Strict liablity A person may be liable for some harm even though he is not negligent in causing the same or does not intentionally cause it or is careful or has taken steps to prevent the same. The defendant is liable to the neighbor for emission of harmful gases with offensive smell from his big…
View detailsNisha Pahuja, an independent Canadian filmmaker makes incredible revealing stories based on real life. Her movie “The world before her” won award for the best Canadian feature in 2012. In the movie she displays two women pursue totally disparate ways in the new, contemporary India. One is Ruhi Singh from Jaipur who sets off to…
View detailsCyber crime is a type of crime that involves computer and a network. Computer can be used in a commission of a crime or it can be the target. It harms someone’s security and financial health. Both governmental and non-state actors engage in cyber crimes internationally. It is sometimes referred as cyber warfare. Warren Buffet…
View detailsFew weeks back, Chief Justice of India N V Ramana commented that the “colonial law” was used by the British to silence Mahatma Gandhi and Bal Gangadhar Tilak, while hearing a petition filed by Major General (retired) SG Vombatkere where he challenged the constitutional validity of the Section 124A of the IPC. According to the…
View detailsAn unpaid seller has certain rights against the goods and the buyer. In this article, we will refer to the sections of the Sale of Goods Act, 1930 and look at the rights of an unpaid seller against goods namely rights of lien, rights of stoppage in transit etc. An unpaid seller is one to whom…
View detailsCopyright is a form of intellectual property protection granted under Indian law to the creators of original works of authorship such as literary works (including computer programs, tables and compilations including computer databases which may be expressed in words, codes, schemes or in any other form, including a machine-readable medium), dramatic, musical and artistic works,…
View detailsBlanche Monnier’s mother did the unimaginable in an effort to prevent her daughter from falling in love with a commoner. The attorney general of Paris got a bizarre letter one day in May 1901, claiming that a famous family in the city was hiding a filthy secret. Despite the fact that the letter was unsigned…
View detailsAir pollution from India’s coal power plants causes around 100,000 premature deaths every year and yet there are no national emission standards for key pollutants like SO2 and NOx. Emission standards of India are far behind those of Chine, Australia, the EU and the USA. As mentioned, for SO2, NOx and mercury there are no…
View detailsOnline shopping scams involve scammers pretending to be legitimate online sellers, either with a fake website or a fake advertisement on a genuine retailer site. While many online sellers are legitimate, unfortunately scammers can use the anonymous nature of the internet to rip off unsuspecting shoppers or extra friendliness or sweetness and be extra careful…
View detailsThe main object of the Telegraph Act was to give power to the Government to install telegraph lines on private as well as public property. The Telegraph Act since then gone through numerous amendments in order to accommodate new communication technologies. This is evident from the current definition of ‘telegraph’ under Telegraph Act. It defines…
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