WHO CAN BE AN EXPERT WITNESS: DEFINITION, CHARACTERISTICS AND SCOPE OF DUTIES. The question of who can be an expert witness will best be answered by first knowing what an expert witness means. An expert witness can be anyone with advanced knowledge and experience of a particular discipline beyond that expected of a novice. The duty
Author: Pranjjall Sharma, Law Student, 3rd Year [email protected] “Woman branded a witch, nose chopped off in Bihar.” “Dalit girl’s death, cops suspect human sacrifice.” “Man arrested for human sacrifice, skeletons found at his house.” “Father sacrifices his own daughter to attain greater wealth.” How does reading these headlines make you feel? Angry, agitated or disgusted with
Dowry practice in India Author: Dhruvi Bambal, DU. Marriages have been the part of our civilization since time infinite. Economics of dowry runs on the transmission of wealth from one family to the other. In the bride-wealth, a shift of the money/ wealth from the family of the husband to the house of the girl for
How can an unmarried couple book a hotel room in India without creating a ruckus or bribing the hotel staff? Author: Shrestha Banerjee, National Law University and Judicial Academy, Assam. “Unmarried couples can be in a live-in relationship, check-in to hotel rooms and do whatever they want. There are no laws and restrictions on it.”– Taj Hassan,
Author: Mr. Krishna Murari Yadav Assistant Professor, LC-I, Faculty of Law, University of Delhi, Delhi. Question 1 (UP J Mains) – What is First Information Report? What is its evidentiary value?1 Question 2 (UP J Mains) – Distinguish between Police Report and FIR. Question 1(LL.B. DU 2017) – What is the first information report?
Author: Harshit Sharma, B.A. LL.B.(Hons.), 4th Year, Amity Law School, Amity University Madhya Pradesh. Introduction We are living in the arena of waves & technology, where we all are connected with the help of computers and networks, which are known in common parlance as ‘Cyber-Space’. The biggest problem of this cyber-space is the anonymous character of
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
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: 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
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
Rationalization of GST- Slashing of the 28% tax bracket. Author: Shrestha Banerjee, NLU, Assam. The 31st GST Council brought much relief of the middle class, the GST council on Saturday, 22 December 2018, as it depreciated the tax slabs on 23 commonly used goods and services, making them more affordable to the masses. Further, goods such
Author: Ishu Deshmukh, HNLU Raipur. PRIVACY MEANING According to Black’s Law Dictionary “right to be let alone; the right of a person to be free from any unwarranted publicity; the right to live without any unwarranted interference by the public in matters with which the public is not necessarily concerned”. EVOLUTION OF PRIVACY Earlier, it was
Miscarriage Author : Anshu Singh, University Of Mumbai Law Academy. Miscarriage is technically understood the expulsion of the ovum or embryo from the uterus within the first six weeks after conception; between that time and before the expiration of the sixth month, when the child may possibly live, it is termed abortion. When the delivery takes place
