- Succession Certificates: Why Everything People Know about Them is Probably Wrong & Why that May be a Good Thing
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succession - Annihilation of Caste: The Best Solution? (Part - II)(This is the second part of a two-part article. First part can be found here.)Relevance in Modern TimesDr. Ambedkar refers to caste as an “anti-social spirit” i.e. the “spirit of protecting its own interests.” Although the Constitution...
- Annihilation of Caste: The Best Solution? (Part - I)(This is the first part of a two-part article. Second part will be coming soon.)“...Turn in any direction you like, caste is the monster that crosses your path. You cannot have political reform, you cannot have economic reform, unless you kill this...
- Critical Review of the Lokpal and Lokayuktha Bill, 2011Corruption is a malevolent practice that has to be dealt with very strictly, but India is one of the most corrupt nations on the globe. Corruption has been a part of the society since the beginning. The fundamental idea of lokpal is borrowed fr...
- Buy Back of Shares by Private or Unlisted CompanyThe provisions relating to buy-back of securities, under the Companies Act 2013 namely sections 68 to 70, which have been notified, have now repealed the provisions relating Companies Act, 1956.Points to be noted:1. A company may buy-back its ow...
- Scope of Re-examination under Indian Evidence ActWith increasing trend of appointment of Court commissioners to overlook witness examinations, lawyers are required to be more vigilant during depositions. Earlier, if any question beyond the scope of re-examination was put to a witness, the Judge wou...
- Procedures you need to know: Voluntary Winding Up of LLPSTEP 1 (CONSENT OF CREDITORS AND MAKING OF DECLARATION):-A. Making of DeclarationØ The majority of its designated partners (being not less than two) must make a declaration in Form No. 2 verified by an affidavit to the effect that the LLP has...
- Over 750 Office Space Leases in Mumbai to Expire in 2016The year 2016 is the year for taking up offices on lease basis. As per research conducted by PROPSTACK, a commercial real estate information and analytics company, the sums involved in the lease renewal, consisting of an average period of thirty-six...
- Capital Punishment, the Need or NecessityThe present condition in India is such that one should support the abolishing of capital punishment in all cases, except for cases in which public conscience and national security is at stake. Crimes such as treason, rape and mutiny tend to create pu...
- Judicial Independence or Judicial Supremacy?The Supreme Court has recently strike down NJAC (National Judicial Appointments Commission), a legal body that decides the appointment of Judges of Supreme Court and High Court. The Court in its categoric statement, held that the NJAC was ultra vires...
- Constitutional Validity of Triple Talaaq SystemOn 16th October, 2015 the Supreme Court of India passed a verdict with regard to equal rights for daughter in relation to partition of ancestral properties in Hindu’s. The second part of the judgement however concentrated on the gender discriminati...
- HIV Stigma – The Modern Day ApartheidThough HIV is widespread in almost all spheres of life, this paper will mainly focus on the stigmatization of AIDS victim in the public sphere. Finding a solution to these problems will lay a path to fighting such stigmatization in other areas of lif...
- Excess Reservation to Gujjars: Is it Costitutionally Valid?In the land mark case of Indra Sawhney, Supreme Court laid down that reservation should not be more than 50%.While the famous case stands to be constitutionally correct, the Rajasthan Government gives 68% reservation to Guj...
- A Clipped BirdFreedom of speech and expression is a double-edged sword you can be offensive with it or you can use it to promote welfare. It’s undernourished of mankind remaining silent when you can identify problems and reflect a range of perspective with the r...
- Constitutionally of Making Casinos LegalThe year 1976 marks a great year despite the emergency issues faced by the country. The Maharashtra Government was able to pass a historic piece of legislation which could make casinos in the state a possibility today. The Maharashtra Casinos Act, 19...
- Battling Transphobia: Providing Healthcare to All“Inside every man there is a potential woman and inside every woman resides a potential man.”― John Maxwell TaylorGender variant people mark their existence in India since various centuries, these communities have several indigenous identities...
- Time to re-think Capital Punishment: A regressive approachThe following article is written by Rashmi Bishnoi, a 3rd year law student of Jindal Global Law School.“An eye for an eye will make the whole world blind”..Mahatama GandhiAt the United Nations where majority of countries said that it was time to...
- Is Death Penalty discriminatory?The following article is written by Ms. Barkha Yadav.Straight after hanging of Yakub Memon the death penalty debate again resurfaced. Everyone is talking about whether it acts as a deterrent or not? Whether it should be abolished and if not then how...
- Sedition: An Anarchic Law Used to Suppress Freedom of Speech"The following article is written by Mr. Rohan Yadav, a 3rd year law student at O.P Jindal University."(Image taken from here.)Sedition, defined as inciting of ‘public disorder’ or ‘hatred’ against a lawful authority, acts as a deterrent for...
- SC: Limitation Not a Preliminary Issue under Section 9A (Per Incuriam?)Section 9A which was inserted by a State Amendment to the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 provides that when at the hearing of application relating to interim relief in a suit, objection to jurisdiction is taken, such issue to be decided by the court a...
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