Finance Commission is a constitutional body. Article 280 of the Constitution of India provides for Finance Commission. The president constitutes it after every five years.
Historically there was a provision that within two years after the commencement of the constitution, the Finance Commission must get established and after that every five years.Read More →
Firstly, let us understand what evidence is. Any material facts or signs that the court requires to prove something true or verify the truth of any alleged matter can be termed as evidence.
The following article talks about provisions related to false evidence as per Chapter XI of the Indian Penal Code. False evidence as an offence is contained under sections 191 to 198 of IPC. Let us understand these sections in detail.Read More →
For understanding the term sale, you must know its essentials. They are:
1. Sale is a transfer of ownership from one person to other. One person transfers his title to another.
2. It is transferred in consideration for a price. Here, price means money and not any other valuable thing. Please note that, if in consideration, instead of money, a thing is given, then it is not sale but exchange.
3. The price may be paid or promised to be paid on a certain date or part-paid and part-promised.Read More →
A state’s High Court is the highest appellate authority in that state. It enjoys many powers like:
1. Original jurisdiction
2. Writ jurisdiction
3. Appellate jurisdiction
4. Supervisory jurisdiction
5. A court of record
6. Power of judicial reviewRead More →
Haryana Judiciary Preliminary exam shall be of 500 marks. 1 question carries 4 marks. A negative marking of 0.80 marks for every wrong answer.Read More →
Section 299 of the Indian Penal code talks about culpable homicide and section 300 of IPC deals with murder.
There is a faint line difference between both of them. This frequently causes problem to advocates, legal practitioners that where to lie the case, if not minutely understood this difference.
Culpable homicide is a genus and murder its species. “All murders are culpable homicide, but all culpable homicides are not murder.”Read More →
The rights available to advocate can be comprehended from several legislations. They are: 1. Right to pre-audience. 2. Right to…Read More →
Succession under Muslim Law is the transfer of the property on the person’s death to the rightful heir. This law note tells you about it.Read More →
Hindu Succession Act, 1956 relates to the succession and inheritance of the property. It discusses the rights of male and female while acquiring property.Read More →
According to Section 154 of the Criminal Procedure Code, FIR stands for First Information Report given orally or in writing to a police officer.Read More →
To seek a mercy petition, the death sentence by the Session Court must be confirmed by the High Court. The convict who has been given a death sentence can appeal to the Supreme Court. Suppose the Supreme Court refuses to hear the appeal or upholds the death sentence.
In that case, a mercy petition can be submitted to the President of India under Article 72 of the Indian Constitution or to the Governor of state under Article 161 of the Indian Constitution.Read More →
No statutory regulations have been provided in the Criminal Procedure Code to determine the nature of an offence as a cognizable or non-cognizable one. However, the code under Schedule I categorises certain offences as cognizable and non-cognizable ones.
Cognizable crimes are heinous in nature which embraces offences like rape, murder, theft, waging war etc. In cognizable cases, the information is given to the nearest police station, which registers the FIR and starts the investigation.Read More →
With respect to administrative law, tribunals are referred to those bodies which have quasi-judicial power (not similar to court procedures). They are not like the sub-ordinate courts or superior courts. Quasi-judicial authorities are established under an act of Parliament or of the state legislature to discharge adjudicatory functions.
Our courts are overcrowded with numerous cases. Therefore, for speedy and effective justice, part of the judicial power is delegated to the tribunals.Read More →
The 102nd Constitutional Amendment Act introduced the following articles into the Indian Constitution.
> Article 338B: Deals with Structure, Duties and Powers of NCBC (National Commission for Backward Classes).
> Article 342A clause 1: Empowers the President to notify the list of SEBC (Socially Economic and Backward Classes for each State and Union Territory in consultation with the Governor.
> Article 342A clause 2: Empowers the Parliament to amend the Central List.Read More →
This law article lists 18 important cases and law amendments that happened in India in the years 2021, 2020, 2019, and 2018.Read More →
The Indian Constitution confers three types of jurisdiction to the Supreme Court of India – the country’s apex court. These are:
1. Original Jurisdiction (Article 32),
2. Appellate Jurisdiction (Article 136), and
3. Advisory Jurisdiction (Article 143).
Advisory jurisdiction is mentioned under Article 143, Part V of the Indian Constitution.Read More →
