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This is the threat to the independence and worth of the human personality- a threat to the meaning of human life. Nothing threatens freedom of the personality and the meaning of life like the words, poverty, terror. But there are also indirect and slightly more remote dangers. One of these is th..

You are a person in your fifties and have taken a life insurance policy with an annual premium of Rs.5,00,000/-. You wanted the policy to mature over a period of four years and when you approached the insurer after four years for the maturity benefit, you were in for a shock of your life – the insurer states that the policy you had taken was for life and not for..

Sociologists have lone demonstrated interest in deviant behavior, examining it in a wide variety of interpretive contexts and institutional settings. In recent years, they have shown particular attention to work-related deviancy and crime constituent to various occupation and work system. Curiously, they have largely tended to ignore the unique configurations of ..

That no man of what estate or condition he be, shall be put out of land or tenement, nor taken, nor imprisoned, nor disinherited, nor put to death, without being brought in answer by due process of law. Statute 28 of Edwards III, 1354 How much more pleasant life would be, if we did not have laws/ we would have all the freedom t..

A person or person’s no matter how small: An Introduction Age determination is of paramount importance to find out whether the accused falls under the purview of the Juvenile Justice Act. Juvenile is a person whose age is below 18.  Juvenile Justice is a legal framework which defines justice for juv..

INTRODUCTION India has always been identified as a diversified country in religious, language and different traditions being followed in every nook and corner of the country. India is commended for its culture and traditions and other countries are expressing their willingness to adopt our culture, but still there ..

Chapter - I 1. INTRODUCTION: Law has wider scope in all the filed, for easier understanding it has been enveloped itself into two blocks i.e. Substantive law and Procedural law. The name itself denotes its nature and functions are distinct from each other but bo..

Chapter I 1.1. Introduction: One of the fruitful things that is given by Britain to India, during her reign was the laws of the British legal system especially the concept of criminal justice system and its related legislations. Our a style="color:blue" ta..

In May 1975, Japanese shipowners issued a writ against Greek charterers, claiming various sums of hire owing for three ships that had been chartered by the defendants. The plaintiffs feared that the charterers would take steps to remove their funds from the jurisdiction of the English courts, and so effectively negate any judgment eventually entered against them. ..

>>> “There can never be any straight jacket formula or fixed parameters for determining the mental cruelty in matrimonial matters” >>> Important Ruling by High Court: Held that after mutually agreeing to divorce, withdrawal of consent by a spouse constitutes mental cruelty. p style="text-align:..

''The enemy doesn't stand a chance when the victim decides to survive''. One of the emerging and accepted concepts over the last decade which has gained legitimacy in legal and psychological spheres in countries like Australia, New Zealand, United States, United Kingdom is the doctrine of Battered Woman Syndrome. The doctrine is applied to defend..

“A dissent in a Court of last resort is an appeal to the brooding spirit of the law, to the intelligence of a future day.”- CHARLES EVANS HUGHES in 1928. ALAN BARTH, a distinguished senior editorial writer on law and civil liberties with the Washington Post for almost 30 years, in his treat..

Supreme Court of India: Consent of Workmen is required in case of transfer of an undertaking (Establishment/Company). It is workmen’s right. >>> The Apex Court brings about a shift in the industrial jurisprudence in relation to workmen’s rights in case of transfer of an undertaking. p s..

This has to be the horror story of the year. American justice gone Wild West. And a sensible appellate court to the rescue.   Readers will recall an article in Moneylife, titled “Is Trapping and Entrapment the Same?”. Trapping is right and entrapmen..

(S.377IPC) FACTS 1. This writ petition has been preferred by Naz Foundation, a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) as a Public Interest Litigation to challenge the constitutional validity of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC), which criminally pena..