Month: September 2015
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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…
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Universal Recognition of Seafarers’ Identity: An Astute Development
By Yukti Makan, Symbiosis Law School, Pune. The International Labor Organization (ILO) is a specialized Agency of the United Nations, established in 1919. It is a tripartite organization, in which representatives of governments, employers and workers take part with equal status. The Seafarers’ Identity Convention was originally formed in 1958, but was later revised in 2003…
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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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Moral Policing in India
By Priyanka Agarwal, Chaudhary Charan Singh University. Moral police is a term which some vigilante group and police use to cover their actions which they perform in order to protect the deemed morality and Indian culture. The moral policing instead of becoming a good thing has become more like a trend which some vigilant groups and the…
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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…