Saqib Rasool Bhat

On 11 August 2023,  the Government of India proposed a new draft of the criminal code of India. Since coming into the public domain, the said draft has sparked heated debate and controversy. According to the government version, the proposed draft would “overhaul” the criminal codes drafted and enacted by the colonial rule of the British, which, in turn, would be a significant step in the direction of decolonization.

By Mohd Rehan and Saqib Rasool Bhat After the advent of National Law Schools in India, the legal profession has become one of the most desirable professions in India. The visionary statement released by the Bar Council of India for the year 2011-2013 stated that the Indian legal profession today consists of approximately 12 lakh registered advocates, around 950 law schools and approximately 4-5 lakh law students across the country.

Despite exhausting all the available remedies, science seems to have failed to combat this fatal virus. There are more than half a million infected cases and around 40k deaths and counting. Italy which has the second best medical healthcare facilities has seen the worst of all and recorded the largest number of fatalities. Amidst this global health emergency, that the world is struggling to contain, Kashmir, the most volatile part of the world, is still waiting for highspeed internet.