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BOOK REVIEW: SYCAMORE ROW

Jack Brigance is back in a long awaited sequel to the ‘A Time to Kill’. The book, set in early 1980s, has been amiably named after the sycamore trees which play a significant role from the start and in the end. The story begins three years after the events of the preceding novel, it begins…

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SPECIFIC TORTS

NUISANCE: The word nuisance has been driven from the French word “nuire”. “Nocere” in the legal sence its means “annoyance” or “harm” or “disturbance”. MEANING Peacefully enjoy one’s own property is legal right of an individual. But everyone must endure limited degree of noise, dust, smell, smoke, vibration, the influents etc. from his neighbor. It’s…

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Civil Appeals: General Provisions

Introduction The expression ‘appeal’ or ‘appeals’ is nowhere defined under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908. In the Black’s Law Dictionary an “Appeal” is defined as, “The complaint to a superior court of an injustice done, or error committed by an inferior one, whose judgment or decision the court above is called upon to correct, or reverse.” Further,…

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Legal history: Radha Charan case

A) 1773 regulating actPrior to the introduction of the 1773 regulating act there existed company courts in the case of Calcutta which was brought by Warren Hastings namely the mofussil and Sadar courts. 1773 regulating act was introduced not with the purpose of a better administration, but rather to regulate the affairs of the East…

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RACISM AND AMERICAN SOCIETY

It is against law if someone is treated unfairly because of his race, skin colour, ancestry, nationality or ethnic background. However, if we look to the past we will find a long line of racist laws that were once prevalent in many societies and widely accepted by people. American society is an example of such…

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New Labor law codes

Introduction Labor laws are subject of concurrent list of the Indian Constitution of Schedule 7 so both center and state governments have power to make laws on it. Before this according to a data presented by the central government there were about 40 central statutes and 100 state statutes which were prevailing in the country…

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Company Directors

Introduction A company / body corporate is not a natural person, it is an artificial person created by the law. A natural person has a mind with which it can form scienter (i.e., knowledge and intent) and a body with which it can act upon the scienter so formed.  However, since a company / body…

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PUBLIC LIABILITY INSURANCE ACT, 1991

The current order of the world has changed much since 1990s. Every country in the world is trying their best to woo the big corporations and industries to set-up their plants and open offices in their cities. The foreign investment which brings not only the money but also jobs to the people has made the…

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