Law of Torts and Environment

This Article is Written by Akanksha Chowdhury from Amity University Kolkata. The Article talks about the Law of Torts and its relationship with Environment Law along with some important case laws which portray the relationship between them.  INTRODUCTION Tort law in India is a relatively new common law which was developed to codify statutes includingRead More

Guarantee under Contract Law

This article is written by Nazar Nawaz Abbasi pursuing LLB from Faculty of Law, University of Delhi. INTRODUCTION GUARANTEE AS PER DEFINED IN INDIAN CONTRACT ACT,1872 Contract of Guarantee is defined in Indian Contract Act in Section 126 which says-A “contract of guarantee” is a contract to perform the promise or discharge the liability ofRead More

Liquidated Damages and Unliquidated Damages: A brief Study

This Article is written by Akanksha Chowdhury from Amity University Kolkata. The article talks about Liquidated and Unliquidated Damages along with various case laws dealing under it. It also talks about advantages which are there in both these damages along with provisions of breach. INTRODUCTION  At common law, damages are a remedy in the formRead More

Vicarious Liability in Case of Independent Contractor

This article has been written by Shivani Kumari, a first-year law student of Lloyd law college. In this article, the author has researched an important field of tort- “Is the employer vicariously liable for the acts of the independent contractor” INTRODUCTION Whenever a person does or omits to do any act and if this actRead More

Contract of Agency

This article has been written by Niti Shah studying BLS/LLB from Pravin Gandhi College of  Law, University of Mumbai. INTRODUCTION An “agent” is the one who has been employed to do any act for another person or to represent another person while dealing with a third person. The person for whom such an act isRead More

Municipal Corporation of Delhi v. Subhagwanti, AIR 1966 SC 1750

This case analysis is written by Gaurav Lall pursuing BBA LL.B. (Hons.) at United World School of Law. INTRODUCTION Collapse of Clock Tower abutting highway-Clock Tower owned by Municipal Corporation, where Municipal Corporation is responsible for damages for loss of life caused whether by patent or latent defects. Applicability of the doctrine of res ipsaRead More

Corporate Environmental Liability

This article is written by Asamanja Chattopadhyay, pursuing my B.A L.L.B course from Shyambazar Law College affiliated under University of Calcutta. INTRODUCTION India since time immemorial has been a worshipper of nature and environment. However, with growing industrialisation the ethics and values have degraded which in turn also degraded the environment. The judiciary then hadRead More

Mergers & Acquisitions of a Company

This article is written by Bunmi Adaramola, a current LPC MSc student at the University of Law. This article provides a detailed insight into M&A, the reasons why companies decide to enter into an M&A and the life-cycle of an M&A with relevant examples.  An Overview of Mergers and Acquisitions Mergers and Acquisition (“M&A”) isRead More