KEY TAKEAWAYS The detention of a minor child by a parent or others if proved had taken place illegally and without legal authorization, the writ of habeas corpus can be invoked in cases of child custody. The Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act 1956 o ..
KEY TAKEAWAYS The Indian Constitution came into effect on January 26, 1950, and number of amendments have been made since then. India is considered to be a sovereign, socialist, secular, democratic, and republic with a parliamentarian government. Ind ..
KEY TAKEAWAYS The "Doctrine of Relation Back" states that an act performed at a later time is deemed to have occurred at a previous time by the law. The Civil Procedure Code, the Companies Act, the Registration Act, the Contract Act, and va ..
KEY TAKEAWAY An injunction is a legal process in which someone who has infringed or threatened to infringe on another's rights is barred from continuing or initiating the wrongful act. An injunction is an order against a person, in which restrain ..
KEY TAKEAWAYS Negligence is the failure to take the care that a person is legally obligated to do given the circumstances. There are three aspects that make up negligence: a duty to care, a breach of duty, and damages. The maxim Res Ipsa Loquitur shi ..
KEY TAKEAWAY • The Supreme Court held in Ritesh Sinha v. State of Uttar Pradesh (2019) that ordering an accused to provide a voice sample does not violate Article 20(3) of the Indian Constitution. • Because a court's order for an accuse ..
KEY TAKEAWAY Damnum sine Injuria is a legal principle that refers to damages without injury or damages in which the plaintiff's legal rights have not been infringed upon. In the instance of damnum sine injuria, no action is available because no l ..
KEY TAKEAWAYS Section 498 A of the Indian Penal Code refers to a woman's husband or a relative of her husband subjecting her to cruelty. In a recent case before the Hon'ble Supreme Court, it was held that advising a wife to adjust to avoid re ..
KEY TAKEAWAYS In the recent case of Kaushal v. State of Haryana and others, the Punjab and Haryana High Court clarified that, following Supreme Court orders, no area of a police station should be left unprotected by CCTV surveillance, which would ine ..
KEY TAKEAWAYS The Delhi High Court has requested the Central Government's response to a review petition seeking to declare the Muslim husband's "assumed absolute discretion" to divorce his wife (talaq-ul-Sunnat) at any time without ..