Introduction: Human tendency of speed, which is taking money faster than repaying for it. From childhood until now, I have gone through various institutions such as schools & colleges (finance department), banks, gyms, etc usually are speedy in receiving money. But when there is duty associated with them in giving Read more…
Introduction In order to learn the rights and liabilities of partners in a partnership firm, it is important to lay down a foundation on the basics of partnership, which is a special contract in itself. Need and essentials for the special contracts A contract for a special objective, a particular Read more…
Introduction Child sexual abuse is one of the most growing concerns in India. Amidst, all the issues that have been coming up recently, we easily overlook some of the small issues of major importance. We don’t realize how badly such abuse can affect not only the child who has been Read more…
The Right to Information Act, 2005, having its roots entrenched in Part III of the Constitution is a basic democratic tenet. Right to Information branches out of Article 19(1)(a) of the Constitution of India. In the case of State of Uttar Pradesh v Raj Narain[1], the Hon’ble Supreme Court iterated Read more…
Introduction: The legal profession is a noble profession. Advocates are officers of the court. They play a vital role in the administration of justice. It’s a brilliant, attractive, peaceful and challenging profession. The advocate has to deal with a variety of human relations and have his mettle constantly tried from Read more…
Introduction: According to the latest reports, there are over 3.5crore[1] cases pending adjudication in the country. Litigation in India is a prolonged matter due to the availability of very limited resources, mainly the availability of lawyers or judges in the adjudication of the cases. The inability of the judicial or Read more…
Introduction: The world is progressing at lightning speed. With time, norms and lifestyle of people is also changing. The youth faces the brunt of this change the most. Many factors such as stress, peer-pressure, emotional and physical turmoil play a major role in pushing youths towards addiction-forming, such as drug Read more…
Introduction: In December, the Modi led BJP Government passed the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). This Act grants citizenship to refugees of every major South Asian (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Pakistan) religion; such as Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians except Muslims. In conjunction with a planned National Register of Citizens Read more…
Introduction The Wildlife Protection Act, 1972 (hereinafter mentioned as WPA) is an act which was passed by Parliament of India on August 12, 1972, but it was implemented later on September 9, 1972. The Wildlife Protection Amendment Bill was introduced in Rajya Sabha on August 5, 2013, which has the Read more…
Introduction: The Indian Forest Act, 1927 combined all previous legislation regarding forests and forest produce prior to the 1920s. The Act empowered the government and Forest Department to create Reserved Forests and to use them for government use alone. Important Terms Forest Offense: The offenses which are punishable under this Act or Read more…
Introduction: The term ‘estoppel’ has been derived from the term ‘allegals contraria non est audiendus’, which means a person alleging contradictory facts should not be heard. Principle of Estoppel was first used in the case of Pickar v. Sears[1], where the court stated that any person who by his words Read more…
Introduction: Before going through the topic of general defences in tort claims, let’s have a view on the meaning of the law of torts. So basically, the law of torts are civil wrongs. The word “tort” is derived from the Latin word ‘tortum’ which simply means ”to twist”. Thus the Read more…