Law and Justice
Essays on law, liberty, justice, advocacy, and the responsibilities of judging.
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Stamping of insufficiently stamped documents and procedure of impounding by Court
Stamping of agreements/deeds is governed by the Indian Stamp Act, 1899 (“the Stamp Act”). If the document is not sufficiently stamped, then by virtue…
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Demystifying law of liquidated damages under Indian Contract Act
Law of Liquidated Damages and Penalty (S.74 of the Indian Contract Act) When the contract mentions a ‘specific amount’ to be paid as compensation…
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Law on Foreign Divorce Judgments, Child-Custody Orders & Anti Suit Injunctions
Introduction “H (an NRI) is divorced in Texas, and to marry – he is free; No, he has a wife in India, Indian Law…
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Issues relating to Electronic Evidence : Certificate 65B, proof of email, sms, facebook, whatsapp, call details, bank statements in Court.
Issues How to prove an email in a court case ?; What is the manner in which a voice/video recording is to be led…
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Issues relating to Electronic Evidence – Admissibility, Section 65B certificate and other frequently asked questions.
Issues relating to Electronic Evidence What is an Electronic Record ? Types of Electronic Records. Is an Electronic Record a ‘document’ ? Is a…
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Discharge in Summons Cases by the Magistrate. Whether possible or not?
The recent order by the Hon’ble Supreme Court in Amit Sibal v. Arvind Kejriwal1, has again brought to the forefront, the short but extremely important…
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Role of a Magistrate in a Criminal Investigation
Authored by Bharat Chugh[1] INTRODUCTION A young bank official named Joseph is arrested by two policemen one fine morning, without even being informed why. Joseph…
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FIR – First Information Report.
What is an FIR – short for First Information Report is the information first in point of time as to the commission of an…
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Harsher Law for juvenile ? Do we need to revise 18 as age of juvenility ?
What is the age of discretion for the purposes of fixing criminal liability ? At what age is a person presumed to understand the…
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Supreme Court on impounding of passports..
In a nutshell this judgment the Hon’ble Supreme Court holds that since impounding of passports are governed by a special legislation namely the passports…
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How to approach the Supreme Court of India ?
This write up shall help explain all you need to know on approaching the Supreme Court. We all know Supreme Court is the highest…
