23/08/2018 - Advocatetanmoy Law Library

Scope of class action as a complaint under Section 12(1)(c) of the Consumer Protection Act

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Scope of class action as a complaint under Section 12(1)(c) of the Consumer Protection Act

The primary object behind permitting a class action such as a complaint under Section 12(1)(c) of the Consumer Protection Act being to facilitate the decision of a consumer dispute in which a large number of consumers are interested, without recourse to each...

Supreme Court ordered judicial audit of the all religious bodies in India

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Supreme Court ordered judicial audit of the all religious bodies in India

DATED: 23.08.2018 While hearing on a PILs on entry, assets and hygiene standards in the Jagannath Puri Temple, the Supreme Court headed by Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel and Justice S Abdul Nazeer have ordered judicial audit of all religious places and...

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How is it possible to rectify or undo the lapse if it pertains to a vital piece of evidence?

A three-judge bench of Supreme Court has observed in Shivaji Sahabrao Bobade vs. State of Maharashtra (1973) 2 SCC 793 that such an omission does not ipso facto vitiate the proceedings unless prejudice was established by the accused

What is meant by an evidence of a formal character?

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What is meant by an evidence of a formal character?

In this context Section 296 of the Code can be read: (1) The evidence of any person whose evidence is of a formal character may be given by affidavit and may, subject to all just exceptions, be read in evidence in...

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A false allegation of rape can cause distress, humiliation and damage to the accused

It is also by now well settled that the courts must, while evaluating evidence, remain alive to the fact that in a case of rape, no self-respecting woman would come forward in a court just to make a humiliating...

Supreme Court of Azad Jammu and Kashmir

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Supreme Court of Azad Jammu and Kashmir

Constitutional provisions Supreme Court of Azad Jammu and Kashmir.- (1) There shall be constituted a Supreme Court of Azad Jammu and Kashmir to be the highest Court of appeal, (2) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Supreme Court of...

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Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) government had introduced the 13th amendment in the interim constitution of AJK on May 31, 2018.

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) government had introduced the 13th amendment in the interim constitution of AJK on May 31, 2018. Moreover, instead of originating the bill either in the council or the assembly, the government of AJK presented it...

Azad Jammu and Kashmir Interim Constitution Act, 1974.

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Azad Jammu and Kashmir Interim Constitution Act, 1974.

In 1970 the system of adult franchise was adopted and a democratic setup was introduced in Azad Jammu and Kashmir through Azad Jammu and Kashmir Act, 1970. For the first time, the Legislative Assembly, as well as President of...

Muslim Means

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Muslim Means

‘Muslim’ means a person who believes in the Unity and oneness of Almighty Allah, His angels, the Books of Allah, the Holy Quran being the last of them, His prophets, the absolute finality of the prophethood of Muhammad (Peace be upon him),...