“Women are exempted from payment of court fees. The language of the notification is clear & explicit. The word ‘woman’ has not been pre-fixed by any adjective. It takes with its sweep the woman of any status or nationality.” The Orissa High Court has clarified that all women, regardless of nationality or status, are eligible
Author: Ms. Ambuja Jain, ICFAI Law School, Dehradun. JUSTICE ADARSH SEIN ANAND Hon’ble Justice AdarshSeinAnand was the 29th Chief Justice of India, succeeding Justice Madan Mohan Punchhi. He was appointed as CJI on 10 October 1998 and served till 31 October 2001. He was appointed by President K. R. Narayanan. Before being appointed as CJI, he
About the Competition Amity Law School, Amity University, Haryana proudly announces its 4th National Moot Court Competition from 8th – 10th March 2019. It is a fine medium for future legal counsels to engage comprehensively in intricate deliberations to frame their arguments in context with the proposition and learn the art of advocacy to polish their skills. Eligibility All students enrolled
Author: Paresh chandra saw, Law College Dhanbad. Introduction: The expression burden of proof is defined in section 101 of the Indian Evidence Act 1872 in these words: When a person is bound to prove the existence of any fact it is said that the burden of proof lies on that person. The question is which out
JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE ACCUSED OF DISREGARDING MADRAS HIGH COURT ORDERS- JUDGES CONVINCED THAT HE IS GUILTY OF CONTEMPT OF COURT. Author: Shrestha Banerjee, National Law University and Judicial Academy, Assam. The Madras High court issued statutory notice to S .Gopinathan, a metropolitan magistrate in the city of Madras who was accused of contempt of court. High court justices
41 Leading Cases Decided in 2017-18. Author: Mr. Krishna Murari Yadav Assistant Professor, LC-I, Faculty of Law, University of Delhi, Delhi. 41 Leading Cases Decided in 2017-18. Download This Article in PDF for Free Click Here. Join for 1-month online Internship with us, Apply for the month of February.
Author: Geet Jain, Indore Institute of law, Indore( M.P). Introduction: Merger takes place when two similar sized firms’ entities come together and form a new entity is called merger. When a larger firm buys smaller firms which becomes a subsidiary of it in a target entity is called acquisition, merger provides India had a great year in 2018 in
LOKSABHA PASSES THE MUSLIM WOMEN (PROTECTION OF RIGHTS ON MARRIAGE) BILL, 2018 Author: Bollu Nikhila, D.S. National Law University, Visakhapatnam. Loksabha passes the Muslim women (protection of rights on marriage) Bill, 2018. The main objective of the bill is to repeal the “The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) ordinance 2018 which was brought after the Supreme
Author: Kanak Bansal, Faculty of Law, Banasthali Vidyapith. Justice S. Abdul Nazeer Justice S. Abdul Nazeer is currently a judge of Supreme Court who assumed his office on 17 February 2017. He has been a part of several famous and important judgments. Early Life He was born on 5 January 1958 at Beluvai (near Moodbidri)
A sessions court judge was allegedly assaulted by an assistant prosecutor in court premises here in Maharashtra on Wednesday, a police official said. The incident took place around noon outside a lift on the seventh floor of the district sessions court, he said. Senior civil judge K R Deshpande alleged that assistant public prosecutor D
Author: Kritika Goyal, Amity Law School, Delhi (GGSIPU). Introduction: Cheque Bounce is a term used in common parlance to refer to issue of dishonour of cheque. We deal with cheque’s every day; it is one of the most widely used instruments for negotiation. What is even more common are the cases of Cheque Bounce and recovering
The recent order of the Union Ministry of Home Affairs authorizing ten security and intelligence agencies to intercept, monitor, and decrypt information has been challenged in the Supreme Court. The order, issued on December 20, has been challenged by Advocate ML Sharma as being illegal, unconstitutional and contrary to public interest. One of the grounds of the challenge
Author: Abhishek Upadhyay, Amity Law School. Customers are the most important visitor on our premises, they are not dependent on us, we are dependent on them. They are not an interruption in our work. They are the purpose of it. They are not outsiders in our business. They are part of it; we are not
“An Executive Magistrate has no role to play in directing the police to register an F.I.R. on basis of a private complaint lodged before him.” – SC The question as to whether an executive magistrate is competent to direct police personnel to register an FIR as per the Code of Civil Procedure was considered by a bench of Justices Rohinton Fali Nariman and Navin
