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Errors of Judgment-Cost and Consequences

  Revathy Dhamodharan   21 May 2015 at 17:32

ERRORS OF JUDGMENT-COST AND CONSEQUENCESM.L.JosephManaging PartnerM/s.Chennai Law Associates A historical judgment came to be delivered by Hon�ble Judge Mr. John Michael D�Cunha on 27th September 2014 which halted the continuance of the ..


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Judicial custody vs. Judicial responsibility

  Carlisle Collins   11 May 2015 at 17:45

Here�s some food for thought:Are Remanding Judges and courts morally and legally responsible for the safety and well being of persons in Judicial Custody? Are they under any obligation to ensure the safety and well-being of persons held in thei ..


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Stay in corruption trials-judicial apathy?

  Harsh Vardhan   04 May 2015 at 12:12

The Supreme Court of India on 1.5.13 stayed criminal proceedings before the Judge, Prevention of Corruption Act, Karnataka where the current Minister for Energy in the Karnataka Government, Mr. D K Shivakumar was one of the accused persons. Another a ..


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A travesty of justice?

  Carlisle Collins   01 May 2015 at 18:48

The Right to privacy is guaranteed by the Constitution of India Article 21 (hereinafter referred to as the "Constitution"). The Supreme Court in the case of R. Rajagopal v. State of Tamil Nadu (1994 SCC (6) 632) directly linked the right ..


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Evidence Act: Confessions and Admissions

  aastha   02 March 2015 at 10:46

The Indian Evidence Act, 1872 section 17-30 deal with the provisions related to admission and confessions and there relevancy. Section 17 defines admission. According to the section an admission is a statement made by a person. The statement to be c ..


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Media trials

  deepaksaini   26 February 2015 at 10:55

IN BALI, Police arrested nine Australians accused of drug smuggling with a so-called �Enforcer�, was believed that the said enforcer is �God-Father� of the smuggling ring. On other side lawyers for two of nine A ..


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Protection to employees from corruption

  P V Namjoshi   23 February 2015 at 13:20

ON one side the Supreme Court and other courts are trying to curb corruption but it appears that the governments are givi ..


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Contempt of Court - Self idolization

  R Trivedi   13 February 2015 at 11:29

Recently an MLA was sent to 4 weeks imprisonment by the Apex Court for calling a sitting High Court Judge as fool. The question is under which law this MLA was punished�..The answer is that there is ..


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Uber Rubbish

  Ranjeev C. Dubey   17 December 2014 at 11:31

Untitled 1 The tragic rape of a girl in an Uber cab triggered the usual tryst with unreality. The Delhi Government�s Transport Department immediately �banned� internet cab aggregators- including Uber, Taxi-for-Sure and Ola- from o ..


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Is the criminal justice delivery system succumbing to fearless accused more than the hapless victims?

  AASHISH M DAFARIA   25 November 2014 at 10:55

Are you sleeping in peace everyday ?? Aren't you afraid ?? I was sleepless last night. I was questioning myself whether we are safe here ? Two brutal murders in last 2 days and almost same kind of incident happened. One in Kolathur area and ..


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