KEY TAKEWAYS The Supreme Court's Constitutional bench held in KS Puttuswamy v. Union of India that the right to privacy is a part of the right to live with dignity under Article 21 of the Constitution. Thus, right to privacy has now been elevated ..
KEY TAKEAWAYS The "Doctrine of Relation Back" states that an act performed at a later time is deemed to have occurred at a previous time by the law. The Civil Procedure Code, the Companies Act, the Registration Act, the Contract Act, and va ..
KEY TAKEAWAYS A person/suspect, usually least guilty, who is picked up with reference to a crime, or who is taken by the police for the purpose of giving evidence against his own colleagues is called as an accomplice or an approver. An accomplice&rsq ..
KEY TAKEAWAYS Under section 118-134 of The Indian Evidence Act,1872 defines who can testify as a witness, how they can testify, what remarks would be deemed testimony and so on. A credible witness is capable of giving testimony and worthy of belief. ..
While upholding the need to maintain the sanctity of the undertaking that one gives to obtain compassionate appointment, the Calcutta High Court which is also the oldest High Court in India in a learned, laudable, latest and landmark judgment titled ..
KEY TAKEAWAY An injunction is a legal process in which someone who has infringed or threatened to infringe on another's rights is barred from continuing or initiating the wrongful act. An injunction is an order against a person, in which restrain ..
KEYTAKE AWAYS It is under the sections 14 to 16 in The Hindu Succession Act, 1956 where matters related to the succession of property of Hindu females is delt with. Inherited property of a Hindu female dying issueless and intestate goes back to the s ..
KEY TAKEAWAYS Adultery is now seen as a civil wrong that has been decriminalized, although it was formerly regarded as a criminal offence. Adultery was earlier penalized under Section 497 of the Indian Penal Code, making it a criminal offence. Joseph ..
KEY TAKEAWAYS Negligence is the failure to take the care that a person is legally obligated to do given the circumstances. There are three aspects that make up negligence: a duty to care, a breach of duty, and damages. The maxim Res Ipsa Loquitur shi ..
KEY TAKEAWAYS When the performance of the contractual obligations is rendered impossible due to circumstances which are beyond the control of the contractual parties, the doctrine of frustration of contract, envisaged under Section 56 of the Indian C ..
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