Salient features of the 60th amendment of the Indian constitution* Introduction A constitutional amendment modifies a polity’s, organizations, or other sorts of entity’s constitution. Frequently, amendments are included directly into the pertinent portions of an existing constitution. On the other hand, they can be added as extra additions (codicils) to the constitution, modifying the form…
View detailsWhen someone engages in illegal acts, money laundering refers to the financial operations in which they attempt to conceal the revenues or origins of these activities. For instance, a person could invest in a company in an effort to conceal the proceeds from drug sales. Financial watchdogs and law enforcement personnel are educated to seek…
View detailsINTRODUCTION We have seen people using the word ‘Hurt’ so casually and all of us have own way of understanding it and putting it. In Indian penal code we have separate section to define what is hurt? and who is called hurt? Normally it is used as pain caused emotionally and physically. In Indian penal…
View detailsIntroduction A fiscal charge known as “stamp duty” must be paid to the government in India for any documents that create a title or any other interest in the property, including business contracts. States also have their statutes and regulations, even though the Indian Stamp Act of 1899, a significant piece of legislation, oversees transactions…
View detailsEarlier, the Constitution (Fifty-First Amendment) Act, 1984 provided reservation of seats for the Scheduled Tribes of the following four North-Eastern states: Nagaland, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh, in the Lok Sabha and the Legislative Assemblies of Nagaland and Meghalaya. This was done by suitable amendment of Article 330 and 332 of the Constitution. The aim…
View detailsPortuguese controlled large part of the Western Coast of India since the early 16th century. However, with time, continuous wars and the rise of English East India Company in the 18th century and later the establishment of Crown rule in 1858 over the majority of Indian subcontinent, the Portuguese were left only with Goa. Even…
View detailsEstablished in the year 2004, on November 18, the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU-IND) is a subsidiary of the India’s Ministry of Finance. The FIU-IND is tasked with the responsibility of gathering information and facts about the offenses which fall under the category of money laundering as per the Indian laws. It communicates all its findings…
View detailsSalient features of the 59th Amendment of the Indian Constitution* Introduction: The country’s rulers expect the constitution to serve as a form of mass anesthesia. ‘In an emergency, we have assumed the authority to suspend the right to life and liberty.’ ‘With the declaration of an emergency, we now have the authority to kill you…
View detailsAn injunction is a court’s direction to one or more parties in a civil trial to refrain from performing, or less frequently to perform specific conduct or acts. Preliminary, or temporary, injunctions are usually issued before the start of a trial; they expire when the proceeding is resolved or at an earlier time specified. Permanent,…
View detailsIntroduction The Specific Relief Act, 1877 codified the law of specific relief in India. The Law Commission considered this provision in its Ninth Report, which was later replaced by the current act of 1963. The Specific Relief Act of 1963 addresses remedies granted at the discretion of the court to enforce individual civil rights. In…
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