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SYNOPSIS INTRODUCTION This article provides section wise detailed analysis of the Specific Relief Act. ∙ This Act is considered to be in a branch of the Indian Contracts Act, 1872 that deals with the reliefs and recovery of damages of an injured person. li style="text-a..

DOCTRINE OF SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY Introduction Generally, a person is liable for his/her own wrongful acts, however, in some cases, vicarious liability may arise. This is when one person is held liable for another person’s act. Winfield explains vicarious liability as the liability ..

DEFINITIONS OF CONSUMER, GOODS AND SERVICES Introduction The Indian Constitution mandates that every individual should be treated equally without any discrimination, except as provided therein. In a market, both buyers and sellers enjoy equal rights and have equal obligations. But, wit..

KEY TAKEAWAYS  A Delhi court on Wednesday refused to halt the publication, sale, or distribution of former Union Minister Salman Khurshid's new book, 'Sunrise Over span style="color:..

KEY TAKEAWAYS The Bombay High Court has ordered the Maharashtra government to compensate a 28-year-old man who was detained despite a court order remanding him in judicial custody. The court has also called for an investigation into errant police officials. DETAILS li st..

KEY TAKEAWAYS The Kerala High Court observed the difference between ‘consent’ and ‘submission’ and held that simply because the victim was in love with the accused, it cannot be said that she had given consent for sexual intercourse. DETAILS. li s..

KEY TAKEAWAYS "We have decided to repeal three farm laws. We will finish the constitutional process to repeal the law in the upcoming Parliament session”, Prime Minister Modi said during a special address to the nation on Guru Nanak Jayanti. On Friday morning, Prime M..

KEY TAKEAWAYS The Apex court reaffirmed that the policy in effect at the time of the deceased employee’s death is required to be taken into consideration while considering appointment on compassionate ground not any subsequent schemes that came after the demise. DETAILS u..

In a very significant development, we saw just recently on October 12, 2021 that the Punjab and Haryana High Court in a brief, brilliant, bold and balanced judgment titled Bhagwant Singh Randhawa and another vs State of Punjab in CRM-M No.42685 of 2021 (O&M) directed in no uncertain terms the Director-General of Police, Punjab to not register FIR under the SC&am..

While dismissing the criminal revision plea of a convict who hit a bike in a rash and negligent manner thereby causing the death of two persons, the Gwalior Bench of Madhya Pradesh High Court has in a learned, latest, laudable and landmark judgment titled Devendra Valmiki Vs State of M.P. in Criminal Revision No. 2512/2021 delivered as recently as on November 2021 m..

In an Order passed in the case- Anandrao Vithoba Adsul v. Enforcement Directorate ,Govt. of India and another , delivered on October 14, 2021, a Bombay High Court division bench consisting of Justices Nitin Jamdar and Sarang V. Kotwal have reiterated the Supreme Court’s declaration in the case of M/s Neeharika Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd. v. state of Maharashtra &..

KEY TAKEAWAYS Section 303 of the Indian Penal Code provided for mandatory death sentence to people who committed murder while serving a life sentence. This provision was mainly enacted for the purpose of protecting the jail officials from the life convicts. It was enacted with k..

Farm Laws Will Be Repealed In Upcoming Parliament Session The farm laws, which were introduced last year and which had led to nationwide farmer protests would be repealed by the Central Government. The reason for such a step is that even though the laws were enacted for the benefit of farmers, the Government was not able to c..

KEY TAKEAWAYS The Supreme Court of India, while hearing two separate appeals filed by the Attorney General of India and the National Commission for Women, set aside the controversial ‘skin to skin’ judgement of the Bombay High Court. The Apex Court held that restrict..

KEY TAKEAWAYS Justice D.Y Chandrachud observed that, "there is no one identity for women as a group or a class. There are multiple identities within the large class of women for whom the law has entitled the conferment of rights. It is important for us to understand that there must be an intersectional approach t..