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Civil Procedure (CPC, 1908) Complete notes
CPC: Complete Notes
About this subject ▶ Watch this part of the lecture (0:00) The subject covers the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, together with the Limitation Act: from how the Code began to how time can make a trespasser an owner. Whenever a tenant refuses to leave, a buyer wants his money back, or two brothers qu…
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Civil Procedure (CPC, 1908) Complete notes
Code of Civil Procedure One Shot
The first Code of Civil Procedure was enacted in 1859 during British rule for courts outside Presidency towns. Revised codes were introduced in 1877 and 1882. The current CPC, 1908, consolidated earlier laws and has bee…
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Public International Law Complete notes
Public International Law: Complete Notes
About this subject ▶ Watch this part of the lecture (00:00) Public International Law is studied in seven units: from how a law between nations was born to how a new State or government is accepted by other States. Rules made between States work quietly in daily life, when a parcel is sent abroad, a…
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Public International Law
Relationship between International Law and Municipal Law
About this topic ▶ Watch this part of the lecture (0:00) This topic explains how international law and the law inside a country (municipal law) relate to each other: whether they form one legal system or two, which of them prevails when they clash, and how Indian courts actually treat treaties and…
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- 1 In Jolly George Varghese v. Bank of Cochin (1980), judgment-debtors facing civil prison under Section 51 of the Code of Civil Procedure relied on Article 11 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Wh...
- 2 In Jolly George Varghese v. Bank of Cochin (1980), the Supreme Court read Section 51 of the Code of Civil Procedure together with Article 21 of the Constitution, in the light of Article 11 of the International Covenant o...
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