Book Review: Before Memory Fades…
This chronicle of a prominent legal person of the Indian legal arena is the best read for the lawyers and law students if they really want to know the best…
When court accepts plea of insanity under section 84 of IPC?
The accused may rebut it by placing before the court all the relevant evidence-oral, documentary or circumstantial, but the burden of proof upon him is no higher than that rests…
Book Review: The case that shook India
If someone asks me to review this book in one line, I would tell that it is literally a ‘complete document’ of one of the most important cases of Indian…
Case Excerpt: Nine Major problems in Indian Prison system
In a case Shri Rama Murthy vs State of Karnataka (1996), a prisoner sent a letter to the supreme court on the grievance of jail matter, to which court admitted…
Origin of Law: Why does law Exempt lunatic person from Punishment?
The test of legal insanity under Section 84 IPC is whether the accused, at the time of the commission of the criminal act, was so afflicted by unsoundness of mind…
How to do Amendment in Pleading?
Rules of procedure are intended to be a handmaid to the administration of justice. A party cannot be refused just relief merely because of some mistake, negligence, in- advertence or…
What is Pleadings?
The law of pleading may be tersely summarised in four words; "Plead facts not law." Thus, existence of a custom or usage, intention, waiver or negligence, are questions of fact…
Be a legal Caricaturist: We are inviting submission
It is a proven fact that drawing broadens our imagination, especially when we draw something without any picture or visual of that. But when you have many thoughts in your…
What are the Law of Medes and Persians?
the laws of Medes and Persians were the laws that were unalterable according to established custom of that time. Lion’s den story mentioned the unalterable nature of laws first time…
What is the Doctrine of Restitution under CPC?
The doctrine of restitution has been enunciated, equating with an obligation on the party to the suit, which has received the benefit under a decree, which has been set aside…