INTRODUCTION International law is the law governing the issues, when a foreign element is there in a case. The United Nations, is an international intergovernmental organisation formed to promote peace and security across the globe, after World War II. The General Assembly, the Security Council, the Economic and Social Council, the Trusteeship Council, the InternationalRead More
What is Reservation? The term reservation refers to keeping back or withholding. While in the Indian context, reservation is positive discrimination that protects the people from the lower caste to share equal places with the others. It is an affirmative action that reserves a percentage of seats in the public sector units, union and stateRead More
INTRODUCTION Kelsen belonged to the Analytical school of thought and was one of the jurists responsible for reviving the original analytical thought in the 20th century. Kelsen through his Pure Theory of Law aimed to present Law in its purest form, free from all the ideologies. His theory addressed the shortcomings of the theories propoundedRead More
What is defamation? Defamation can be explained as damaging someone’s good reputation. Therefore any person who commits an act that may damage the reputation of a person can be said to have committed defamation. Reputation can be termed as the opinions that others hold towards a person. Reputation is a legal right according to ArticleRead More
INTRODUCTION “An election is a moral horror, as bad as a battle except for the blood; a mud bath for every soul. concerned in it.” – George Bernard Shaw Elections are at the Centre of the democratic process. People in a democracy participate in public affairs and express their will through elections. In a democracy,Read More
CASE NUMBER 4 P.C. 419. EQUIVALENT CITATION (1872) L.R. 4 P.C. 4. BENCH Sir Montague E. Smith. DECIDED ON 27th July, 1872. Brief Facts And Procedural History In this case, W. N. Watson & Co. borrowed some amount of money from Raja Pratap Chandra Singh, but the company failed to return the money back toRead More
Introduction Plea bargaining refers to negotiating an agreement between the prosecution and the accused, according to which the accused would plead guilty for a lesser punishment, or dismissal of other charges, in case there are multiple charges. This is supported by few people because it reduces the burden of the judiciary, by getting a confessionRead More
Introduction to the topic: – The Supreme Court, also sometimes referred to as the apex court, is the highest Judicial body of India. The motto of the Supreme court of India is ‘where there is Dharma there will be victory’. It is the guardian of the Indian constitution and the rights conferred to the citizensRead More
Case Number Civil Appeal Nos. 429-430 of 2021. Equivalent Citation LL 2021 SC 102. Bench L. Nageswara Rao & Indira Banerjee. Decided on 18 February 2021. Relevant Act/ Section Article 14 and 16 of the Indian Constitution. Brief Facts and Procedural History In 2008, the Home Department of Jharkhand govt. published an advertisement regarding Sub-Inspector’sRead More
Case Number Criminal Appeal No. 300 of 1975 Equivalent Citation 1975 AIR SC 2473, 1975 SCC 2 829. Bench V.R Krishna Iyer, A.C Gupta, JJ. Decided on October 10, 1975 Relevant Act/ Section The Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956 Brief Facts and Procedural History The location is the Isias Bar, which is located at 15,Read More