Legal Articles THE RIGHTS OF JOURNALIST December 11, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment THE RIGHTS OF JOURNALIST Author: Tanya Raj What is the extent of the right to gather news? The question arises on a daily basis for journalists around the country.Reporters and photographers are told by police that they cannot enter a crime scene, are threatened with arrest for not moving where police order them to […] Read more » Branzburg v. Hayes Globe Newspaper Co. v. Superior Court Pell v. ProcunierandSaxbe v. WashingtonPost Richmond Newspapers Inc. v. Virginia The Rights of Journalist
Legal Articles ANCIENT LAWS December 11, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment ANCIENT LAWS Author: Tanya Raj Introduction:-For man to be able to live in a society there must be laws that govern man. If these laws cease to exist, then there will be chaos. This concept of law has drawn the attention of different scholars over time, such as Plato, Aristotle, The Stoics, Aquinas, to mention […] Read more » Immanuel Kant Jeremy Bentham natural law doctrine philosophy of law
Legal Articles CORPORATE GOVERNANCE – CHANGING DIMENSIONS December 2, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment CORPORATE GOVERNANCE – CHANGING DIMENSIONS By RoumitaDey. (BA.LLB, Fourth Year,Jogesh ChandraChoudhuri College of Law, Kolkata) Abstract Corporate Governance in India has seen a paradigm shift and has been posing new set of challenges to the top echelons of management in various organizations including organizations from the financial sector. The increasing stringencies and tighter regulatory […] Read more » “Financial Aspects of Corporate Governance” Audit Committee Corporate Governance Corporate Governance Code corporate governance code in India Derek Higgs Enron Corporation and MCI Inc. Greenbury Report(July 1995) Hamel Report on “Corporate Governance” (June 1998) Rutteman Guidance (December 1994) the Cadbury Report Turnbull Report UK Hampel Committee on Corporate Governance
Legal Articles DOCTRINE OF ULTRA VIRES-EFFECTS AND EXCEPTIONS November 28, 2013 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on DOCTRINE OF ULTRA VIRES-EFFECTS AND EXCEPTIONS DOCTRINE OF ULTRA VIRES-EFFECTS AND EXCEPTIONS (Author : Advocate Geetika Jain) CONCEPT The object clause of the Memorandum of the company contains the object for which the company is formed. An act of the company must not be beyond the objects clause, otherwise it will be ultravires and, therefore, void and cannot be ratified even […] Read more » Ashtray RailwayCarriage and Iron Company Ltd case of Jahangir R. Mod i v. ShamjiLadhaand Companies Act 1862 doctrine of ultra vires DOCTRINE OF ULTRA VIRES-EFFECTS section 3.04(a) of the Revised Model Business Corporation Act
Legal Articles Legal India Critical Analysis of Sexual Harassment under IPC November 23, 2013 by Legal India Admin | 3 Comments on Critical Analysis of Sexual Harassment under IPC Critical Analysis of Sexual Harassment under IPC INTRODUCTION The terms sexual harassment has been defined as – an unwelcome sexually determined behavior (whether directly or by implication) as: a) Physical contact and advances; b) A demand or request for sexual favours; c) Sexually coloured remarks; d) Showing pornography; e) Any other unwelcome physical, verbal or […] Read more » analysis of sexual harassment case of Major Singh Lachhman Singh vs The State case Swapna Barman Vs. Subir Das section 294 f the IPC section 354 f the IPC Section 509 of the IPC sexual harassment
Legal Articles FIR:At a glance from the view point of Indian Evidence Act, 1872 October 4, 2013 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on FIR:At a glance from the view point of Indian Evidence Act, 1872 FIR:At a glance from the view point of Indian Evidence Act, 1872 (Author: Debaditya Roy) What is FIR? The expression ‘FIR’ is the abbreviated form of First Information Report. “First Information” or “First Information Report” is not defined in Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, but these words are always understood to mean an information recorded U/s-154 […] Read more » AIR 1975 SC 1453 cognizable offence Death of the Informant and Value Defence and Cross-examination of FIR FIR FIR and Dying Declaration FIR for corroboration or contradiction First Information Report Sec.145 of I.E. Act Sec.154(1) of Cr.P.C Sec.155 of I.E.Act Sec.157 of I.E.Act u/s-154 Cr.P.C
Legal Articles Death Penalty: An analysis October 1, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment INTRODUCTION Death as a penalty servesa deterrent as well as retributive form of punishment.The retributive aspect of the punishment is meant to gratify the instinct of revenge or retaliation which exists not merely in the individual wronged, but also by way of sympathetic extension in the society at large. People will not be disposed to […] Read more » Article 3 of UDHR Criminal Justice Administration death penalty Jeremy Bentham Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Legal Articles Organised Vs Un Organised Child Labourers October 1, 2013 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Organised Vs Un Organised Child Labourers Organised Vs Un Organised Child Labourers Author: DR. SHAILESH N HADLI. BAL,LLB, LLM, PhD. RNPI School of Law & Justice “We are guilty of many errors and many faults but our worst crime is abandoning the children, neglecting the fountain of life, many of the things we need can wait, The Child cannot. Right […] Read more » Bidi and Cigar Workers (Condition of Employment) Act (1966) CHILD LABOUR Child Labour and Probhition Act 1986 Child Labour Prohibition and Regulation Act Children (Pledging of Labour) Act 1933 Employment of Children Act 1938 Gabri A Mistral MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT 1958 national news news Organised child Labour Plantations Labour Act (1951) State Shops and Establishments Act The Apprentice Act (1961) The Atomic Energy Act (1962) The Bombay Shop and Establishments Act (1948) The Indian Factories Act (1948) The Mines Act (1952) The Motor Transport Workers Act (1961) todays news todays top news top news Un Organised child Labour
Legal Articles MANUFACTURERS LIABILITY September 27, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment MANUFACTURERS LIABILITY – Case Developments in UK,USA and INDIA The Types of Defects and Liability of Manufacturers Product Liability Law (Defective Products Law) falls under personal injury/tort law. It refers to the claims against any parties along the chain of manufacture (designers, manufacturers, distributors and retailers) of products which have defects that harm consumers causing […] Read more » Buick Motor Company Defective Products Law Design defect Judge Atkins Justice Traynor Liability of Manufacturers MacPherson Manufacturing defect Marketing defect Pradeep Kumar Khurana Product Liability Law Types of Defects
Legal Articles Interim Measures under Arbitration & Conciliation Act September 23, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Interim Measures under Arbitration & Conciliation Act (Author: Dr Shailesh N Hadli ) Arbitration and Conciliation Act is effective and inttergative part of Alternative dispute resolution system accepted universally. Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996 repealed old Arbitration Act existing in India and incorporated law relating to domestic arbitration, international commercial arbitration and law relating to conciliation. The […] Read more » arbitral award Arbitral tribunal u/s 17 Arbitration Arbitration and Conciliation Act Interim relief u/s 9 Interim relief u/s17 M D Army WHO Nations commission on International Trade Law Section 2(e) Sumangal services (p) Ltd UNCITRAL
