Is it good for a judge to read the case entirely? Justice Khosla recounted his interesting experience on it
G. D. Khosla was the judge of Panjab High Court who was also one of the judge who decided the case of Mahatma Gandhi’s Murder. He also headed the committee…
Whether Dar-ul-Qaza is a parallel court and Fatwa has any legal status?
This question came for the decision in Vishwa Lochan Madan v. Union Of India (2014), In this case, the petitioner objected the establishment of darul-Qaza and the binding force of…
Wasim Rizwi approached the court for removal of Aayats but what court said in such type of petitions?
The Court cannot sit in judgment on a holy book like Koran, Bible, Gita and Granth Sahib.
Origin of legal maxim Nemo tenetur sciepsum tenetur- No one can incriminate himself
Latin Maxim ‘nemo tenetur sciepsum tenetur’ literally translated means, a man cannot represent himself as guilty. This rule prevailed in the Rabbinic courts and found a place in the Talmud…
Development to the doctrine of contributory negligence and its applicability to India
The distinction between tort and crime belongs to comparatively mature age of civilization and social order. The English had applied the common law rule of plaintiff’s contributory negligence in India…
Motor Accident Claims: Origin of law and Jurisprudence
It is said that road accidents are one of the top killers in our country, especially when, the drivers operate indiscriminately and/or haphazardly. This proverbial recklessness often persuades the Court…
Doctrine of Loss spreading in Tort Law
This approach suggests that a proper function of tort law should be not so much the shifting as the distribution of losses typically involved in modern living. Acceptance of this…
Laws on Film censorship in India
Legislation on the censorship of films in India In 1952 a consolidating Act was passed and it is Act 37 of 1952 (amended in 1959 by Act 3 of 1959)…
New Abortion Rules Under the Medical Termination Amendment Act, 2021
India’s amended abortion law still gives doctors, not women, the final say in terminating pregnancy. India’s move comes at a time when the landmark Roe v. Wade in the Supreme…
Why Khosla Committee constituted?
The Government of India appointed a Committee on March 28, 1968 to enquire into the working of the existing procedures for certification of cinematograph films for public exhibition in India…