived of his life or personal liberty except according to procedure established by law.~Article 21 Introduction The right to life is certainly the most fundamental of all human rights. Life is necessary for the enjoyment of all other rights. Indeed, other rights seek to improve the quality of life and dignity of individuals. To put it another way, other rights have the goal of making life better. Hobbes placed a premium on self-preservation, and one of t

Introduction Human rights are rights we have simply because we exist as human beings - they are not granted by any state. These universal rights are inherent to us all, regardless of nationality, sex, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, language, or any other status. They range from the most fundamental - the right to life - to those that make life worth living, such as the rights to food, education, work, health, and liberty. The Universal Declaration of Human Right

Introduction Protests are a vital aspect of the civil, political, economic, social, and cultural life of every society. Protests have a long history of inspiring social change and human rights progress, and they continue to do so around the world, helping to define and preserve civic space. Protests help citizens become more engaged and well-informed. Allowing citizens to directly influence public policy which in turn is a key component of representative democracy. People and

Introduction Judicial Review, in the most widely accepted definition, refers to the courts' authority to consider the constitutionality of acts by government organs (the executive and legislature) and declare them null and void if they violate or are inconsistent with the Constitution's fundamental principles. Although the Indian Constitution makes no explicit provision for judicial review, it is an integral part of our Constitution. The Theory of Judicial Review's primary ob

The Sapru Committee in 1945 suggested two categories of individual rights. One being justiciable and the other being non-justiciable rights. The justiciable rights, as we know, are the Fundamental rights, whereas the non-justiciable ones are the Directive Principles of State Policy. Articles 36-51 under Part-IV of the Indian Constitution deal with Directive Principles of State Policy (DPSP). They are borrowed from the Constitution of Ireland. They are also referred to as ‘ins

Background In the case Google Spain SL, Google Inc v Agencia Espaola de Protección de Datos, Mario Costeja González, the Spanish judiciary ruled in favour of the right to be forgotten in 2014. (2014). The case revolved around a newspaper advertisement in La Vanguardia for Costeja's forced property sale in 1998, which was required to settle a social security debt. Costeja contacted the newspapers in 2009 after a search for his name brought up the old announcement. Costeja cont