Often during a transaction, the parties involved have a clash of viewpoints, which may result in delayed performance, termination of agreement, etc. There are certain cases where no amount of compensation or any other legal remedy can mitigate losses of the suffering party. In order to ensure specific relief or enforcement of civil rights to…
Psychology is the scientific study of behaviour, experience and mental processes. Behaviour includes all of our outward or overt actions and reactions, such as talking, facial expressions and movement. Mental processes refer to all the internal, covert actions of our minds, such as thinking, feeling and remembering. To study behaviour and mental processes in both…
Who can sue?If they are of sound mind and are not excluded by law, any reasonableperson, including businessman, corporation, government and otherindividuals, may sue.Who cannot sue?There are seven types of people unable to sue, subject to such restrictionsonly: HUSBAND AND WIFE:In English law, back in time, a husband and a wife should not sue. A…
Judiciary is one of the three pillars of our country and access to justice is a basic right of the citizens. The citizens go to the courts with high hopes for redressal of their grievances hoping that the court will support them and ensure that they get justice. Delay in delivery of judgements or delay…
Lok Adalat is one of the alternative dispute redressal mechanisms, it is a forum where disputes/cases pending in the court of law or at pre-litigation stage are settled/ compromised amicably. Lok Adalats have been given statutory status under the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987. Under the said Act, the award (decision) made by the Lok…
The Tribunal Reforms Bill, 2021 which replaces the earlier Tribunal Reforms (Rationalisation and Conditions of Service) Ordinance, 2021, was recently introduced in the Parliament. The Bill has been subsequently passed by the Parliament. The Bill has led to an abolition of 5 appellate Tribunals and has also brought about changes to the terms of service…
Interim order means the order passed by the court during the pendency of the suit, to prevent any harm done to the interest of the parties to a suit and to protect the status of the subject matter of the suit from any damage. For example, there is dispute as to ownership of a property…
The word caveat has been derived from Latin which means beware. It is not defined under the code. Caveat is a caution given by the party to the court for not taking any action or granting any relief in respect to a certain application without giving a notice to the person lodging the caveat, as…
There are many situations when neither we are able to help ourselves nor our parents who usually make decisions for us. In such cases, sometimes there comes some outsider who help us with our problems to resolve them. So, something same goes around in the legal world too, where an outsider gets himself/herself involved in…
Commission is kind of a role given by the court to any person to act according and on behalf of court to help the court in providing complete justice. The person who acts out the commission is called commissioner. For instance, if the court must hold investigation under any suit, the court appoints a commissioner,…
