Bigamy
Word: Bigamy Meaning: A person is married to two people at the same time. In the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 under this act one of the conditions for a valid marriage is neither party should have a spouse living at the time of marriage.
Polygamy
Word: Polygamy Meaning: The practice or custom of having more than one wife at the same time. Indian Penal Code 1860 prohibits polygamy and prescribes punishment under section 494 and Section 495. The Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 prohibits the marriage of a Hindu who has a living spouse, polygamous Hindu […]
Primafacie
Word: Primafacie Meaning: It simply means at the first sight, on the first appearance, on the face of it. So far as can be judged from the first disclosure, presumably a fact presumed to be true unless disproved by some evidence to the contrary.
Void Ab Initio
Word: Void Ab Initio Meaning: It means to be treated as invalid from the beginning.
Ab Initio
Word: Ab Initio Meaning: Ab Initio simply means from the very beginning.
Defendant / Respondent
Word: Defendant / Respondent Meaning: A defendant is a person accused of committing a crime in a criminal prosecution or a person against whom some type of civil relief is being sought in a civil case.
Plaintiff / Appellant
Word: Plaintiff / Appellant Meaning: A person who brings a case against another (defendant) in a court of law. A plaintiff is a party who initiates a lawsuit (also known as action) before a court and by doing so the plaintiff seeks a legal remedy if successful then the court […]
Mere Animal Existence – A Critical Analysis Essay
“Prison is a second by second assault on the soul, a day to day degradation of the self, an oppressive steel and brick umbrella that transforms seconds into hours and hours into days” Mumia Abu-Jamal. Along the line, we humans have forgotten what it means, what is the purpose of prison and what it means to imprison a human being.
The Role of Judiciary in Protecting Human Rights
Human rights are moral principles or norms that describe certain standards of human behaviour and are regularly protected as legal rights in the manciple and international law, they are commonly understood as in inalienable fundamental rights to which a person is inherently entitled to simply because he or she is a human being and which are inherent in all the human beings.
Vineeta Sharma V Rakesh Sharma – Rights Of Daughter In Coparcenary Property
In this landmark judgement the conflicts and confusion which were caused due to previous two judgements in the case of Prakash V Phulavati 2016 and another case of Danamma V Amar Singh 2018, the confusion and questions which arose due to these two cases were resolved in this landmark case of Vineeta Sharma V Rakesh Sharma.