This post is written by Pragya Yadav, a third-year law student at IIMT, IP University, Delhi. INTRODUCTION Admission is defined under Section 17 of the India Evidence Act, 1872 as a statement made by witnesses which shows inference to any fact in issue or relevant fact in a case. According to this Section, Admission can be in the form of a document, oral statement or may be contained in an electronic form. Admission in the Indian Evidence Act is dealt under Sections 17 to 31. Sections 17 to 23 deal with general admission whereas Sections 24 to 31 deal with…
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This post is written by Pragya Yadav, a Third-year law student from IIMT, IP University, Delhi. INTRODUCTION When a person who has committed some offence or crime in his country and to escape the punishment of such crime, he flees to some other country. The delivery of such person, on the request of the country in which he has committed the crime, by the country in the offender happens to be in, for the time being, is called extradition. Under international law, there are no general rules or duties in regards to the subject matter of extradition. Extradition is depended…
This post is written by Pragya Yadav, a third-year law student at IIMT, IP University, Delhi. INTRODUCTION The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is one of the organs of the United Nations. The primary objective of the Security Council is to maintain International Peace and security. There are a total of 15 members in the Security Council, 5 of which are permanent members and the other 10 members are non-permanent members. The non-permanent members are only members of the Security Council for a duration of 2 years. STRUCTURE Initially, the UN Security Council only consisted of 11 members, out of…
This post is written by Pragya Yadav, a third-year law student at IIMT, IP University, Delhi. WHAT IS ORAL EVIDENCE? Oral Evidence has been defined under Section 3(1) of the Indian Evidence Act as the statements which are required to be made before the court by the witnesses in relation to matters of the fact under the inquiry. The term “oral evidence” means the words spoken by mouth. The term ‘Oral’ is different from ‘Verbal’. The case of Queen-Empress v. Abdullah elaborated the difference between Verbal and Oral. The term ‘Verbal’ means by words; it is not necessary that the…
This post is written by Pragya Yadav, a third-year law student at IIMT, IP University, Delhi. WHAT IS MARITIME LAW? Maritime Law is the body of law which deals with matters relating to shipping and other nautical matter which includes offences which are committed on open waters. Maritime Law is also known as Admiralty Law. Most of the developed Nations follow their own separate rules of Maritime Law and also have an independent jurisdiction from other national laws. The United Nations [UN] has issued various conventions which are enforced by the navies and coastal guards. Maritime law deals with the…
This post is written by Pragya Yadav, a third-year law student at IIMT, IP University, Delhi. WHAT IS “ABORTION”? In Criminal Law, abortion is defined as an intentional termination of pregnancy. In other words, abortion is premature removal of the Foetus from the woman’s body at any time of her pregnancy. Abortion may be divided into two categories- first, natural or spontaneous abortion, which happens either spontaneously or accidentally due to some natural or medical occurrences; second, artificial or induced abortion, which occurs with the help of some medical procedure performed on the woman with the intention of the termination…
This post is written by Pragya Yadav, a third year law student at IIMT, IP University, Delhi. What are labour laws? Labour laws are those set of laws which deals with the rights, obligations and workings of the employers, employees and their organisations. These laws deal with several aspects of the relationship between the trade unions, employers and employees and define their rights, duties and obligations in the workplace. The labour can be categorised under two types- first, the collective labour law which deals with the relationship of the employer and employees in their respective workplace and; second, the…
