Legal Reasoning Problems form a greater part of the legal section in the CLAT paper.
In 2017 there were 40 such questions and the rest (10) were latin maxims ; in 2016 and 2015 , all 50 questions were reasoning questions. Hence students should make an effort to cover many legal reasoning questions during their clat exam preparation sessions.
Legal section is also the tie breaker section i

In 2019 CLAT reverted to the pen and paper test.They had gone online from 2015 to 2018. Around 70,000 candidates appeared for the exam . Things went pretty smoothly in comparison to the clat disaster faced last year when the online test was conducted. The students had to shade the OMR in black or blue pen and could carry back a carbon copy of the OMR sheet that they had submitted. This allowed th

In the scheme of the Penal Code, “culpable homicide” is genus and “murder” its specie. All “murder” is “culpable homicide” but not vice-versa.

in 2017, the Supreme Court in Surain Singh Vs State of Punjab has explained the differences between two exceptions of Murder - Grave and Sudden provocation AND Sudden Fight / Quarrel.

Murder Under S

For those looking for a career in law, check out the list of law entrance exams in India given below. This is a list of entrance exams for Law Admissions (LLB, 5 year Integrated Law Courses for undergraduates and some 3 year LLb degree courses for graduates) for admission in Top Law Colleges of India . GET A HEAD START to the career of your dreams by getting admission into the top law colleges.

AILET 2019 Exam analysis by Team Paradygmlaw: Moderately difficult and Lengthy paper.
Paper = 150 marks , 90 minutes, negative marking of - 0.25

No guesses here - AILET has continued its tradition of giving a difficult and lengthy paper. They have done this consistently from 2008 , when they first conducted this exam. The only thing that has changed is that since 2018 they have also introd

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 ignorantia facti excusat : Ignorance of fact excuses
 ignorantia legis neminem excusat : Ignorance of law excuses nobody
 impossibilium nulla obligatio est : Impossibility is an excuse for the non-performance of an obligation
 in absentia : In absence
In propri cuus nemo judex. No one can be judge in his own cause.

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 en bloc : As one unit, piece, lump
 en masse : In a crowd, body, heap
 en route : On the road : let us go; march
 equi aliquid statuerit parte inaudita altera, aequum, licet dixerit, haud aequum fecerit : He who shall decide anything without the other side having been heard, although he may have said what is right, will not have done what is rig

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 a posteriori : (From the effect to the cause) Inductive reasoning; pertaining to the process of reasoning whereby principles or other propositions are derived from observations of facts.
 a priori : From cause to effect; deductive reasoning; pertaining to the line of reasoning based on specific assumptions, rather than experience.
 ab initio : From the begin

Supreme Court allows live streaming of court proceedings
The Supreme Court of India has allowed live streaming and video recording of court proceedings across the country. The bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices AM Khanwilkar and DY Chandrachud asked the government to frame rules in this regard under Article 145 of the Constitution.
Aadhaar Verdict: Supreme Court upholds

CJI Appointment
Justice Ranjan Gogoi was sworn in as the 46th Chief Justice of India (CJI) on October 3, 2018. He succeeds CJI Dipak Misra who retired.President Ram Nath Kovind administered the oath.
Procedure for Appointment of CJI
CJI Misra had recommended the name of Justice Ranjan Gogoi as his successor, as per the established practice of naming the senior-most judge after the CJI f

Keep visiting, each month we will be adding more Maxims to this List
MAXIMS - WHAT ARE MAXIMS?
An established principle or proposition.
A principle of law universally admitted, as being just and consonant. They are principles and authorities, and part of the general customs or common law of the land; and are of the same strength as acts of parliament. The following are some of the more im

The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act 2015 came into force from January 15, 2016.

The Act replaces the earlier Juvenile Justice Act of 2000.

Under the new JJ Act 2015, juveniles between 16 and 18 years of age, who are found guilty of committing heinous offences through a preliminary inquiry by the Juvenile Justice Board, will be sent to a children’s court that