Background In order to promote transparency and accountability in administration, the Legislature enacted the Right to Information Act, 2005 which came into force on 12 October 2005. The Act empowers Indian citizens to seek information from a Public Authority, thus making the Government and its functionaries more accountable and responsible. The Right to Information Act, [...]
The already devastated legal heirs of deceased victim of the vehicle accident involving government vehicle now, no longer have to run from pillar to post to get compensation which is denied to them on the ground of government vehicle engaged in so called sovereign duty and thus claim sovereign immunity which is an archaic concept. [...]
“I am the parliamentary draftsman I compose the country’s laws And of half the litigation I am undoubtedly the cause” [As per Section 2 Clause (q) of DV Act, the Respondent means any adult male person who is or has been in a domestic relationship. Hence, a plain reading of this definition clause would show [...]
-APPLICABILITY TO CLAIMS UNDER THE MOTOR VEHICLE ACT The Old and archaic concept of Sovereign immunity that “King can do no wrong” still haunts us, where the state claim immunity for its tortious acts and denies compensation to the aggrieved party. The doctrine of sovereign immunity is based on the Common Law principle borrowed from [...]
Money Circulation Schemes throughout the nation is mushrooming under different guises and nomenclature, eating away monies of the gullible public by luring them to become rich overnight through money circulation schemes. This kind of cheating under various attractive captions have taken a major section of people from different walks of life to fall prey benefiting [...]
