Category Case Laws
Coins have been in use since time immemorial and are the currency type that is most used. The Indian coin is specified as the metal stamped in section 230 and issued by the Government of India to be used as… Continue Reading →
The theory was “The King can do no wrong” under English Common Law, and thus the King was not responsible for the wrongs of his servants. But the status of the old Common Law theory was altered in England by… Continue Reading →
Equality before law is one of the basic principles of liberalism. Thus, law should make sure there is no discrimination among the individuals or group of individuals. Article 7 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) states: “All are… Continue Reading →
A charge sheet is a final report to prove the allegation of a crime in a criminal court of law prepared by the investigation or law enforcement agencies. The report is effectively submitted by the police officer to prove that… Continue Reading →
India, most widely known as the land of spiritual beliefs, intellectual thought, and culture, has also been the birthplace of a number of religions, some of which also remain in this period. ‘Religion’ is a question of preference, interpretation and… Continue Reading →
Prophet Muhammad once said “Only an honorable man treats women with honor and integrity and only a vile and dishonorable man humiliates and degrades women.” Women have come a long way from being treated as trade to now holding a… Continue Reading →
Extrajudicial Confession is a confession made out of court, and not as a part of a judicial examination or investigation. Such a confession must be corroborated by some other proof of the corpus delicti, or else it is insufficient to… Continue Reading →
CORAM: Court Name: The Supreme Court of India. Equivalent Citations: (2014) 5 SCC 438. Petitioners: 1. National Legal Services Authority (NALSA), Poojaya Mata Nasib Kaur Ji Women Welfare Society, Laxmi Narayan Tripathy. Respondent: Union of India. Bench: Justice K.S.P. Radhakrishnan,… Continue Reading →
Background The plaintiff is a famous boutique apparel designer brand in India. The defendant is also a famous apparel designer and manufacturer in India. Both companies design attractive contemporary ethnic wear creative fusion fashion. The plaintiff filed a suit against… Continue Reading →
M/s. Centrotrade Minerals And Metals Inc. vs Hindustan Copper Ltd[1] … Continue Reading →
Employees play a major role in growth of any organization. Payment of gratuity by an employer is a mechanism devised to recognize the efforts of employees who remain associated with the organizations for a long period of time and also,… Continue Reading →
Media became a boon to enlighten people and make them more aware and concerned about the whole world. The democracy has essentially three pillars viz., legislature, executive and judiciary. Media has become the fourth pillar of the democracy. It highlighted the social, economic,… Continue Reading →
A cause of action, in law, is a set of facts sufficient to justify a right to sue to obtain money, property or the enforcement of a right against another party. It also refers to the legal theory upon which… Continue Reading →
Introduction:- An organised crime which is normally hidden from the world, and continues under the garb of religion and social tradition, is never easy to tackle. We are here referring to, Devadasi System. Generally, people don’t know how this crime… Continue Reading →
Each one of us have practiced yoga at some point of our time in one form or another. Yoga is not only physically helpful but also mentally. It lowers blood pressure, body weight and also lowers the risk of heart… Continue Reading →
In 1992, Bhanwari Devi, a dalit woman employed with the rural development program of the Government of Rajasthan, was brutally gang raped on account of her efforts to curb the then prevalent practice of child marriage of a one-year old… Continue Reading →
A dying declaration is a statement made by a declarant, who is unavailable to testify in court (typically because of the declarant’s death), who made the statement under a belief of certain or impending death. The statement must also relate… Continue Reading →
Introduction In general, the right to be free from secret surveillance and to determine whether, when, how, and to whom, one’s personal or organizational information is to be revealed. In specific, privacy may be divided into four categories Physical: restriction… Continue Reading →
Design Infringement and Passing Off Passing off was once considered to be a common law remedy available only to trademarks. But, an inclusion of the scope of passing off to designs leads to various interesting debates and questions in the… Continue Reading →
INTRODUCTION Constitution of any country basically gives the details regarding the fundamental or basic or apex organs of government and administration which describes the structure, composition powers, functions and duties and other relevant information. 1 In a similar way, the… Continue Reading →
INTRODUCTION In general legal terms, ownership of property may be private, collective, or common, and the property may be of objects, land or real estate, or intellectual property. Determining ownership in law involves determining who has certain rights and duties… Continue Reading →
INTRODUCTION Every court is constituted in order to deliver and administer justice among the parties and therefore, must be deemed to possess all such powers as may be necessary to do full and complete justice to the parties before it…. Continue Reading →
INTRODUCTION In Indian society, the women are given status of Devi the Goddess and in order to protect them from violence and being victim of offences the Indian Parliament is trying its best to enact different laws and from time… Continue Reading →
INTRODUCTION Happily, the modern Hindu Law of succession is much simpler law than the old Hindu Law. The Hindu Succession Act, 1956 kays down a uniform law of succession for all the Hindus. Old Hindu law and customary law of… Continue Reading →
Investment Arbitration in India is undergoing a sea of change as the bilateral treaties entered into have broad ambiguous provisions which enable the foreign national to bend and mould the provisions according to their whims and fancy. If the government… Continue Reading →
INTRODUCTION A crime is definitely a crime if it affects a human being both physically and mentally. Around us, there are hundreds of crimes getting executed every day without any result to solve out those. The legislature is making the… Continue Reading →
INTRODUCTION According to the general definition, Marriage is a state of being united to a person of the opposite sex as husband or a wife in a consensual and contractual relationship recognized by law. When it comes to Hindu Law,… Continue Reading →
INTRODUCTION To start with first we have to look that what this word marriage means. ‘Marriage is the voluntary union for life of one man and one woman to the exclusion of all others.’ It is a social institution where… Continue Reading →
INTRODUCTION In today’s world, we are facing a big crisis in the form of crime. Crime is increasing day by day and at a greater level. It is necessary to emphasize here that crime rate against women is very high…. Continue Reading →
Investment Arbitration in India is undergoing a sea of change as the bilateral treaties entered into have broad ambiguous provisions which enable the foreign national to bend and mould the provisions according to their whims and fancy. If the government… Continue Reading →
Anuradha Samir Vennangot v. Mohandas Samir Vennangot Facts The petitioner wife got married with the respondent husband in April 2013. The petitioner was a divorcee wife while the respondent was a bachelor. In 2013, some misunderstanding developed between them and… Continue Reading →
HoneyBen Ashok Bhai Patel vs. State of Gujarat Facts Rakeshkumar Bhavsar got married with respondent No. 2 in 1995 and had two children with her. He died in 2001 and 9 years after that, respondent no. 2 got married to… Continue Reading →
Introduction The case of Kesavananda Bharati v. State of Kerala is perhaps the most well-known constitutional decision of the Supreme Court of India. While ruling that there is no implied limitation on the powers of Parliament to amend the Constitution,… Continue Reading →
Introduction The case of Maneka Gandhi vs Union of India is considered as a landmark judgement due to its significant role towards the transformation of the judicial view on Article 21 of the Constitution of India that further let to… Continue Reading →
Indian legal system is often under great scrutiny by media and public, in general. The judges and courts are often blamed for things like wrong, biased judgements and verdicts, corruptions etc. The legal system in any country has many loopholes,… Continue Reading →
Introduction The 2G Spectrum Scandal, one of the biggest financial scams of the contemporary era, involved the alleged corrupt sale of telecommunications bandwidth to selected organisations at prices that understated the real market value of the asset in 2008. The… Continue Reading →
Introduction Golak Nath vs State of Punjab, or simply the Golak Nath case, was a 1967 Indian Supreme Court landmark case, in which the Court ruled that Parliament could not curtail or limit any of the Fundamental Rights in the… Continue Reading →
The Indian Evidence Act, originally passed in India by the Imperial Legislative Council in 1872, during the British Raj, contains a set of rules and allied issues governing admissibility of evidence in the Indian courts of law. The enactment and… Continue Reading →
Case Comment: State of Madhya Pradesh vs Madan Lal
Dilution or outright waiver of punishment if a rapist offers to marry his victim is an extra-legal step, one that is not written into law anywhere. But it continues to be entertained because the internalization of stigmatization is wide-spread, and… Continue Reading →