Making of a Contract under Contract Act- Read Essentials for a lawful agreement
‘Contract’ is a bilateral transaction between two or more than two parties. Every contract has to pass through several stages beginning with the stage of negotiation during which the parties…
How investigation is done under CrPC? – A Brief
The Code of Criminal Procedure provides not merely for judicial enquiry into or trial of alleged offences but also for prior investigation thereof. Section 5 of the Code shows that…
Partition under Mitakshara School
INTRODUCTION The word partition basically means bringing joint status to an end. Before codification of Hindu succession act, 1956 the ancient schools of Hindu law i.e. Dayabhaga and Mitakshara, regulated…
Arrest and Detention under CPC- Constitutional Validity
A modern Shylock is shacked by law’s humane hand-cuffs.- Justice Krishna Iyer An appeal was filed by Judgement debtor against the order of detention passed under Order 21, Rule 37…
Gian Kaur v. State of Punjab (1996)- The question on the ‘Right to Die’
‘Gian Kaur v. State of Punjab (1996)’ is the case when the Supreme Court examined the Constitutional Validity of Section 306 (Abetment of Suicide) of IPC. The facts of the…
Are Departmental Proceedings and Police Investigations Different in Criminal Law?
The standard of proof required in recording a finding of conviction in a criminal case and in a departmental proceeding are distinct and different. Whereas in a criminal case, it…
Can a Mohammedan by means of a Family Settlement relinquish his right of spes successionis?
In the case of ‘Shehammal v. Hasan Khani Rawther (2011)’ Supreme Court had occasion to consider this question. The court had three questions to consider in this case, which are…
MahaRERA: De-registration of Real Estate Projects
Introduction The Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016 (for short, “RERA”) which came into force on 1st May, 2017 has been enacted in the larger public interest for the…
Sub Judice- Section 10 of the CPC
Section 10 of the Code which is relevant for the purpose reads as follows: “10. Stay of suit.- No Court shall proceed with the trial of any suit in which…
The principle of lost grant
The principle of lost grant is a presumption which arises in cases of immemorial user. It has its origin from the long possession and exercise of right by user of…