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VALID CONTRACT

A contract is an Agreement made between two or more parties which the Law will enforce.  An agreement is every Promise and every set of promises , forming consideration for each other. Valid contract is the one which is enforceable by law. There are the various type of contract namely, void contract, voidable contract, illegal contract,…

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Schools of Hindu Law

Hindu Law is the most ancient law in the world. Originally Hindu Law was created to satisfy every need and welfare of people. The sources of the concept of Hindu Law are Shruti ( words of God ) , Smriti ( text ) , customs ( old practices) , commentaries and digests. The codified law…

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SPEAKER – POWERS AND FUNCTIONS

The speaker is the Chief Presiding Officer of the Legislative Assembly of a State. He is elected by the members of the Assembly from their own members. The Assembly elects its Deputy Speaker also from its own members [ Art. 178]. The Deputy Speaker performs the duties of the Speaker when the Speaker is absent…

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Absolute Liability.

The rule of absolute liability arose in 1987 after the case of M.C. Mehta v. Union of India. Facts of the case: There was a leakage of oleum gas from one unit of Shriram Foods and fertilisers Industries in the city of Delhi. That unit belonged to Delhi Cloth Mills Ltd. As we all know…

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BOIS LOCKER ROOM CASE

“A girl started rape talk on snapchat”. This statement had popped up one day on my Instagram handle and soon it was trending on all social media platforms. As I was curious to know what had happened, I started to surf the internet and all social media platforms, after all, times are changing where anything…

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Health Care – an Essential Service in India

It is imperative to define ‘essential health care,’ which should be made available to all citizens to facilitate inclusivity in health care. Access to quality health services on an affordable and equitable basis in many parts of the country remains an unfulfilled aspiration. At one end of the spectrum are private hospitals with world class…

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Women in judiciary

Out of the total population of India, 48% of it are women, out of them only 5 to 15% choose the legal profession. The meagre number of women in legal profession is a testament to the fact that sustaining a profession in this sector is not easy. Harrassment, gender biases and insensitivity of male co-workers…

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WHEN WOMEN MISUSE LAWS MADE TO PROTECT THEM

A charge of assault by a lady against her property manager later ended up being bogus. Examinations uncovered that the claim was evened out after the property manager denied her the financial blessings which she had been routinely requesting. In one more case, a young lady blamed her live-in accomplice for assault when the last…

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Euthanasia / Right to Die

Euthanasia, the painless killing of a person with an in curable disease or stuck in an irreversible coma or vegetative state could also be called assisted suicide. Euthanasia is to an extent, linked to the right to death. Right to die is a concept based on the opinion that human beings are entitled to end…

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