Appointment and promotion and roster points vis-a-vis reservation
In R.K. Sabharwal v. State of Punjab the Constitution Bench of Supreme Court considered the question of appointment and promotion ...
Compartmentalized reservation and Overall Reservation in Horizontal Reservation
In Anil Kumar Gupta and others v. State of U.P. and others (1995) 5 SCC 173, a bench of two ...
Supreme Court Judgments touching Upon Horizontal Reservation
The supreme Court first clarified the concept of Vertical and Horizontal Reservation in the case of Indra Sawhney and Others ...
Vertical and Horizontal Reservation- Difference
In Rajesh Kumar Daria etc. v. Rajasthan Public Service Commission and others (2007) 8 SCC 785, a bench of three ...
The Proportion between Crime and Punishment
This is an excerpt from the judgment State of Karnataka v. Puttaraja. The law regulates social interests, arbitrates conflicting claims ...
The Power of the Governor to appoint District Judge
The power of appointment of persons to be District Judges conferred on the Governor, meaning the State Government, under Article ...
Charge under Section 100 of Indian Contract Act and its distinction with Mortgage
Under Indian Contract Act, the provision of charge reads as under: - "100. Charges.- Where immoveable property of one person ...
Equitable Mortgage- Provisions under Indian Law and Procedure of Creation
There may be instances where the parties agree to mortgage a property as security, but no formal charge or conveyance ...
Nature of an Equitable Mortgage
Under the English Law, the two primary ways for creating an 'equitable mortgage' is either (i) by deposit of the ...
The Concept and Origin of Equitable Mortgage
Under the English Law, broadly there are two kinds of mortgages; (i) a legal mortgage and (ii) an equitable mortgage ...
Are GPA Sales Valid? – The Suraj Lamp Case
In Suraj Lamp & Industries Pvt.Ltd. v. State of Haryana & Anr. - 2009 (7) SCC 363], The Supreme Court ...
Re-Trial- Section 386 of CrPC, 1973
Section of the CrPC, 1973 "386. Powers of the Appellate Court .-After perusing such record and hearing the appellant or ...
Emerging need for a distinct Sentencing Policy in India
The 47th Report of the Law Commission of India , Report by the Committee on Reforms of Criminal Justice, Chaired ...
Ashburner’s Principles of Equity
Introduction In the study of equity, one name that always comes up is Walter Ashburner, the author of the classic ...
Sentencing under CrPC, 1973
"If the criminal law as a whole is the Cinderella of jurisprudence, then the law of sentencing is Cinderella's illegitimate ...
Elements of Fair Trial- Entering upon Defence by the accused
The CrPC, 1973, though a Code dealing with procedural law, is embellished with numerous substantive elements in it. The substantive ...
Elements of Fair Trial – Framing of Charges and Fixing dates for Examination of Witnesses under CrPC, 1973
The CrPC, 1973, though a Code dealing with procedural law, is embellished with numerous substantive elements in it. The substantive ...
Elements of Fair Trial- Discharge under CrPC 1973
The CrPC, 1973, though a Code dealing with procedural law, is embellished with numerous substantive elements in it. The substantive ...
Elements of Fair Trial- Supply of Documents to accused under CrPC 1898, and 1973
The CrPC, 1973, though a Code dealing with procedural law, is embellished with numerous substantive elements in it. The substantive ...
Presumption of Innocence and Speedy Trial
Unless a statute indicates otherwise, a criminal trial would commence with the presumption of innocence. This principle is of utmost ...