On 18th December, 1996 the Hon’ble Supreme Court has set out a charter of rights of the arrested person to safeguard the interest of the arrestee in the case of D.K. Basu v. State of West Bengal and A.K. Jauhari(AIR 1997 SC 610(623)). This list of guidelines was set out…
The fundamental objective of Criminal Law has always been to protect the law abiding against the lawless and the peaceful against the violent. In the welfare state this aim is achieved by penalizing the accused after a thorough investigation and proving beyond reasonable doubt that the charges leveled against the…
SARFAESI Act stands for Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002. Banks use this act as a tool for recovery of bad loans. Upon loan default, banks can seize the securities (except agricultural land) without intervention of the court. SARFAESI is effective only for…
A domain name performs the same functions online, which a trademark serves in the offline business. While the trademark is striking graphic signifier of your product or company, the domain name is magnificent navigator to your company on the internet, and the virtual image of your business. Domain names can…
The doctrine of first sale is, in essence, a limit on copyright owners’ right of distribution. It is based on the logic that “once a copyright owner has parted with title to a particular copy embodying his work, successive possessors of the copy should not be put into trouble of…
