civil law

The Domestic Violence Act, 2005 giving protection to women from domestic violence is a step in right direction. By including the unmarried sisters, mothers, widows, etc. in the list of women facing domestic violence the Act has ensured full proof protection to the harassed women. B..

What is Mass Torts? In brief, ‘Mass Torts’ can be explained as ‘Such activity of the defendant, the harm caused by which is wide and a large number or sector of society gets affected simultaneously’. In ot..

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHIWP (C) No. 19133 of 200409.04..

   IN THE HIGH COURT OF CALCUTTA F.M.A. No. 474 of 2005 FONT face=Ve..

Apropos your article on the above subject appeared in your esteemed newspaper on June 12, 2008.  I, having worked as Officer in State Lower and Higher Judiciary for over 32 years I want to project some practical aspects in th..

The article/paper aims to study the binding nature of the foreign judgments i.e. judgments given by the courts in foreign countries and the scope and object of section 13 of C.P.C. Also the project describes the conditions under which the judgments given by any foreign court creates the rule of estoppel or res judicata...

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SELF HELP THROUGH CONSUMER PROTECTION Dr. Sheetal Kapoor** “A customer is the most important visitor on our premises. He is not dependent on us. We are dependent on him. He is not an interruption in our work - he is the purpose of it. We are not doing him a favour by serving him. He is doing us a favour by giving us the opportunity to serve him”, said Gandhiji. Consumers today want val..

  PROCEDURE FOR REGISTRATION OF CO-OP. SOCIETIES ..

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The Government has amended sections 2 and 14 of the Atomic Energy Act, 1962 through the Atomic Energy (Amendment) Bill, 2015, which would enable Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL) to form joint venture companies with other Indian PSUs to meet the additional funding requirements for further expansion of our nuc..

The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has given its approval for signing and ratification of the agreement on mutual legal and judicial cooperation in civil and commercial matters with Oman.  The salient features of the proposed agreement are:  i. Service of judicial order..

Agreement on legal and judicial cooperation in civil and commercial matters for service of summons, judicial documents, commissions, execution of judgements and arbitral awards between India and Afghanistan    The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has given i..

The President of India has promulgated the Citizenship (Amendment) Ordinance, 2015 on January 06, 2015 with immediate effect which provides for the following amendments to the Indian Citizen Act, 1955:    • At present one year continuous stay in India is mandatory for Indian Citizenship..

  The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, today gave its approval for establishment of the Clean Ganga Fund (CGF).    The following broad activities wil..