by attorneysuk007 on November 19, 2011
The Mann Act was handed down in 1910 its purpose was to prosecute individuals who were in the business of trafficking young ladies for the means of prostitution all over state lines. This law was set into motion to combat immigrants who kidnapped women of all ages and forced them to work into brothels. The official title of the law is White Slave Traffic Act, because the women who were abducted were being driven to prostitution out of fear. What the law states is something of its time, but since 1910 they have undergone several Amendments to keep it significant to present times. [click to continue…]
by Ayush Yadav on November 19, 2011
Under Section 122 of Transfer of Property Act, 1882 Gift is defined as the transfer of certain existing moveable and immoveable property made voluntarily and without consideration, by one person called the donor, to another, called the done and accepted by or on behalf of the done.
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by ruchiagarwal on November 19, 2011
Developments related to protection of plant variety date back to the 1920s and 1930s. Compulsory uniform standards for the protection of the plant varieties is been set up by Article 27.3(b) of the TRIPS Agreement called the “Biotechnology clause”, which imposes, a compulsion on all member countries of the WTO to protect plant varieties either by patents or by a sui generis regime or by a combination of both.
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by Dr. A. Prasanna on November 19, 2011
International efforts for the protection of environment culminated in the United Nations Conference on Human Environment held in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1972. Representatives from 113 countries, 19 inter-governmental agencies, and more than 400 inter-governmental and non-governmental organizations, attended the Conference. [click to continue…]
by Ayush Yadav on November 19, 2011
Corporate Social Responsibility in its basic terminology means responsibility of companies towards the society. It is the way companies manage their businesses to produce an overall positive impact on society through economic, environmental and social actions. World Business Council for Sustainable Development defines Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) as “The continuing commitment by business to behave ethically and contribute to economic development while improving the quality of life of the workforce and their families as well as of the local community and society at large.”
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by Ayush Yadav on November 19, 2011
The topic i.e. execution of decree against Legal Representative is a situational one because it is not every time a decree may be executed against legal representative. This execution of decree mainly takes place when the judgment debtor dies. According to Section 52 (1) of Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 where a judgment-debtor dies before the decree has been fully satisfied, the decree-holder may apply to the court which passed it to execute the same against the legal representative of the deceased.
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by Hitesh on November 19, 2011
Foreign judgements are those judgements which are passed by the foreign courts. Here, Foreign Court means “a court situate outside India and not established or continued by the authority of the Central Government”. Decrees passed by the foreign courts are executable by the Indian Courts and vice-versa. Section 14 of Code of Civil Procedure provides that the court shall presume, upon the production of any document purporting to be certified copy of foreign judgement, that such judgement was pronounced by court of competent jurisdiction, unless the contrary appears on record or proved.
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by Hitesh on November 7, 2011
An order of Compulsory winding up may be ordered by the High Court under section 433 of the Companies Act, 1956. Section 433 states the grounds on which an order of compulsory winding up can be made. In the case of compulsory winding up, the Official Liquidators are appointed by the High Court under whose jurisdiction, the company is situated.
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by Aashima Garg on November 5, 2011
The preamble of the Act states “for the acquisition of land needed for public purposes or for companies and for determination of the amount of compensation to be made on such acquisition.” There can be no acquisition otherwise.
The legislature has left it to the govt. to say what public purpose is and also to declare the need of a given land for a public purpose. It is the nature and quality of the purpose which determines the public character of the purpose.
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by Aashima Garg on November 5, 2011
Confession of witnesses and the accused is a very important determinant in the pronouncement of guilt in a Criminal Justice Trial. The scope and the parameters of ‘Confession’ and the confessional statements have traveled beyond the boundaries of the traditional Sections 24, 25, 27 in the Indian Evidence Act, 1872. It is a rule of universal law that a person may be convicted on the basis of his confession made in a judicial proceeding.
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