Category: Blog
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Much Ado About Taxing: A Legal Scrutiny Of Amazon’s Dispute With Tax Authorities In Karnataka
By Archishman Chakraborty, Symbiosis Law School, Pune. In September, 2014, the Tax authorities in Karnataka barred Amazon India from selling electronics and several other products from its warehouse in the State, by cancelling the licences of third-party merchants who were working with the local unit of the world’s largest online retailer. Notice was served to more than…
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Role of Local Self Government
Local Self-government is the management and governance of local affairs by a local body or authority. These local bodies may be municipal corporations or panchayats. According to D. Lockard, local government may be loosely defined as a public organization, authorized to decide and administer a limited range of public policies within relatively small territory which…
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Development Redefined: Analysis of Kerala Development Model
By Yashika Jain, National Law University, Delhi. “To achieve as much as Kerala has done for a population of its size is no mean record in world history.” —Amartya Sen The debate on economic policy has never been as riveting as it is today, based on the choice between the two ideal models of growth…
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Is the Evidence Law in India all set to be overhauled?
By Maithili Parikh, Government Law College, Mumbai. The Indian Evidence Act was originally passed by the Imperial Legislative Council in 1872 and contains a set of rules and allied issues governing admissibility of evidence in Indian Courts, an area of law of unparalleled importance in advocacy and litigation. The enactment and adoption of this code of law…
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Distinction between Theft, Extortion, Robbery and Dacoity
By Ranjana Maharda, National Law University, Jodhpur. Introduction: Theft, Extortion, Robbery and Dacoity are offences in criminal law affecting the property of a person, defined in Sections 378 to 402 of the Indian Penal Code. On a prima facie basis they seem to be very much similar to each other, but on a closer look…
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Perusing Section 125 of Criminal Procedure Code 1973
By Swarnalee Halder, Department of Law, Calcutta University. What is the provision under Cr.P.C. regarding maintenance? Under Section 125 Cr.P.C, the following persons are entitled to claim maintenance: Wife (From husband), Minor children (From father), Children with mental or physical disability (From father), Parents (From son).
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Importance of law firm internships in the life of a law student
By Akash Agarwal, Amity Law School, Noida. Ignorance is the curse of God; knowledge is the wing wherewith we fly to heaven.-William Shakespeare As rightly pointed out by the legend of literature that with the power of knowledge, one can have access to the doors of heaven. It is not only he, who recognised the importance and…
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The Debacle on Special Category: The Curious case of the State of Andhra Pradesh
By Saurav Das, School of Law, Christ University. A political party before coming to power usually makes lots of promises to the people of the state so that they can acquire majority of votes at the Center and also in the State Legislative assemblies. We will trace the same story in this piece of article.
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Inherent Powers of a Civil Court under C.P.C.
By Priyanka Agarwal, Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut. The word “Inherent” is very wide in itself. It means existing and inseparable from something, a permanent attribute or quality, an essential element, something intrinsic, or essential, vested in or attached to a person or office as a right of privilege1. Hence, inherent powers are such powers which…
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Tips for Internships in India
By Amit Agrawal, IMS School of Law, Dehradun. Internships, the first thing we strive to do in order to know the practical aspects of our legal field, to fulfill the mandate of our Law schools and also to improve our curriculum vitae. This article is, in particular, with respect to my experience of internship with an…