“The canons of ethics and propriety for the legal profession totally taboos the conduct by way of soliciting, advertising, scrambling and other obnoxious practices” – Justice Krishna Iyer Advocacy is celebrated as an esteemed and prestigious profession in India. It is assessed by the standards of legal ethics and are considered an inevitable part of
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A legally valid (in the eyes of the law) contract is an agreement between two parties, binding themselves in a legal obligation to perform specific acts. Indian Contract Act, 1872, defines the term ‘contract’ as “an agreement enforceable by law between two or more parties to do/abstain from doing something”[i]. Each party is obligated to
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The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday, 10th November dismissed a petition alleging contempt of the Supreme Court order. While observing that “a round about public Tiraha” does not fall within public road, pavements, sideways and any other public utility place.” Justice Pankaj Bhatia was hearing an application dated 18.01.2013 filed alleging the non-compliance directions of
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Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Monday announced, his government was putting on hold the controversial Kerala Police Amendment ordinance, which had triggered severe criticism of the state’s ruling CPI(M) government and allegations that it was a move aimed at “muzzling media.” “We have been forced to bring an ordinance in view of serious cyber
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Image from here As Nikhil recently noted on the blog, there are currently on-going discussions as to whether the Copyright Act should be amended, with industry associations and law firms being invited to comment on the matter. As he had pointed out then, it is vitally important that industry and their representatives (law firms) not
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India’s largest online higher education company, upGrad, has recorded over 350 enrollments for the first batch of the LL.M. in Corporate & Financial Law program by Jindal Global Law School. The 12-month long program, delivered in a blended learning environment, is a first-of-its-kind LL.M program in India. The pioneer batch has a diverse group of
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Article 14 Article 14 of the Constitution of India provides that “The State shall not deny to any person equality before the law or the equal protection of the laws within the territory of India.” It means every person, who lives within the territory of India, is equal before the law and equal protection shall
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The Kerala High Court while granting bail to a health worker accused of raping a woman who had come to him for getting a COVID negative certificate, directed the Director General of Police to take appropriate action against the victim who deposed that it was consensual sex. The previous two bail applications were dismissed by
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To enquire about the status of development/ administration of vaccine for Covid-19 virus, the Allahabad High Court has expressed its inclination to get in touch with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR). Justice Siddhartha Varma and Justice Ajit Kumar has asked the Central Government to put it in touch with the authority to verify
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WHAT IS PLAINT? Order 6 rule 1 of Civil Procedure code, 1908 defines pleading to be a plaint or a written statement. Pleadings form the basis of proceedings before the court of law. Section 26 of the Civil Procedure Code states, that every suit that shall be instituted should present the plaint first or any
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