Introduction: ‘Adultery’ has been derived from the Latin word ‘adulterium’ which means ‘to corrupt’. The dictionary meaning of adultery is the act of having sexual relations by a man with a married woman, to whom he is not married. But the legal definition of adultery is different in different cultures. Read more…
Introduction: Feminist jurisprudence is a legal theory that believes that law has been structured in a way that has led to the subordination of women. It is based on the social, economic, and political inequality of genders. Feminists believe that equality must not just be considered as simply a formal Read more…
Introduction The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, provides for two categories of magistrates, Executive Magistrate and Judicial Magistrates. The Court of the Executive Magistrate is the last in the hierarchy of criminal courts provided in the Code of Criminal Procedure and is under the control of the State Government. The Read more…
Introduction Trust is defined in the Indian Trusts Act, 1882 as a responsibility attached to the ownership of a property which is maintained for the benefit of another. Property is transfer by one person to another who manages it for the interest of the beneficiary. Therefore, there are three parties Read more…
Introduction An act which harms somebody’s reputation is termed as defamation. It is the act of saying false statements in order to make reasonable people have a negative opinion about a person or an entity. Libel and slander are two ways of causing defamation. Slander is when the defamatory statements Read more…
Introduction to Blockchains A blockchain is a series of records of data that cannot be changed and is managed by different computers. Blockchain is simply a system of recording information in different blocks. Its like a digital ledger of transactions. The information stored is available to all the systems on Read more…
Introduction The Fugitive Economic Offenders Act was passed in 2018 to prevent the economic offenders from escaping prosecution. It introduce new laws and addressing the issue of economic crimes. In India, there has been an increase in cases of economic offenders leaving the country. But the provisions in the existing Read more…
Introduction Disaster Management Act was enacted in 2005 to provide for effective disaster management and all related matters, and extends to the whole of India. In the common parlance, a disaster is interpreted as usually associated with a natural calamity like a cyclone or an earthquake but the Act provides Read more…