Category: Blog
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Death caused by Negligence
By Saurav Das, School of Law, Christ University. Humans, by their nature itself, often divert from the boundaries of righteousness that they have set up for themselves. These diversions can be caused due to mistake, or they may even be deliberate and intentional. These acts invite various penalties, which too are the yielding of our mind.…
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Condonation of Delay
By Ranjana Meharda, National Law University, Jodhpur. One of the most vexed and worrying problems in the administration of civil justice is of delay.[1] Delay in disposal of cases can cause severe problems in the justice delivery system of the country, including blurring of memory and difficulty in presentation of evidence.[2]
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Abetment of an Offence
By Priyanka Agarwal, Chaudhary Charan Singh University. Abetment is an offence only if the act abetted would itself be an offence punishable under the Indian Penal Code or under any other law for the time being in force. Chapter V, Sections 107 to Sections 120 of the Indian Penal Code,1860 are related with abetment. When several persons…
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Understanding Summary Suit
By Swarnalee Halder, Calcutta University, Department of Law. Nature and scope Order 37 provides summary procedure in suits based on negotiable instruments or where the Plaintiff seeks to recover debt or liquidated amount. The essence of summary suits is that the Defendant is not, as in an ordinary suit, entitled as of right to defend…
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Fazal Dad v State of Madhya Pradesh
By Hita M. Agarwal, WBNUJS, Kolkata. Here’s an interesting Power Point Presentation, prepared by our Research Intern, on one of the important cases related to Citizenship, i.e., Fazal Dad v State of Madhya Pradesh. Read here
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Quasi Contracts
By Ritu Rathi, Jindal Global Law School. Quasi Contracts or Constructive Contracts are a binding obligation, implied by law, by which a party is obligated to another party in a situation where no legal contract actually exists. The creation of such a contract can be ordered by courts in order to avoid unjust enrichment and ensure…
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Rights of an Arrested Person: An Explanation
By Ranjana Meharda, National Law University, Jodhpur. Mayhaps every prisoner looks at the dawn and views with anguish, the empty spaces which are used to fill his world. Imprisonment may strip him of certain facets of life. However, such rights, as human dignity require and circumstances justify, must be granted to him. The problems must be identified…
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Balaji Raghavan v Union of India
By Rashmi Singh, ILS Law College, Pune. Go through this interesting Power Point Presentation to understand the landmark judgement on Article 18 of the Indian Constitution.
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The Law of Injunction
By Saif Rasul Khan, Government Law College, Mumbai. The law of injunction in India has its origin in the Equity Jurisprudence of England from which we have inherited the present administration of law. The injunction is an equitable remedy,[1] that is, a remedy that originated in the English Courts of Equity. An injunction is a “judicial…