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“Laws, taken in their broadest meaning, are the necessary relations deriving from the nature of things; and in this sense, all beings have their laws: the divinity has its laws, the material world has its laws, then intelligences superior to man have their laws, the beasts have their laws, man has hislaws.” (Montesquieu 1989, 1.1)…
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INTRODUCTION A mature legal system endeavours to provide not merely a remedy for every right infringed, but also an adequate remedy. It was in this process of a search for effective remedial action that Specific Relief emanated from the Equity Courts in England. The principles built up by successive Chancellors of England in this branch…
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INTRODUCTION The first enactment of the kind was Lord Brougham’s Act (13 and 14 Vict., c. 21). The provisions of that statute were adopted to India, and somewhat simplified, by General Clauses Act (1 of 1868), and the General Clauses Act, 1887 (1 of 1887) was a further extension of the same principle. It was…
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“Today, education is perhaps the most important function of state and local governments …. It is required in the performance of our most basic responsibilities, even service in the armed forces. It is the very foundation of good citizenship. Today, it is the principal instrument in awakening the child to cultural values, in preparing him…
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“The Directive Principles are like the Instruments of Instructions which were issued to the Governor-General and the Governors of the Colonies by the British Government under the Government of India Act 1935. What are called Directive Principles is merely another name for the Instruments of Instructions. The only difference is that they are instructions to…
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INTRODUCTIONThe Trade and Merchandise Marks Act was passed in the year 1958, since then it has been amended several times. Moreover in view of developments in trading and commercial practices, increasing globalisation of trade and industry, the need to encourage investment flows and transfer of technology and the need to simplify and harmonize trade mark…
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“Advocates or lawyers have many capacities- one being Officers of the Court. Therefore, they should not, while acting as counsel or advocates or their capacity as advocates, undertake or volunteer to solemnize marriages. That can well result in Advocates chambers or offices turning out to be matrimonial “establishment”- a consequence never intended- or perhaps never…
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