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…
A Tale of Four Cities: When pre-censorship was first challenged in India
This was the case of khwaja ahmad abbas. (K A abbas v. Union of India). K.A. Abbas was a journalist, playwright and writer of the short stories and also the…
Book Review: 26/11 Bravehearts
If you want to read specifically about 26/11, then this book is not good recommendation for you but if you want to read an inspirational story of an Indian Soldier,…
Origin of censorship in India
Films began to be exhibited in India at the turn of the last century and film censorship took birth in 1918 when the Cinematograph Act, 1918 (2 of 1918) was…
The case when renowned writer Mulk Raj Anand had to give analysis of a novel as a witness
Mulk Raj Anand’s name is read in the line of great English writers of India. His notable works are considered ‘untouchable’, ‘coolie’, and ‘two leaves and a bud.’ Mulk raj…