More than 10.2 million people worldwide are held in prisons. A prison is a state of confinement and captivity for the law breakers who indulge in heinous crimes. While the lack of awareness about the health of prisoners is a major human rights concern, the need to manage illness in jails as part of a…
View detailsLegal Services includes providing Free Legal Aid to those weaker sections of the society who fall within the purview of Section 12 of the Legal Services Authority Act, 1987. It also entails creating legal awareness by spreading legal literacy through legal awareness camps, print media, digital media and organizing Lok Adalats for the amicable settlement…
View detailsThe purpose and aim of establishing the Family Courts is to protect and preserve the institution of marriage and to promote the welfare of children and provide for settlement of disputes by conciliation. The Family Courts Act extends to the whole of India except Jammu and Kashmir. Every State Government after consultation with the High Court…
View detailsConventionally, a Will, also called ‘testament’ is an implement which enables a person to dispose of his own property to someone whom he wants to give after his death. A Will comes into effect only after the death of the person who created the Will. A Will is a legal declaration of transfer of property…
View detailsIntroduction: – In general terms Uniform Civil Code means a general civil code for everyone e.g. a general civil code for inheritance, marriage and other personal matters as well as other civil matters. Around 90% of civil matters are already governed by a common civil code e.g. Transfer of property act, Indian Contract Act, Sale…
View detailsMarital Rape means a husband having sexual intercourse with his wife without her consent or by forcing and committing assault. There is no proper definition of marital rape in India for women who are 18 years and above since it is legal in India if done with a woman whose age is 18 years and…
View detailsPart XIII of the Constitution contains provisions relating to the freedom of trade, commerce and intercourse within the territory of India. Article 301 in general terms declares that trade, commerce and intercourse throughout the territory of India shall be free. The term ‘trade’ means buying and selling of goods. The word ‘commerce’ is wider than…
View detailsCorporate Law is a study of legal and external affair matters, Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) and how shareholders, stakeholders, consumers and other parties involved in transaction interact with each other internally through corporate governance and externally through commercial transaction. In India, under the Companies Act 1956, which was the very first enacted post independence to…
View detailsLegal damage is an important ingredient in constituting a tort. To prove an action for tort, the plaintiff has to prove that there has been a wrongful act, an act or omission of an act which has caused a breach of a legal duty or violation of any legal right which is vested in the…
View detailsA citizen is a person who enjoys full civil and political rights. Citizens are different from the aliens who don’t enjoy these rights. Citizenship carries it with certain advantages conferred by the Constitution. Aliens do not enjoy these advantages. Parliament in exercise of powers given to it under Article 11 of the Constitution has passed…
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