Local lawyers from certain jurisdictions can qualify to practise as solicitors in London, one of the largest financial centres in the world, by taking the "Qualified Lawyers Transfer Test", also known as the QLTT.Many lawyers will agree that it is qu ..
Competency of your witness - The first legal requirement is that your witness must be competent to testify. To qualify as competent, a witness must have: (1) Understanding of the nature and obligation of the oath or affirmation to tell the truth, (2) ..
Almost everyone knows someone has been a Victim. But, there’s still an attitude that somehow it always happens to “the other guy”. But, what if you are the “other guy”?All across India, the fastest growing White Collar Crime in the nation has been id ..
The Hindu Succession Act was passed in the year 1956. After Independence, the legislators sought to give right over property to woman and consequent to it the right to dispose of the property the way she chose and also for her next of kin to inherit. ..
1. The IT Act, 2000 is likely to cause a conflict of jurisdiction.2. Electronic commerce is based on the system of domain names. The IT Act, 2000 does not even touch the issues relating to domain names. Even domain names have not been defined and the ..
It was vehemently contended that this would not be regarded as public interest litigation and, the petitioners had no locus standi to file the present petitions. We are unable to agree to this submission. Environment, more than any thing else, is and ..
Temporary injunctions are such as are to continue until a specified time, or until the further order of the Court. Such injunctions may be granted at any stage of a suit, and are regulated by the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908.[2] Temporary or interlo ..
Ultimately, as is so often the case, it is apt to heed the words of Sir Owen Dixon in setting the 'bar': “Unless high standards of conduct are maintained by those who pursue a profession requiring great skill begotten of special knowledge, the trust ..
In our criminal justice system witnesses are harassed. The way he is dealt with is a subject of criticism. And when he dose not appear in the court then he is subjected to cross examination and lands himself in a helpless situation. For all these rea ..
Especially in a criminal case a witness turning hostile has become common due to extrenous considerations and how to turn around and punish the guilty who escapes the arm of law is the question and it has become a moot point and has been debated now ..