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Clear explanations of Indian law, written for students: concepts, provisions and the cases that shaped them.
A crime may take a few seconds, but what follows can last for years: information to the police, investigation and perhaps arrest, production before a Magistrate, bail, a report in court, a decision whether to put the person on trial, evidence, judgment, and appeals up to the Sessions Court, the…
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Banking Law (the law and practice of banking in India) runs from why banks exist and why the law watches them so closely, to newer questions such as card frauds, online banking and FinTech. Behind every deposit, cheque, loan and online transfer lies a legal relationship governed by statutes…
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Brothers Prince and Farhan inherit their father's textile business in Cuttack and quarrel over the shop, the bank accounts and the brand name. Suit and counter-suit follow. Ten years later the case is pending, the business has shrunk, the brothers do not speak and much of the money has gone in…
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Administrative Law is studied in seven units, from what administrative law is and why it grew, to how a citizen can get information, complain against corruption and hold public bodies to account. It is at work whenever a person applies for a driving licence, pays property tax, appears in a…
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Media Law governs the press, broadcasting, cinema and digital media. Studied in five units, it runs from the history of how the press won its freedom to the ethical choices a journalist must make where the law gives no clear answer. It is at work whenever a person reads a newspaper, watches a news…
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Family Law I is the personal law of marriage and family for Hindus and Muslims in India, studied in five units, from what a personal law is and where it comes from, to adoption and the care of a child and the child's property. Marriage, divorce, maintenance and custody touch almost every home, and…
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Family Law II is the law that decides what happens to family property (marriage, divorce, maintenance, adoption and guardianship belong to Family Law I). It asks: Who owns the property of a family? Who can sell it? How is it divided when the family separates? When a person dies, who gets what, and…
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An ordinary day (ordering food through an application, paying through UPI, attending an online class, watching videos, booking a cab, visiting a hospital) creates data about a person: location, payments, interests, health, even screen time. Much of it is collected, stored, analysed and shared by or…
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Environmental Law is studied in six units, from what the environment is and how the laws to protect it grew, to how the law is responding to climate change. The water in a glass, the winter air and the plastic packet thrown away are all touched by these rules, so connecting each rule to daily life…
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Criminal Law explains why the law punishes one person and lets another go free, even when both have done something that looks the same from the outside.
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Corporate Law (Company Law) studies the company from beginning to end: from what a company is and how it is born, to how it finally comes to an end. The course has six units; the first deals with the introduction to company law and the incorporation of a company.
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Constitutional Law II deals with civil liberties. It is studied in eight units, from the question of who is a citizen of India to how the Constitution enforces the rights it gives. These rights are at work in ordinary life: when a person speaks his mind online, prays in his own way, or is stopped b…
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