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SPES SUCCESSIONIS AS AN EXCEPTION TO TRANSFERABILITY

Posted by Legal India Posted on May - 10 - 2013

  SWASIT MAHAPATRO ABSTRACT Clause (a) of section 6 of the Transfer Of Property Act excludes mere chance of an heir apparent of succeeding to an estate from the category of transferable property. The technical expression for such a chance is ‘Spes Successionis’. During the lifetime of a person,the chance of his heir apparent succeeding  [ Read More ]

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Should sex behind bars be allowed?

Posted by Legal India Posted on May - 05 - 2013

Jinendra Parakh If a person commits any crime, it does not mean that by committing a crime, he/she ceases to be a human being and that he/she can be deprived of those aspects of life which constitutes human dignity   Man is a social animal and he needs a family and society to live his  [ Read More ]

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Honour Killings in India

Posted by Legal India Posted on May - 04 - 2013
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Lakshmi Anusha Honour killings and honour related violence is a neglected area in criminology. Human Rights Watch, an NGO in New York has defined Honor killing as, “Honor crimes are acts of violence, usually murder, mostly committed by male family members predominantly against female [relatives], who are perceived to have brought dishonor upon the family.  [ Read More ]

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RAPE – WHY IT EXISTED STILL TODAY

Posted by Legal India Posted on Apr - 29 - 2013

Puja Kumari Shah s.100 of IPC says that the right of private defense of body extends to voluntarily causing death if there is an assault with the intention of committing rape. But if you fail and raped than offender has only punishment of imprisonment of 7 years which extended now 20 years to life imprisonment  [ Read More ]

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Contributory Negligence

Posted by Legal India Posted on Apr - 29 - 2013

ROHIT ANANT SAHAY In Law of Torts, there are many defenses which the defendant can use against the plaintiff when he is sued for some specific torts. Negligence which is one of the most important tort, has mainly 3 defenses -: • Contributory Negligence • Volenti non fit inuria • Ex turpi causa non oritur  [ Read More ]

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Judicial Review On Administrative Action In Indian Legal System

Posted by Legal India Posted on Apr - 27 - 2013

  Deepanshu Gupta The doctrine of judicial review has been originated and developed by the American Supreme Court, although there is no express provision in the American Constitution for the judicial review. In Marbury v. Madison,the Supreme Court made it clear that it had the power of judicial review. Chief Justice George Marshall said, “Certainly  [ Read More ]

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E-mail/Electronic Document Proof ?(Part -II)

Posted by Legal India Posted on Apr - 16 - 2013

E-mail/Electronic Document Proof ? (Part-II) ( In continuation of previous article (tips) to prove electronic document . Following are  material points to prove other documents also( not exhaustive). Both  articles are for  Legal Literacy , to those who have little concern with the electronic documents proof and do not know method to produce in court  [ Read More ]

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E-mail/Electronic Document Proof ?

Posted by Legal India Posted on Apr - 12 - 2013

SanjaySalkute For the Admissibility of electronic evidence, it must satisfy the same rules as required for traditional documentary evidence to be admitted into evidence as laid down by Indian Evidence Act. But most of electronic evidence is intangible, invisible so some help/aid  from technical person/Knowledge may be required to ascertain the fact which is to  [ Read More ]

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Domicile of a Pseudo Foreign Corporations

Posted by Legal India Posted on Mar - 13 - 2013

-The scenario under Common law and in India and America . Introduction Following on the success of the corporate model at a national level, many corporations have become transnational or multinational corporations: growing beyond national boundaries to attain sometimes remarkable positions of power and influence in the process of globalizing. In the spread of corporations  [ Read More ]

RTI and Good governance in india

Posted by Legal India Posted on Mar - 07 - 2013
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Manzra Dutta OPEN THIS FILE TO VIEW THE ARTICLE RTI AND GOOD GOVERNANCE IN INDIA  

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