SIGNIFICANCE OF THE BOOK IN CURRENT TIMES In current scenario, when the whole world is facing an unprecedented situation, people are confined inside the boundaries of their homes, every individual can relate to the brunt felt by the residents of the Annexe, as well as people who suffered during the war. The pandemic exacerbated the... Continue Reading →
DOCTRINE OF PRECEDENTS PART-2
HOW PRECEDENTS ARE USED BY JUDGES OF SUBORDINATE COURTS According to article 141 of constitution of India, decisions of supreme court are binding on high courts. But two questions which arise are as follows: In case conflicting opinion between two benches, decision of which bench is to be followed as binding precedent? The supreme court... Continue Reading →
MALICIOUS PROSECUTION IN INDIAN LAW PART-2
THE CURRENT PROBLEMS ABOUT THE LAW OF MALICIOUS PROSECUTION- The proceedings for malicious prosecution can only be initiated if the plaintiff who files the case of malicious prosecution was tried for the false charges by a tribunal or court of law. But even in proceedings at the police level, grave amount of injury to the... Continue Reading →
MALICIOUS PROSECUTION IN INDIAN LAW PART-1
INTRODUCTION The nominative definition of malicious prosecution is an action for damages based on this tort brought after termination of the proceedings in favor of the party seeking damages for the tort of initiating a criminal prosecution or civil suit against another party with malice and without probable cause[1] The court defined the term ‘Malicious... Continue Reading →
DOCTRINE OF PRECEDENTS PART-1
INTRODUCTION Defining a precedent by its nominative definition “A precedent is a previous instance or case which furnishes an example or rule for subsequent conduct, and a pattern upon which subsequent conduct is based.” [1] Article 141 of Indian constitution defines and gives constitutional binding to law of precedents in India. It makes the subordinate... Continue Reading →
PHILADELPHIA MOVIE REVIEW
PLOT AND THE ESSENCE OF DISCRIMINATION In the movie, Andrew Beckett, a successful lawyer, conceals his sexual orientation and HIV status from the senior partners at Wyant & Wheeler, the law firm where he works. When he is promoted to Senior Associate, he was given a very important case. He left some important documents of... Continue Reading →
GANDHI AND THE PHASES OF INDIAN FREEDOM STRUGGLE PART-2
GANDHI IN INDIA Gandhi returned to india in January, 1915. Gandhi decided to tour the country for next one year, to get better understanding of the ground reality. This clearly shows the practical and analytical nature of Gandhi. During 1917 and 1918, Gandhi was involved in three struggles- in champaran, Ahmedabad and Kheda before the... Continue Reading →
GANDHI AND THE PHASES OF INDIAN FREEDOM STRUGGLE PART-1
INTRODUCTION Indian freedom struggle mainly has three major phases, the first phase could be truly categorized as the moderate phase which ranged for first 20 years of congress (1885-1905). Having faith in the honesty and sincerity of the British government they linked the progress of India with their prosperity was the main idea behind this... Continue Reading →
WOMEN IN VEDIC PERIOD PART- 2
RELIGIOUS LIFE The Aryan gods were predominantly male. But there were considerable number of goddesses too. Some chants in the vedas were composed by female composers also. They could take part with men in the performance of religious sacrifices. In the ashwamedha yagya, the role of the chief queen and other queens is noteworthy. Upanayana... Continue Reading →
WOMEN IN VEDIC PERIOD PART-1
INTRODUCTION The position of women in a society is an important aspect of study in history, because it not only reflective of the social stratification present at that time as well as inequalities of the present time. It also helps to fight those ideologies which promote gender discrimination as a part of social order established... Continue Reading →
Diary Of a young girl by Anne frank book review part-1
INTRODUCTION The Diary of a young girl was first published in 1947 under the title ‘Het Achterhuis’ and is considered one of the most authentic accounts of suffering of Jews in the Nazi world. The first world war and the humiliating defeat of Germany in the war led to several changes in the economic as... Continue Reading →