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Different Theories of Punishment in India

Punishment is the act of imposing an unpleasant and undesirable act on a group or an individual. Punishment is a wide concept that has been used since time immemorial. The concept of punishment stems from the sense of justice. Legally, Punishment is given by a person in authority for various reasons. As civilisations grew and…

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History of Companies Act

The history of Indian Company Law began with the Companies Act 1850, which was modelled on the British Companies Act 1844. Between 1850 and 1882, the Companies Act was amended many times and the Act of 1882 replaced all the previous laws and remained in force till 1912 though amended many times. The Indian Companies…

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Remedies in Torts

Remedies in Torts (Introduction) –Remedies for Tort are of two kinds- 1) Judicial 2) Extra Judicial Judicial Remedies refers to those remedies that are afforded by the law and a person has to approach the Court of Law in order to obtain such remedies. These are of the following kinds- 1) Avoiding of Damages/ Compensation…

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Murder vs. Culpable

In a Venn diagram, murder would be in the inner circle and culpable homicide would be on the outer circle. Hence all Murders are Culpable Homicides but all Culpable Homicides are not Murders. Homicide is derived from the Latin term “homo” which means man and the Latin term “caedere” which means to kill. Hence, it can…

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What is a spam and how to prevent it

“ Spamming is truly the scourge of the Information Age. This problem has become so widespread that it has begun to burden our information infrastructure. Entire new networks have to be constructed to deal with it, when resources would be far better spent on educational or commercial needs.” – United States Senator Conrad Burns Spam…

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INDIA IN COVID RIDDEN WORLD

As for food, India has plenty of fertile land, there is enough water and no dearth of manpower… The public should be educated to become self-reliant. Once they know that they have got to stand on their own legs, it would electrify the atmosphere.  – Mahatma Gandhi” 2020 was unprecedented … The World changed forever…!!…

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Nuisance in Torts

NUISANCE (Introduction)- Nuisance basically means hurting anyone or causing injury to a person by the deeds of another person. It includes hurting or causing injury to the person by causing nuisance of lands, tenements, or hereditaments and it does not amount to the trespass. The word ‘nuisance’ is derived from the word nuire, to do…

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International Business Strategies

During the 17th through 19th centuries the British East India Company had monopoly over sea trade. The most popular trade route was the Silk Road, which was a network of many trade routes which originated in China and ended in the Mediterranean Sea and Europe. The Silk Road was used to transport silk, spices, Ivory…

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Gifts in Muslim Law – 1

The concept of Gift, or Hiba in Muslim law has existed from the very inception of the religion, circa. 600 A.D. While Muslim Law has not been shown to recognise the differentiation of land into estates, it does recognise the difference between the ownership of the land and the right to enjoy it. Unlike English…

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