CASE NAME: CHACKO AND ORS. V. MAHADEVAN LEGAL MAXIM: INTODUCTION: In this case the contract is declared void because one or both parties were mentally incapable of entering into a contract. The name of the case is Chakho & Ors v. Mahadevan.[1] Due to Alcoholic psychosis brought on by alcohol Read more…
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FOSS V. HARBOTTLE [1843] 67 ER 189, (1843) 2 HARE 461 Introduction: Foss v. Harbottle is a landmark case in the field of corporate law. The case was heard in 1843 in the Court of Chancery in England. The case was based on the principles of minority shareholder rights and Read more…
Donoghue, a Scottish dispute, is a famous case in English law which was instrumental in shaping the law of tort and the doctrine of negligence in particular Court House of lords Full case name M’Alister (or Donoghue) (Pauper) v Stevenson Decided 26 May 1932 Citation(s) [1932] UKHL 100 [1932] SC (HL) Read more…
In 2021, the bail was granted to the youtuber Sattai Duraimurugan by the High court where he allegedly made derogatory statements against the chief minister of Tamil Nadu M K Stalin. The Supreme Court observed the hearing of plea made by youtuber Sattai Duraimurugan against the order of madras high Read more…
Russian authorities have imprisoned a gay couple for violating the ” gay propaganda ” law . Chinese and Georgian bloggers Haoyang Xu and Gela Gogishvili were each arrested on 5 April for a YouTube video . As per Russian police counsel, the two men are indicted of violating the propaganda Read more…
In September 2021 the Islamic clerics Maulana Kaleem Siddiqui along with there other scholars like. Mohammad Umar Gautam and Mufti Qazi Jahangir Qasmi runs a Jamia Imam Waliullah Trust in the state of uttar pradesh where they are performing a mass religious conversion racket with love jihad and there member Read more…
Section 79 if IPC 1860 is a provision which states that if an act is done under mistake of fact then no punishment will be given. It will be considered under good faith. Case Analysis: State of Orissa Vs Ram Bahadur Thapa AIR 1960, Ori 161, 1960 Cri LJ Read more…
(Landmark Judgement for awarding Interim Compensation to Rape Victims) Citation: AIR (1996) SCC (1) 490 Petitioner: Shri Bodhisattwa Gautam Respondent: Miss Subhra Chakraborty Bench: J. Kuldip Singh, J. Saghir Ahmad Introduction: The instant case is an important remark for establishing the offence of rape as against the Right of Life Read more…
No Person shall be convicted Of Treason unless on the Testimony of two Witnesses to the same Overt Act, or on Confession in open Court Introduction:-The present case is of Cramer v. United States popularly known as the ‘Treason case’ in which the Supreme Court of the United States reviewed Read more…
the freedom of the press is an essential component of the right to free speech and expression and that any attempt to stifle the press’s freedom would be a severe blow to democracy. Introduction: This is a landmark case in Indian legal history. It is a case that deals with Read more…