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How Can I Get More Clients as a Lawyer?

Every lawyer eventually confronts the same uncomfortable truth: being good at law and being good at getting clients are two entirely different skills, and...

Order 37 CPC: The Law of Summary Suits Explained

Ordinary civil litigation in India moves at a pace that suits genuine disputes, where facts are contested and both sides deserve a full trial....

How Do I Start My Own Legal Consultation Practice in Lucknow?

Starting your own legal consultation practice in Lucknow sounds very simple when you say it in one sentence. “I am a lawyer. I will...

Lien: Defined Through Acts and Judgments

Meaning and Nature The word “lien” is derived from the Latin word ligamen meaning “bond” and the French word lier meaning “to bind.” In...

M.B. Joshi Rules in Service Law: An Analysis of the Supreme Court’s Landmark Judgment

Introduction The case of M.B. Joshi and Others v. Satish Kumar Pandey and Others — reported as AIR 1993 SC 267 and (1993) Supp....

Reservation in Promotion — Consolidated Instructions

Kesavananda Bharati v. State of Kerala

THE ADVOCATES ACT, 1961

Download the entire ACT here : ACT NO. 25 OF 1961 [19th May, 1961.] An Act to amend and consolidate the law relating to...

Service Law Course – Chapter 1: Article 309 — Legislative and Executive Power to Regulate Service Conditions: Scope, Limits and the Hierarchy of Sources

I. THE TEXT OF ARTICLE 309 Article 309 of the Constitution reads: “Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, Acts of the appropriate Legislature...

Service Law Course

Explain article 309 of the Indian Constitution in very simple terms.

“309. Recruitment and conditions of service of persons serving the Union or a State Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, Acts of the...

What is principle of generalia specialibus non derogant?

Generalia specialibus non derogant is a foundational principle of statutory interpretation and law, translated from Latin as “general things do not derogate from special...