A NOTE FOR DRAFTING PLAINT FOR A COMMERCIAL SUIT FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
While drafting a Commercial Suit for summary judgment following points have to be kept in mind in addition to the usual other points required for drafting an ordinary suit. The Commercial Courts Act 2015 has enacted a separate order as O. XIII A for summary judgment. It is therefore clear that O. 37 of CPC […]
ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION : Need of the Day
Background:- A serious thought to substitutes for litigation for dispute resolution is given all over the world. It is universally accepted that litigation is one of the ways of dispute resolution. However, litigation has its own strengths, weaknesses and limitations. It is therefore incumbent for all of us to think about Alternative Dispute Resolution Mechanism. […]
WILL LAWYERS AND JUDGES BE REPLACED BY ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Background: Advancement in technology and science is growing at such a pace that questions like the above of replacement of human skills by machines through AI are being debated at present. Traditionally Lawyers and Judges are thought to be dealing with problems of human beings demanding special skills and emotions which only human beings can […]
SIXTY YEARS OF INDIAN INDEPENDENCE: ROLE OF LAW STUDENTS
Scenario:- Imagine yourself to be on a road at midnight driving a car. You come to a traffic signal. There is nobody around and the signal is red. Will you stop the car until the signal becomes green? The answer of most of us would be an emphatic No ! Even at midnight, in Western […]
THE SUPREME COURT ON MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE
The Supreme Court of India under Art. 141 of the Constitution of Indian lays down law of the land. In recent times, it has given certain landmark judgments in respect of medical negligence cases. A medical negligence case can give rise to two types of legal action. i) Criminal case u/s 304 (A) of Indian […]
REFORMS OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
The Constitution of India makes it the duty of the State to protect the life, liberty and property of a common man. The criminal justice system in the country must, therefore, assure the citizens that criminals would be punished and their life, liberty and property would be protected. Unfortunately, however, in India, the rate of […]
NON PERFORMING ASSETS – LEGAL REMEDIES
BACKGROUND The focus of my paper is going to be on the remedies of non-performing assets, particularly, the legal remedies. Any account is deemed to have gone in NPA if, it goes in default in the payment of principal or interest for a period of 180 days, which period will be reduced to 90 days […]
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON: INTERNATIONAL LAW IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM PROBLEMS & CHALLENGES AHEAD
he Indian Society of International Law, New Delhi had organized a Conference on ‘International Law in the New Millennium Problems & Challenges ahead’ from 04-10-2001 to 07-10-2001 at New Delhi. The conference was inaugurated by the President of India on 04-10-2001 at 11.00 a.m. at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi. Thereafter, the venue of the Conference […]
Electoral reforms with reference to supreme court judgement of disclosure and real need
Background: Electoral Reforms are thought to be the most essential reforms in the present day Indian scenario. Electoral reforms have been talked about for the last 50 years. The latest Supreme Court judgements making it necessary for candidates to give information about educational qualifications, assets and liabilities and criminal background, have resulted in renewed interest […]