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‘Evidentiary Value of WhatsApp Messages’

  In today's era of information technology the focus of country is on digital India. Use of science and technology by criminals, in commission of crime, is increasing day by day and to deal with such crime and criminals, it is very important that the investigating agencies must be aware and trained about such technologies. Collection of scientific evidence is important aspect of crime investigation, police officers involved in collection of direct evidence, are hardly trained in collection of scientific evidence. Another issue is that there is neither specific guideline of court nor any specific law to deal with scientific investigation. By the Information Technology Act, 2000 certain amendments were done in Indian Evidence Act, 1872 in regard to admissibility of scientific evidence; however that is subject to some condition laid down in the Act. During investigation investigating agencies collect a number of scientific evidence like tape recorded conversation, mobile communication...

Educational qualification in election: Need of time

Election is considered backbone of democracy, as this is the real power which is in the hand of common people. So called representatives of the people after being elected they do not remain the same. Once candidate is elected it is the political party agenda that decide their role in the democracy. Which portfolio they will carry is all upon the winning party. Eligibility to any particular portfolio in the democracy was not fixed by the framer of the constitution keeping in the mind that a person even from the lower class of society may hold higher portfolio. But the misfortune of the country is that the real intention of the constitution framer is behind the wall and even an illiterate candidate may hold the portfolio of education minister and may frame the education policy for the higher degree for which he has zero knowledge. Framer of the constitution did not fixed minimum educational qualification for being elected in Lok sabha or Rajya sabha with the thought that after the indepe...