This act mainly deals with certain matters relating to the territorial water’s continental shelf, exclusive economic zone and other maritime zones of India. Under this Act, the rights over the land, minerals, and such resources found beneath the ocean, inside the territorial waters, continental shelf, and exclusive economic zones of the nation are vested in…
A maritime lien is a very important aspect of maritime lien. The fundamental difference between a maritime lien and the normally applicable lien is that in the case of the former, the liability of the contract falls on the ship and the other particulars (equipment and parts) of the ship rather than the ship’s owner,…
Introduction: The doctrine of seaworthiness is of paramount importance in admiralty law relating to the usability of a ship. In simple words, a sea worthy vessel is a ship which passes all safety checks and other relevant tests in order to sail safely. Making sure of the seaworthiness of the ship is an indispensable duty,…
The commercial value of the shipping industry today is so immense that it has been called as the backbone of international trade and global economy. International Maritime conventions and treaties have been enacted with a goal to establish a level uniformity to facilitate trade between nations and their differing maritime laws and regulations. This is a case comment on the Jindal Iron & Steel Co. Ltd and others v. Islamic Solidarity Shipping Co. Jordan case which was regarding a conflict in the interpretation of one of the provisions of the Hague-Visby Rules
Laws are known to be replete with loopholes. The Exploitation of loopholes is something everyone likes to profess outrage about, and yet I would maintain that is central to legal practice. Practical constraints supposedly make laws avoidably over or underinclusive. This article offers a different perspective to a constitution. An aspect of the battle over…
Marine insurance covers the loss or destruction of ships, containers, ports and any transportation or freight between the point of origin and the final destination from which the property is moved, obtained or retained. The object of a protection contract is to put the guarantee after a misfortune in a similar relative monetary situation where…
(1) The right of hot pursuit Any State does not exercise its jurisdiction in the case of high or open sea because they don’t tobelong to any State. But the person, things, goods whatever is within the open sea or high seaare subjected to the jurisdiction of the State under whose flag they sail.But there…
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…
Spiritual people look very similar to the common people and hence difficult to be identified. They are usually not dressed in white, blue or ochre dress. They don’t necessarily keep beard or shave their heads. They don’t live in forest, caves or in Himalayas. They live around you but you fail to identify them. You…
Personally, I love school uniforms. There are two ways of looking at why there should be school uniforms. Equality. School uniforms means that everyone has to look the same, and that there can be no disparity between the clothing choices of students, preventing more bullying. This is actually why my school doesn’t even have full…
