This article will delve into the technical (read: problem-solving) aspects of Legal Reasoning. We strictly advice you to sit up straight and read this instruction
A company called IN Corp discovered a case of financial mismanagement upon general audit. An inquiry committee was constituted and it was to table its
By Siddharth Dey Nikhil is an expert thief. Apart from being the slippery cat that he is, Nikhil has a complete distaste towards Richa. Richa
Q1. PRINCIPLE: Every person has the right to defend his or another person’s body or property, if there is a reasonable apprehension of danger to
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Legal Vocabulary We hope that you have been diligent in your preparation for CLAT. As you know, you may be quizzed on the meaning of
Practice Questions: 1. Every person has a right to complete immunity of his person from physical interference of others, except in so far as the
“TRESPASSER” “Trespassers will be prosecuted”, are four words which you must have seen ‘n’ number of times, written on a board, and hung on a
Nobody shall make use of his property in a way which causes damage to others. Any such use constitutes private nuisance, a wrongful act
As I write this, the neighbourhood school is conducting its annual fest. The noise is in the superlative, the speakers are terrible, the singing is
Landmark Legal Cases “The law reigns supreme.” In a land like India, this statement is surely a well acknowledged truth. As prospective lawyers you must
1. Principle: An Act of God is an operation of natural forces so unexpected that no human foresight or skill could reasonably be expected to
“Negligence (Lat. negligentia, from neglegere, to neglect, literally “not to pick up something”) is a failure to exercise the care that a reasonably prudent person would exercise in
As aspiring lawyers you must be familiar with some words commonly used in the legal context. Your aim of learning the meanings of words under
By Siddharth Dey The power to take personal property from an individual is rooted in the idea of eminent domain. Eminent domain is the state’s
Firstly, a very Happy Diwali to all of you! I hope you enjoyed it as much as we did (evident from the inactivity over the
Inevitable Accidents are, as evident from the name, events which could not have been prevented by the parties through the exercise of ordinary care, caution,
This one might be distasteful for staunch believers, while the non-believers will scratch their head on how to go forward with this one. For whatever reasons
It’s the peak of summer. Your neighbour is fed up of the heat, and packs his bags for the mountains…no, not for sanyas, but for
To make a very simple translation of the Roman Law maxim Volenti Non Fit Injuria, it means that things suffered voluntarily are not fit/deemed to
Siddharth Dey As I start with this new chapter on general defences, you might ask why we are studying general defences right now. Unless we
1. PRINCIPLE: The mere fact that a man is injured by another’s act gives in itself no cause of action; if the act is deliberate,
1. PRINCIPLE: The wrong of defamation is committed either by way of writing, or its equivalent, or by way of speech. The defamatory statement should
