Author: Srijeeta
Pardoning or showing mercy or leniency can be seen as an act of grace or humanity, to show belief in morality, but it can also be seen as a Constitutional scheme determining ultimate authority that the public welfare will be assured by inflicting less pain.
Author: Fareedunnisa Huma
Much like any other Charter, the Constitution of India has fundamental features that capture the essence of it, without which, it would lose its key attributes.
Author: Vaidehi Gupta
To begin with, it is significant to know what is actually meant by Curative Petition & when & how this petition is beseeched. Grown from the revolutionary case of Ashok Hurra to the suitable usability of the case of Nirbhaya.
Author: Falgun Wairya
As per Hindu Law, marriage is considered holy matrimony that ties men and women and their families in a sacred relationship.
Author: Aditya Kohli, from Dharmashastra National Law University, Jabalpur, M.P.
As we are familiar with that, the lodging of the First Information Report (FIR) by the police, the police have the right to arrest that person against FIR filed, and there is no definite period to arrest that person.
Author: Avnip Sharma
The Indian Penal Code, 1860 deals with offences according to Chapter VI against the Administration (Section 121 to Section 130). These codes are meant to guarantee patient security of the state as a whole.
Author: Abeer Tiwari
For a crime to be committed, there has to be a presence of both actus reus and mens rea, which essentially means the physical state of a person and the mental state of the person.
Authors: Surabhi Jha
India has one of the largest proportions of population in the younger age groups in the world. 35.3% of population of the country has been in the age group 0-14 years at the Census 2001.
Authors: Srijeeta
Lis pendens, translated from Latin is “a suit pending”, the term ‘Lis’ meaning ‘Litigation’ and ‘Pendens’ meaning ‘pending’. Lis Pendens comes from the Latin maxim “ut lite pendente nihil innovetur” which means nothing new to be introduced in a pending suit.
Author : Vaidehi Gupta
In general connotation, the term election refers to the act of picking up or choosing. However, in the context of Transfer of Property Act (TOPA)1882, the Doctrine of Election is envisaged under Section 35 of the Act & also under Sections 180 to 190 of the Indian Succession Act, 1925, referring to making a choice between two alternative or erratic rights.
