What is a Registration

The registration of immovable property sale and purchase paperwork is required and enables the preservation of evidence, the avoidance of fraud, and the assurance of title. After a buyer purchases a property, the legal transfer of ownership occurs only when the immovable asset is registered in the government's records in his name. Because the buyer... Continue Reading →

Things that cannot be held as immovable property

What are Immovable Property?Section 3 (1) of the Transfer of Property Act of 1882 defines immovable property. Indian law has accepted the technical separation of property into real and personal property recognized by English law, rather than the split of property into moveable and immovable. Their Lordships of the Privy Council stated in Futtehsang v.... Continue Reading →

BIOGRAPHY OF JUSTICE ANIL RAMESH DAVE

Anil Ramesh Dave was born on November 19, 1951, is the current Executive-Chairman of the National Legal Services Authority and a former judge of the Supreme Court of India. He served as Chief Justice of the Andhra Pradesh High Court and the Bombay High Court before being appointed to the Supreme Court of India. He... Continue Reading →

Who can transfer a property?

A live person can transfer property to one or more other living persons, or to himself, or to himself and one or more other living persons, in the present or in the future, and to transfer property is to undertake such an act. The Transfer of Property Act's purpose is to establish and alter the... Continue Reading →

Biography of Justice Harjit Singh Bedi

Harjit Singh Bedi is a former Supreme Court of India judge who was born on September 5, 1946. Harjit Singh Bedi originates from a farming family in Sahiwal (previously Montgomery), Pakistan. He is number 17 in the direct line of Guru Nanak's descendants. His family relocated to Fazilka, a small township near the India-Pakistan border,... Continue Reading →

What is Attestation?

Attestation is the act of seeing and then signing a formal document to ensure that it was correctly signed by those who are bound by its contents. Attestation is a legal acknowledgement of a document's authenticity and a confirmation that suitable procedures were followed. Essentially, an attestation is an official declaration that something is real... Continue Reading →

What is Intangible property?

Intangible property is also known as incorporeal property. It is something that a person or business can own and transfer to another person or corporation but does not have any physical substance, such as brand name or intellectual property. It usually relates to legal creations like copyright, trademarks, and patents. Real property (land, buildings, and... Continue Reading →

Biography of Justice Kshitij R. vyas

Hon'ble Justice Kshitij R. Vyas was born in the Gujarati village of Bhalod in the Bharuch District in 1944. He graduated from the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda with a law degree in 1968 and began practising in the Gujarat High Court on civil, criminal, and constitutional problems. In addition, he handled a number of... Continue Reading →

SALIENT FEATURES OF THE 65TH AMENDMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION

National Commission for Scheduled Castes and National Commission for Scheduled Tribes stated under Article 338 and Article 338 A of the Indian Constitution are a constitutional body and not a statutory body. Some other authorities like The National Commission for Minorities (1992), The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (2007) are statutory bodies as... Continue Reading →

Marital Rape- A legal Crime

We are living in the 21st century but still male patriarchy prevails over dignity and self- respect of the woman. This could be seen in the exception (2) of section 375 of the Indian penal code which talks about the validity of marital rape.Violence against women has now become part of daily routine life. Marital... Continue Reading →

The Compensatory Afforestation Fund Act, 2016

Introduction The Union Environment Ministry of India has transferred the ₹47,436 crore to 27 States for afforestation. The funds are pending from long in form of dues, a part of the Compensatory Afforestation Fund (CAF), that has been collected for nearly a few decade as environmental compensation from industry. (1) The funds transferred are in... Continue Reading →

CHILD MARRIAGE IN (INDIA) A PROHIBITED CRIME UNDER LAW

★ Let the Child be a Child, Stop Child Marriage. - Anonymous Key Facts in India about Child Marriage- ● One in three of the world’s child brides live in India. Of the country’s 223 million child brides, 102 million were married before turning 15. ● Over half of Indian child brides live in five... Continue Reading →

Tort Law in India: Seriously underdeveloped.

In the course of history, tort law has undergone the evolution from homomorphic revenge to damage compensation, fault liability to multiple liabilities, absolute liability to relative liability, and then absolute liability. Since modern times, the statutory codes of continental Europe have established the status of tort law, while the tort law in the United Kingdom... Continue Reading →

Movie Review: Earth (1947)

The movie Earth is directed by Deepa Mehta and is based on the novel Cracking India by Bapsi Sidhwa. It is based on partition history and is looked at through the narration of an innocent 8-year-old Parsi girl living in Lahore named Lenny however, it was later revealed that it is the future and older... Continue Reading →

OVERVIEW OF GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE

WHAT IS GATT?[i] The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is a legal agreement between many countries, whose overall purpose was to promote international trade by reducing or eliminating trade barriers such as tariffs or quotas. According to its preamble, its purpose was the "substantial reduction of tariffs and other trade barriers and the elimination of preferences, on a reciprocal and mutually advantageous basis." The... Continue Reading →

WHY SHOULD COPYRIGHT BE PROTECTED?

WHAT IS COPYRIGHT? Copyright refers to the legal right of the owner of intellectual property. In simpler terms, copyright is the right to copy. This means that the original creators of products and anyone they give authorization to are the only ones with the exclusive right to reproduce the work. Copyright law gives creators of original material the exclusive... Continue Reading →

INFRINGEMENT OF REGISTERED TRADEMARK

WHAT IS TRADEMARK? According to the Indian Trademarks Act, 1999,[i] a trademark is defined as a mark, which can be represented graphically and can distinguish the goods or services of one individual from those of others. It is a sign capable of distinguishing the goods or services of one enterprise from other enterprises. WHAT IS... Continue Reading →

AN OVERVIEW OF FEMA ACT

WHAT IS FOREIGN EXCHANGE MANAGEMENT ACT (FEMA)?[i] The Foreign Exchange Management Act is an act passed and enacted by the Parliament of India to consolidate and amend the law relating to foreign exchange with the objective of facilitating external trade and payments and for promoting the orderly development and maintenance of foreign exchange market in... Continue Reading →

PENALITES UNDER CP ACT

Chapter VII of the Consumer Protection Act, 2019 deals with the offences and penalties.[i] Section 72(1): In case of failure to comply with the order of District/State/National Commission, imprisonment for a period not less than 1-month extendable upto 3 years, OR, fine of not less than Rs. 25,000/- upto Rs.1,00,000/-, or both.Section 88: In case... Continue Reading →

GIST OF IMPORTANT CASES UNDER CP ACT

WHAT IS CONSUMER PROTECT ACT? The Consumer Protection Act, 1986 was enacted to protect the interests of consumers in India. It was made for the establishment of consumer councils and other authorities for the settlement of consumer’s grievances and matters connected with it. It gives easy and fast compensation to consumer’s grievances. It also safeguards... Continue Reading →

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