Author: Shashwat
rights of an arrested person
Rights Of The Arrested Person 1. Right To Silence The ‘right to silence’ is a principle of common law and it means that normally courts or tribunals of fact should not be invited or encouraged to conclude, by parties or prosecutors, that a suspect or an accused is guilty merely because he has refused to […]
Read MoreLegal Notice
What is a Legal Notice? A Legal notice is a formal written document sent by a person or an entity with respect to some grievance. It is sent as a warning to the receiver that the one sending the notice have certain grievances which are not properly taken care of by the receiver, although the […]
Read MoreAir Prevention and Control of Pollution Act (1981) of India
It is a comprehensive legislation with more than fifty sections. It makes provisions, interalia, for Central and State Boards, power to declare pollution control areas, restrictions on certain industrial units, authority of the Boards to limit emission of air pollutants, power of entry, inspection, taking samples and analysis, penalties, offences by companies and […]
Read Moretypes of property under mitakshara school of law
INTRODUCTION The Hindu Succession Act, 1956 (HSA) is an uneasy compromise between the conservatives who wanted to retain the Mitakshara coparcenary and its discrimination against daughters, and the progressives who wanted to abolish the Mitakshara coparcenar y altogether. In essence, the Act retained the Mitakshara coparcenary. But since last two decades, five southern States took […]
Read MoreADMISSIONS UNDER LAW OF EVIDENCE
Admission is a voluntary acknowledgment of a fact but importance is given to those admissions only that go against the interests of the person making the admission. An admission becomes an important piece of evidence against a person. On the other hand, anybody can make assertions in favor of themselves. They can be true or […]
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