"Interest Reipublicae Ut Sit Finis Litium" which means that in the interest of the state as a whole there should be a limit to litigation and "vigilantibus non dormientibus Ju...

A summary trial suit is a procedure where courts pass judgment without hearing the defense. Summary suit is elucidated in Order XXXVII of the Code of Civil Procedure (CPC), 1908. The obje...

Res Judicata meaning Res means "subject matter" and judicata means "adjudged" or decided and together it means "a matter adjudged". In simpler words, the thing has been judged by the court, ...

Meaning of Jurisdiction Jurisdiction is defined as the limit of judicial authority or the extent to which a court of law can exercise its authority over suits, cases, appeals etc. In Hriday N...

A foreign Court is defined as a court situated outside India and not established or continued by the authority of the Central Government. A Foreign Judgment means a judgment of a foreign court....

The provision of Arrest is given in Chapter V from section 41 to section 60 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. According to The Legal Glossary, Government of India, 'Arrest means the res...

It is the duty of every person to maintain his wife, children, and aged parents, who are not able to live on their own. Section 125 of Criminal Procedure deals with the order of maintenance of ...

The Police officer receives information through any other source or by the informant and produces it in writing in the form of an FIR which he is empowered to take under Section 156 to investig...

As per Section 227, if, upon consideration of the record of the case and the documents submitted therewith, and after hearing the submissions of the accused and the prosecution on this behalf, ...

Police custody or remand means that the physical custody of the accused is with the Police, and the accused is lodged in a lock-up of a police station. After an FIR is lodged for a cognizable o...

The object of the rule embodied in the sec. 218 of Criminal Procedure is to ensure a fair trial and to see that the accused is not bewildered or perplexed to confuse by having been asked to def...

What Is Sports Law? Sports is an emerging field in career of law. It applies to the athletes and the sport they play. India has been on a flourishing track to turn sports into something bigger...