Legal Articles EU-Turkey Refugee Deal: Brewing Trouble over International Waters June 10, 2016 / June 10, 2016 by Karandeep Singh | Leave a Comment By Karandeep Singh* and Aashish Yadav** The objective of the EU-Turkey refugee deal which came into effect on 20th March 2016 is applicable only to Syrian refugees. Since then, the official asylum channels to Europe for non-Syrians have been entirely cut off. As a result, tensions have been running high in the refugee camps in […] Read more » Brewing Trouble Brewing Trouble over International Waters EU-Turkey Refugee Deal EU-Turkey Refugee Deal: Brewing Trouble over International Waters International Waters
Legal Articles Protection of Tenants Against Eviction June 10, 2016 / June 28, 2016 by Nikunj Keyal | Leave a Comment INTRODUCTION: About 42% of the urban population of the world, which are roughly 150 million households, lives as tenant. The same holds true even in India where, due to exorbitant rates of property especially in the metro cities, a majority of people live as tenants. While living as a tenant can be really comfortable, there […] Read more » CHARTER OF RENT EVICTION: LANDLORD FILING CASE FOR EVICTION OF FALSE GROUNDS: Protection of Tenants Against Eviction: RENT EVICTION
Legal Articles Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace June 10, 2016 / June 28, 2016 by Nikunj Keyal | 1 Comment on Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace INTRODUCTION: Sexual Harassment is behavior. It is defined as an unwelcome behavior of sexual nature. Sexual harassment at workplace is a widespread problem in the world whether it be a developed nation or a developing nation or an underdeveloped nation, atrocities against women is common everywhere. It is a universal problem giving negative impact on […] Read more » CURRENT INDIAN LAW ON SEXUAL HARASSMENT MISCONCEPTION ABOUT SEXUAL HARASSMENT SAME SEX HARASSMENT Same sex sexual harassment sexual harassment Sexual Harassment of Women Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace
Legal Articles Criminal Defamation- A road to abolition June 8, 2016 by Siddharth Sijoria | Leave a Comment Siddharth Sijoria The Supreme Court verdict upholding the constitutional validity of criminal defamation under sections 499 and 500 is timely and conforms to the larger societal needs. The court has correctly opined that the right to freedom of speech under Indian constitution is not unbounded but is limited by imposition of reasonable restriction to prevent […] Read more » Criminal Defamation Why retain Criminal Defamation
Legal Articles The Bureau of Indian Standards Bill June 8, 2016 / June 28, 2016 by Arushi Chauhan | Leave a Comment Arushi Chauhan After the traumatic period of British rule Indian economy almost reached to its pinnacle of economic break down. The country faced tremendous issues in setting up a proper economic infrastructure again. In order to develop the economy the Indian government recognized the role of standardization and the Indian Standards Institution (ISI) came into […] Read more » Bureau of Indian Standards Bureau of Indian Standards Bill The Bureau of Indian Standards Bill
Legal Articles Laws for protecting the right of disabled persons: A critical study. June 8, 2016 / June 8, 2016 by Sneha Suman | Leave a Comment Advocate Sneha suman (LLM) (NLUO) “Being disabled should not mean being disqualified from having access to every aspect of life” Disability in general parlance means lack or deficiency whether physical or mental in respect of some people. But sometimes, disabled persons prove themselves to be “differently abled” by their intellectuality and positive outlook towards the […] Read more » Blindness Cerebral Palsy disabled persons Hearing impairment Leprosy-cured Loco motor disability Low vision MENTAL HEALTH ACT 1987 Mental illness. mental retardation MENTAL RETARDATION AND MULTIPLE DISABILITIES ACT 1999 NATIONAL POLICY ON DISABILITY 2006 REHABILITATION COUNCIL OF INDIA ACT 1986 SOCIAL SECURITY OF DISABLED PERSONS Welfare of Persons with Autism
Legal Articles Amendment to Section 63 and 63-1A of the Maharashtra Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act (a comparative study) June 8, 2016 / June 8, 2016 by Sanjana Sinha Roy | Leave a Comment By Dominic Braganza, Partner at Abhay Nevagi and Associates, Advocates Section 63 of the Maharashtra Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act (for short “MTAL” or “the Act”) barred transfer of Agricultural lands to Non-Agriculturist without the permission of the Collector or Officer authorized by the State Government. By Maharashtra Act No.1 of 2016 w.e.f. 01/01/2016 Section […] Read more » Agricultural Lands Act Agricultural lands to Non-Agriculturist Determination of True Market Value of Property Maharashtra Tenancy Maharashtra Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act Section 63 and 63-1A of the Maharashtra Tenancy
Legal Articles Condonation of Delay in case of Appeals May 24, 2016 / June 28, 2016 by Nitish Banka | 1 Comment on Condonation of Delay in case of Appeals Nitish Banka Section 5 of the Limitation Act deals with condonation of delay in case of appeal. Since the limitation period for appeals is very short, this section is then introduced to meet the end of justice such that the purpose of justice is not defeated merely because there is “sufficient cause” is present due […] Read more » Condonation of Delay Condonation of Delay in case of Appeals
Legal Articles Transfer Petition in India May 24, 2016 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Transfer Petition in India An Application for transfer of Suit under Section 25 of the Code of Civil Procedure Section 25 of the Code of Civil Procedure enables the Supreme Court to transfer any Case, appeal or other proceedings from High Court or other civil court in one State to a High Court or other civil court in any […] Read more » Transfer Petition Transfer Petition in India
Legal Articles Where there is a trust, there is a breach May 24, 2016 by Kapil Chandna | Leave a Comment Since, being the part of the legal profession, I take it as my responsibility to ensure that Justice should not only be done, but seem to have been done. In today’s world where most of the financial transactions are done in the name of “friendly loans” without any precautions being taken because of the long […] Read more » there is a breach Trust Where there is a trust Where there is a trust there is a breach
