The Center has also opposed a demand that guidelines barring men who have sex with transgender men(MSM) and female sex workers from donating blood be changed.Transgender- Sex Workers Cannot Donate Blood:The Central Government has told the Supreme Court that it is necessary that blood donors and bloodtakers have full confidence Read more
In a recent development, the Supreme Court dismissed the Centre’s curative petition seeking additional compensation from Union Carbide Corporation (UCC) for the Bhopal Gas Tragedy of 1984. The tragedy that claimed over 3,000 lives and left countless others severely injured, is considered to be one of the worst industrial disasters Read more
In a rare display of disagreement within the Indian judiciary, a division bench of the Supreme Courtcomprising of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Aravind Kumar has expressed their dissatisfaction with another bench assigning a case to them. The issue at the center of the dispute is the interpretation of the Read more
Law Commission of India The Law Commission of India was started in 1955 by an executive order. In order to confront new situations and problems which arise from time to time and to amend law which calls for amendment, a body like the Law Commission is absolutely essential. This is Read more
Interpretation of statutes is the procedure by which the courts aim to understand the meaning of a legislation through the means of the authoritative forms in which is expressed. The fairest and most rational method of understanding and interpreting a statute is by exploring the intention of the legislation through Read more
According to Holland, An obligation as its entomology denotes is a tie by one person is bound to perform some act for the benefit of another. In some cases, the two parties agree thus to be bound together; in other cases as they are bound without their consent. Definition of Read more
Liability is the condition of the person who has committed a wrong. Salmond defines liability as, ‘the bond of necessity that exists between the wrongdoer and the remedy of the wrong’. Kinds of Liability Liability is of two kinds: Distinction between civil and criminal liability About the distinction between the Read more
Meaning of Property The term property in a looser sense may be described as the sum-total of a man’s fortune, including not only the objects of which he is the owner, but also the value of any claims which he may have against other persons, after deducting the amount of Read more
“Possession” literary means physical control over a thing or an object. It expresses the closest relation of fact that can exist between a thing and the person, who possess it. In law, possession means it includes not only physical control over a thing but also an intention to exercise that Read more
LEGAL PERSONALITY/ PERSON Meaning of Person The term Person is derived from the Latin word ‘Persona’ it means those who are recognised by law as being capable of having legal rights and duties. Definition : According to Section 11 of the Indian Penal code the word person includes any company or association, or Read more