THE Guardian and Wards Act, 1890 (GWA), the 116-year-old Indian legislation plays spoilsport. A whopping 12 million orphan children in India need parents but the law does not allow Muslims, Christians, Jews and Parsis to become their adoptive parent ..
In the WTO Work Programme on Electronic Commerce, Electronic Commerce means the production, distribution, marketing, sale or delivery of goods and services by electronic means and are, therefore, covered by the concept of ‘electronic commerc ..
The term "charter party" stands for the contract between the owner of a vessel and the charterer, which is the one that takes over the vessel for a certain amount of time or voyage. When there is an agreement or contract to carry some goods or provid ..
On 1 September, 2009, the Supreme Court of India , in CIVIL APPEAL NO. 7687 of 2004, passed an order stating that " there is a special remedy provided in Section 7-B of the Indian Telegraph Act regarding disputes in respect of telephone bills, ..
I will not be voting this time. I know, I know. It is supposed to be every citizen's fundamental duty to vote during elections. Time and again we are reminded of the importance of our votes, how our votes count, how we can make a difference to ..
Who is required to get registered as a VAT Dealer under Punjab VAT Act 2005? Every person, except a casual trader and one dealing exclusively in goods declared tax free, whose gross turnover during the year exceeded the taxable quantum, as provided ..
Section 15 of PVAT Act 2005 deals with the Net Tax Payable by a taxable person. Sub section 1 of Section 15 provides that the output tax under PVAT Act shall be adjusted from the Input Tax Credit for determining Net Tax Payable by a taxable Person. ..
SOME ROUGH NOTES (JUDICIAL CULTURE OF ‘CUT-PASTE’) ARVIND JAIN ‘Bigotry’ with ‘Jugglery’ Dr. Arijit Pasayat, Hon’ble Justice of Supreme Court (now retired), in State of Karna ..
The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 Its completeness and need for amendment[1] [N. Ajith, Advocate, High Court of Kerala, Ernakulam] Indian legal system is the product of history. Rooted in our soil, it is nurtured and nourished by our c ..
HUMAN RIGHTS & JUDICIAL ACTIVISM: THE INDIAN EXPERIENCE By Achuth Kylas Student, School of ..