Understanding Laws ( ´∵｀)
Describe the controversial law and unpopular law with the help of an example.
A situation where the Parliament passes laws that turn out to be very unpopular. Sometimes a law can be constitutionally valid and hence legal, but it can continue to be unpopular and unacceptable to people because they feel that the intention behind it is unfair and harmful. Hence people might criticize this law. In a democracy like ours, citizens can express their unwillingness to accept repressive laws framed by the Parliament. When a large number of people begin to feel that a wrong law has been passed, then there is pressure on the Parliament to change this. For example, various municipal laws on the use of space within municipal limits often make hawking and street vending illegal. No one will dispute the necessity for some rules to keep the public space open so that people can walk on the pavements easily. However, one also cannot deny that hawkers and vendors provide essential services cheaply and efficiently to the millions living in a large city. This is their means of livelihood. Hence, if the law favors one group and disregards the other it will be controversial and lead to conflict.
What do you know about Hindu Succession Amendment Act, 2005?
According to Hindu Succession Amendment Act 2005, sons, daughters and their mothers are entitled to equal share of family property.
What do you understand by Equality before Law?
Equality before law means that everyone is equal before law and no person is exempt from the jurisdiction of law. Rich and poor, educated and illiterate, powerful and weak, all are equal before law. In India, they cannot discriminate between persons on the basis of their caste, religion, gender, class, ideology, etc.
What was Sedition Act 1870?
It was as arbitrary act passed by the British government. According to it government could arrest any person protesting or criticizing it.
When was the Rowlatt Act passed?
On 10th March, 1919 by British parliament.
Who makes laws for the country ?
Our representatives in the parliament make laws for the country which are implemented by executives.
When was The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act passed?
The Act was passed in the year 2005.
Mention the ways in which the Indians played an important role in the evolution of rule of law during the colonial period.
There were several ways in which Indians played a major role in the evolution of the rule of law during the colonial period. Indian nationalists began protesting and criticizing this arbitrary use of authority by the British. They also began fighting for greater equality and wanted to change the idea of law from a set of rules that they were forced to obey, to law as including ideas of justice. By the end of the nineteenth century, the Indian legal profession also began emerging and demanded respect in colonial courts. They began to use law to defend the legal rights of Indians. Indian judges also began to play a greater role in making decisions .
