Principle of Vicarious Liability

by Vaishnavi Adapala WHAT IS VICARIOUS LIABILITY? The term “vicarious liability” is made up of two words: “vicarious”...

Public Interest Litigation

By: Kiran Sona Puthan Introduction Public Interest Litigation (PIL) is a method or technique that tends to focus on t...

Difference between judge and magistrate

INTRODUCTION In the judiciary, magistrates and judges seem to be the same, but this is not the case. There are distin...

Concept of Locus Standi

Introduction In the past, litigation in India was an expensive affair. Wealthy people were the only ones who took leg...

Contingent Contract

Introduction A contract comes into existence when one party has made an offer that another party has accepted. Accept...

Impact of abolition of Film Certification Appellate Tribunal on copyright and cinema

By Kiran Sona Puthan Introduction The government abolished the Film Certificate Appellate Tribunal (FCAT) earlier thi...

Distinction between void contract and illegal contract

Differences between void and illegal contracts No parties to an unlawful contract can seek any remedy from the courts...

Defamation under torts

Defamation under Torts It is rightly pointed out in the ‘Bhagwat Gita’ that “for a man of honour, defamation is worse...

Malicious Prosecution

#What is Malicious Prosecution? The malicious prosecution can be defined as an institution of unsuccessful criminal, ...

Judicial activism – A complete reference

#Introduction To Judicial activism As per the Constitution of India, the State plays a primary role in ensuring justi...

Crash course on anticipatory bill

Usually people misinterpret the word anticipatory bail with the Normal bail provisions as they mostly focus on word b...

Brief overview about Relevancy and Admissibility of facts

#A brief overview about Relevancy and Admissibility of facts | RELEVANCY | ADMISSIBILITY | | Relevancy as the term e...