The System of PIL: An Overview
On May 12, 2022, the Allahabad High Court dismissed a plea seeking the opening of 22 locked rooms of Taj Mahal, based on a petition that was filed by Rajneesh…
Ex Parte Suit- Proceeding Explained
Order IX Rule 6 (1)(a) lays down the procedure where after due service of summons, the defendant does not appear when the suit is called on for hearing. In that…
Confession- Explained
Confession- History Confession always brings back Harrision’s Case (1783) 1 Leache’s CC 264, where a woman and her two sons were executed for the murder of Harrision, who sometime afterwards…
Exemption of attendance from Trial Proceeding- Court’s Discretion
Kerala High Court Diary The general rule in criminal cases is that all inquiries and trials should be conducted in the presence of the accused, the principle underlying being that…
Forma Pauperis: Suits by Indigent Persons- Explained
Order 33 of the Code of Civil Procedure deals with suits by indigent persons whereas Order 44 thereof deals with appeals by indigent persons. Order 33 Order 33 Rule 1…
Options before the magistrate while taking cognizance of a case
Chapter XV (Sections 200 to 203) of the Code deals with “complaints to Magistrates”. Chapter XVI deals with “commencement of proceedings before Magistrate” and Sec. 204 enables a Magistrate to…
From Surat Court to Supreme Court- Timeline of Rahul Gandhi’s Case for Stay on Conviction
On 23rd March, 2023, Indian National Congress’s former President Rahul Gandhi was convicted by Surat court, for defamation in relation to his one statement against ‘modi surname’. However, He got…
An Analysis of Guj HC Decision on Stay of Conviction in Rahul Gandhi Defamation Case
On 23rd March, 2023, Indian National Congress’s former President Rahul Gandhi was convicted by Surat court, for defamation in relation to his one statement against ‘modi surname’. However, He got…
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…
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…