Gift: The Legal Provisions governing it
Gift is the gratuitous transfer of certain existing moveable or immoveable property, made voluntarily and without consideration by one person to another person and accepted by or on behalf of…
Further Investigation: Its Legal Dimensions
Further investigation means Further investigation is the subsequent investigation that succeeds the investigation primarily conducted by the police. Its purpose is to supplement the earlier investigation. It is a continuation…
Legal remedies available for non-performance of contract due to Covid-19
Covid : an unforeseen pandemic The emergence of Covid-19 as a pandemic around the world in an unprecedented manner as nobody could foresee has brought in many unforeseen restrictions in…
Family Settlement : Its legal Status
A family settlement is an agreement mutually worked out by a settler among his family or by family members among themselves as to how the common property should be distributed and hold separately in accordance with the agreement. It settles the division or distribution of common property that the family members already own as a common property. It can be used to dispose of a self-acquired property in consideration of marriage or for any charitable or religious purpose.
Zero FIR & its role in Crime Investigation
What is Zero FIR? Zero FIR is not at all different from a commonly known FIR (First Information Report) which must be registered in any criminal offence in the police…
All about First Information Report (FIR)
The First Information Statement (FIS) or First Information Report (FIR) has not been defined in the Criminal Procedural Code, 1973 (CrPC).
FIS is commonly understood as the information received by the police about commission of a crime and recorded under section 154(1) of the CrPC. In fact, it is the information of a crime reported to the police, first in point of time.
Execution of a Decree under Order 21 of CPC
The term execution of a decree refers to the process for enforcing or giving effect to the judgment, decree or order of the court.
The execution is the mechanism though which the decree holder realises the fruits of the decree ordered by the court. It comes to a close when the decree holder gets the relief awarded to him by the court.
The decree holder is the person in whose favour a decree has been passed, and the judgment debtor is the person against whom a decree has been passed.
Encumbrance Certificate doesn’t show all liabilities on the Property
Encumbrance means what The term encumbrance refers to the charge created on any property, particularly in regard to the immoveable property. An Encumbrance Certificate (EC) discloses whether the property in…
Divorced Woman can claim Remedies under D V Act
A divorced woman, who files an application before the Magistrate court as an aggrieved person under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 (DV Act), can claim a bunch of remedies, except residence in a shared household.
Disposal of Property or Documents during Trial
Disposal of property or documents by the criminal court during inquiry or trial is a crucial issue in some cases. The legal provision relating to it is well provided for…
Discharge of an Accused u/s 227 CrPC
The usual procedure in a criminal case is that if the police investigation shows there is a prima facie criminal offence against the accused, then a Final Police Report (Charge Sheet/Challan) is filed. The accused is then subjected to the next stage of framing of charges against him, by the court.
However, the court can discharge the accused person before it frames the charges against him, if no offence is prima facie made out.
Ethics of defending a Client known to be Guilty
Criminal defence advocates, defending the accused persons who have been considered by the people to be guilty in heinous crimes, are at the receiving end many a time. The public…