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India – The Pharmacy of the world

India is called the ‘world’s pharmacy’. It is rightly called so because of our capabilities to produce medicine of global standards. India has the third largest pharmaceutical industry globally, by volume. In 1969, Indian pharmaceuticals had a 5 per cent share of the market in India, and global pharma had a 95 per cent share.…

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Forgery and Falsification of Documents

Forgery implies false document, signature or other imitation of the object of utility used with the intent to deceive another. Those who commit forgery are usually charged with the crime of fraud. Forgery can be of documents or a signature. Section 463 states: Whoever makes any false document or false electronic record or part of…

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EVOLUTION OF MARRIAGE IN INDIA

INTRODUCTION: The institution of marriage has evolved over time. It has not been a dramatic shift, but rather a gradual shift over the last century. Marriage was defined in a very different way by our predecessors. Marriage is interpreted differently by each generation. Changes to marriage that we now take for granted have sparked debate…

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Rules of Pleading

Rules of pleading – order VI, VII, VIII of CPC. Order VI of CPC describe provisions regarding pleading: – Rule 1 of order VI, lays down that pleading means a ‘Plaint’ or a ‘written statement’. Rule 2 of order VI- ‘Pleading to state material facts and not evidence’ Every pleading shall contain, and contain only…

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Polygamous Marriage in India

Polygamy means a system of marriage whereby a person has more than one spouse. Thus polygamy became illegal in India in 1956, uniformly for all of its citizens except for Muslims, who are permitted to have four wives and for Hindus in Goa and along the western coast where bigamy is legal. A polygamous Hindu marriage is null and void. While the punishment specified in Sections 494 and 495…

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Israel-Palestine conflict

Due to India’s lack of diplomatic ties with Israel over the last five decades, Indians have a limited understanding of Israeli ideology and concerns about their neighbours. Furthermore, India has had little or no historical interaction with Jews in Israel and throughout the globe. There was also a lack of public awareness of the underlying…

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SINGAPORE GAYATHRI CASE

A lady of Indian origin, who had been exposed to indiscriminate abuse by a housemaid, was called to testify in a Singapore court, where she was accompanied by video footage from a surveillance camera. Among the allegations are that she not only pushed her, beat her, starved her, but also tied her up like a…

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