As quoted by Dr. Abdul Kalam, ‘Corruption is one of the greatest impediments on the way towards progress for developing country like India’. The Prevention of Corruption Act was enacted by the Parliament in 1988 in order to thwart corruption practices in government agencies. Constitutional principles of equality and justice are the guiding forces of the Act. The Act penalises the dishonest pecuniary gratification to public servants other than legal remuneration by any person. The Act covers ‘corrupt’ acts as bribe, misappropriation, obtaining a pecuniary advantage, pos­sessing assets disproportionate to income and like illegal flow of money and kind. According to Section 2 of Prevention of Corruption Act following persons are considered as public servants: I.      Any person in the service or pay of the Government or remunerated by the Government by fees or commission for the performance of any public duty II.      Any person in the service...

Judicial review has been a part of our democracy in this constitutional government for over 200 years. Under the Indian Constitutional state is under the prime responsibility to ensure justice, freedom, liberty and equality in the country. In order to prevent state from escaping its responsibilities the constitution has granted inherent powers to judiciary to keep a check on the state function. In this content, judiciary is considered as the guardian and protector of Indian Constitution and supervises the implementation of fundamental rights and duties in the country. Article 13 read with Articles 32 and 226 of the Indian Constitution gives the power of judicial review to the higher judiciary to declare any legislative, executive or administrative action as void, if it is in contravention with the constitution. In the case of L. Chandra Kumar V. Union of India it has been held that power of judicial review is a part of basic structure of the Indian Constitution. The emergence of...

“Hope doesn’t require a massive chain where heavy links of logic hold it together. A thin wire will do…just strong enough to get us through the night until the winds die down.” Amidst the neoteric virus these wisdom words of Charles R. Swindoll abet us to maintain the calm within ourselves. In the name of COVID-19 a respiratory illness has come to put the whammy on the entire world and is ravaging the entire human race. The virus emerged in the Wuhan city of China in December 2019 and as a new year jinx has travelled across more than 70 countries. The demon interestingly seems to be unbiased towards people in terms of caste, class, place or religion and a cosmic adorner of nature. The hellion has the capacity to make people sit idle for days who used to rant of not having a minute to breathe and to make people hygiene freak for whom bathing only on festivals was a ritual. The virus paid its visit to India in the month when everyone celebrates love and has consequentially forced us ...