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Right & Dignity of Dalit   The term ‘Dalit’ is a Marathi word and literally means ‘ground’ or ‘broken to pieces.’ The term ‘dalit’ is to be understood as a synonym to “Scheduled Caste&rd..

For ten vociferous years, strident Hindutva activists complained bitterly that their brothers were converting to other religions, mainly Christianity. Six states tried to stem this purported tide by legislating against religious conversion. With the change of political dispensation in Delhi last summer, those who complained about conversions commenced conniving w..

IMPORTANCE OF HUMAN RESOURCES.   Management of non-performing asset (NPA) is one of the foremost challenges of the banks and financial institutions. Most of the time while finding solutions to this issue, the more important aspect of human resources is being side tracked an..

With the advent of cyberspace, the number of online scams are on the rise and online recruitment scams being a major cyber crime with rising statistics.   A typical scam email or advertisement will mention a spoofed email id of a reputed company and will either..

Legal Delays: Who Is To Be Blamed? Advocates, Judiciary or the Public?   img alt="Advocates, Judiciary, Public, Supreme court," src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=26bcc02443..

If you are a victim of an online credit card scam, then you can seek redress and relief under cyber laws.  In the recent judgement of December 2014 by Adjudicating Officer, Information Technology Act, 2000 in the case of Bal Kishen Rai.v. PNB & Ors., the Court held , that even if a victim divulges his own password by mistake in a phishing scam to a cyber..

India’s Aviation Security legal regime is broadly based on four Special legislations besides General laws flowing from Indian Penal Code and Code of Criminal Procedure. Aircraft Act 1934 provides basis for framing relevant rules which have been done under Section 4 (dealing with Rule making to implement Provisions of Chicago Con..

Cases in the grey area between negligence and manslaughter need more attention   On a day when one reads about the humanity of the late Justice Krishna Iyer and then reads about man’s inhumanity to man, it upsets the mind. In the case we read, the victim was just..

Readers   are aware that endeavours  to bring in a new law to replace..

What is Force Majeure?   Force Majeure (FM) is a civil law concept that has no real meaning under the common law. However, force majeure clauses are used in contracts because the only similar common law concept ­ the doctrine of frustration ­ is of limited application because for it to apply the ..

THE SPECIAL GENDER?   Last month, on my way back from the court, I stopped at a red signal, nothing special…. but what I encountered kind of changed my view about the special gender. Wonderi..

This legal maxim demands that a litigant must not wilfully mislead the courts and justice   “In its order, the apex commission also said that ‘it is well settled that if any litigant approaches any judicial fora by making false assertions in its complaint an..

"….Then was born the Law (Dharma), the doer of good. By the law the weak could control the strong." Brihadaranyakopanishad    “…….When there is a conflict between law and equity; it is the law which is to prevail. Equity can only suppleme..

What are some valid grounds of complaint against your neighbour? Remember Playboy? The one with the hedonism mantra and the centre-spreads? Well, it carried articles on some other topics too. Here’s one: A very devoted missionary goes into deepest Africa to spread the word of the Gospel. R..

Companies Act, 2013: An overview   The Companies Act, 2013 (2013 Act), enacted on 29 August 2013 on accord of Honble Presidents assent, has the potential to be a historic milestone, as it aims to improve corporate governance, simplify regulations, enhance the interest..