In a recent ruling, the Supreme Court of India has laid out the tests that need to be conducted todetermine if the cause of action has arisen within the jurisdiction of a high court under Article 226(2)of the Constitution. This decision has come in the wake of several conflicting decisions 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
Title is a link between a person and an object to establish ownership of property. A title is the de facto antecedent of which the right is the de jure consequent. Right of possession on ownership comes in term of de facto first and later de jure. For example, I 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
Ownership refers to the relation that a person has with an object that he owns. It is an aggregate of all the rights that he has with regards to the said object. These rights are right in rem it means that they can be enforced against the whole world and Read more