Mortgage: The Legal Provisions governing it
Mortgage defined Mortgage is transfer of an interest in a specific immovable property, for securing an advance payment of money by way of loan. It creates a pecuniary liability. It…
Parents & Senior Citizens: Their Maintenance & Welfare
The parents and senior citizens, who are neglected by their children, can now claim need-based maintenance from their children. This is claimed on the strength of the law - Maintenance & Welfare of Parents & Senior Citizens Act, 2007. It is legally binding on children or relatives to look after the elderly.
Laws on Hindu Succession in Kerala
Introduction Inheritance means the right to succeed to the estate on intestacy - dying without a legally valid will. Succession means the process by which the heirs acquire the property…
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…
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…
Defamation in Indian Criminal Law
Defamation, according to Section 499 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), is making or publishing any imputation concerning any person to harm the reputation of such person.
It can be in written, oral, sign, or graphical form. It must be made knowingly and believing that it will harm the reputation of the person against whom it is made.
Contempt of Court Act in a Nutshell
Concept of contempt of court The concept of contempt of court came into existence in India with the enactment of the Constitution of India. By including the concept the Constitution…
What is meant by Cause of Action in a Civil Suit?
Cause of action means What we term as cause of action is a bundle of facts which forms the ground for a civil suit. The plaintiff must have to prima…
Law on recovery of advance or earnest money
Introduction The “advance deposit”, which is being paid as part of a contract for transfer of an immovable property, has in the past been treated conceptually quite different from the…