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The "Rule of Law" is the badge of a free people. The law seeks to bring about harmony and good fellowship based on justice in accordance with the moral and ethical sense of the community. In the modern State "Law" takes in, the entire body of

"Ambiguity in legislative enactments is a fruitful source of litigation in India. The object of the Legislature, before as well as after promulgating a law, is to give it as much publicity as possible, regard being had to a due comprehension of it; and what can be more conducive

Introduction: Â BEFORE the Supreme Court of India, on a regular basis, petitions are filed seeking exercise of power by it under Article 142 of the Constitution of India to dissolve the marriages which are totally unworkable, emotionally dead, beyond salvage and thus, have broken down irretrievably. Under the existing

The most authoritative and celebrated law-giver of the Hindus, Manu, in Book XII, Verse 6 of his “Manu-Samhita” notices the binding nature of judicial precedents and ordains thus: “If it be asked how the law shall be ascertained when particular cases are not comprised under any of the

Mahatma Gandhi had once said that nature has given us enough to satisfy our need but nature has not given us enough to satisfy our greed. Had we been able to sustain ourselves on the basis of our need, probably His Excellency, the Governor of Uttaranchal would not have found

I am indeed privileged to be invited to deliver the second R. C. Ghiya Memorial Lecture. I deem it a great privilege and honour to associate in paying homage to the memory of a great gentleman of the Bar. My recollection of Mr. Ghiya is that of a serious minded,