The Supreme Court on Monday asked Attorney General R Venkataramani for help in developing policies to prevent religious conversions through deception, fraud, force, or allurement, and warned states and interested parties not to politicise a serious legal issue. “We want the attorney general, who admits to being primarily an amicus curiae, to assist the court…
Theories of State – The state is a political entity that has a monopoly on the legitimate use of force within a defined territory. It is an organized political community with a government that exercises sovereign power over the people within its jurisdiction. Political Science is concerned with the State, the highest of all human…
The Act of settlement 1781 was an amendment act of 1773 which was passed by the British Parliament on 5 July 1781 to remove the defects of the Regulation Act 1773. It is also known as the Declarative Act, 1781. Touchet committee | Act of settlement 1781 In the year of 1777 a complaint was…
Political Science is closely connected to the term “Politics,” which is derived from the Greek word “Polis,” which meaning a city-state, which was the general form of political organisation in ancient Greece. Thus, the origins of Western political thinking may be traced back to Greece. In Athens, the Sophists (roving teachers of wisdom), notably Protagoras…
Everyone has a ‘Right to Reputation’. Defamation is the unlawful and therefore punishable offense of damaging a person’s reputation (without just cause or legitimate excuse) by inflicting hatred, contempt, or ridicule. If you damage the reputation of others, do so at your own risk, just like infringing on proprietary rights. Winfield defines defamation as “publication…
According to Mulla, “Dower is a sum of Money or other property which the wife is entitles to receive from the husband in consideration of the marriage.”The Work’ Consideration’ is not used in the sense in which the word is used in Indian Contract Act. It is a duty imposed upon the Husband as a…
