‘A contract defining shareholders’ rights and obligations’ When an individual is planning to establish a company with family members or friends it is easy to presume that nothing can go wrong in the coming years. You might conclude that as you trust each other and you are not in need of something called as shareholders’ agreement, rather it […]
‘How to identify bankruptcy-related white-collar crimes and avoid them’ Introduction When filing for bankruptcy, you are supposed to enlist all the property that you own at present and also any assets that you have transferred to others within a specific period. If you intentionally do not mention the information required when filing your bankruptcy paper, […]
As was once wisely said by John Rawls, “the fundamental criterion for judging any procedure is the justice of its likely results”. As far as the criminal justice system goes, the procedure holds avery important place for the courts. Procedural law can be considered to be the collection of rules that govern how courts do […]
‘Evidence’, a word that is used quite generously in our daily lives, is one that actually holds a much greater gravitas. One single piece of evidence is all one needs to make or break a case in the court of law. Evidence can be described as the material that is presented before a court of […]
The term “procedure” evolves from the word “procéder”,which is French for ‘proceed’. Procedural law can be considered to be the collection of rules that govern how courts do their business. It basically controls how courts hear cases and how parties can bring their case before the court. Procedure is what helps courts decide matters in […]
India’s step to liberalize, globalize and privatize the Indian economy was a largely impactful one, and not one without consequences. The laws that would govern the market earlier were the Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices, 1969 (MRTP Act), which restricted the growth of monopolies in the market. India’s transition from a “command and control” economy […]
One of the pillars of democracy in any nation is the media. The power that the media holds is commendable, but at the same time one must not ignore the responsibility it wields as well. The media holds an immense amount of influence on the public, and it can make or break the system as […]
We live in an unfortunate era where sexual harassment has become so rampant, that it plagues workplaces as well. It has increased so much that statistics show every one in four women being sexually harassed at their workplace. It is not just women, but also men who have faced such harassment time and again. The […]
Smell is one of the most potent types of human memory, and businesses show increasing interest in pairing pleasant scents with their products. To obtain registration of a smell mark applicants must be able to visually represent the product’s scent and must show it is distinctive from the product itself. A bottled sample of the […]
THE TURMERIC CASE On March 28, 1995 the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) granted a patent (US 5401504) to two expatriate Indians of the University of Mississippi Medical Centre for a method of promoting healing of a wound by administering turmeric to a patient afflicted with the wound. Turmeric is a plant yielding […]
“Here’s a nation, one of the founding pillars was freedom of speech and freedom of expression. And yet we have imposed upon people restrictions, on what they can say, on what they can think. And the media is the largest proponent of this, crucifying people who say things really quite innocently.” -Benjamin Carson In India, […]
The term unfair labour trade practices, though has been heard very much as the part and parcel of labour laws throughout the world, is still a grey area where very little thought and study has been put into and the said statement is of high relevance, when one looks into the wide expanse of the […]
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