Sai Manoj Reddy, Student of Law, VIT Law School, Chennai History (Ancient India) The least challenged racism remains that of Indian Caste system. Indo-Aryans started the Caste system in India after they conquered it, to preserve their racial purity in India. Now the Caste system is a part of Hinduism. The Hindu religious name for…
Mahima Gherani, Student of Law, VIT Law School, Chennai The origins of imports of common law into India have been seen from the early 1661 onwards. From the early charters, which established English Courts in India wanted the judges to act according to ‘justice, equity and good conscience’ in deciding cases when no source of…
Lohitashwa Pratap Singh, Student of Law, VIT Law School, Chennai In India the concept and principles and rules of the English law initially spread over a few provinces and gradually over all the states in India. It is well known that British came to India to advance themselves, to establish themselves as traders and acquired…
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Mahima Gherani, Student of Law, VIT Law School, Chennai The present criminal system of India was not a sudden creation. It has been evolved as the result of slow and gradual process and bears the imprint of the different period of Indian history. In this article, we can understand how criminal law developed over years…
Balakumar Rajendran, Student of Law, VIT Law School, Chennai Lord Cornwallis succeeded Warren Hastings and came to India in September 1786 and he continued to be the Governor General up to 1793. He introduced reforms in the administration of civil and criminal justice, and great success was achieved in controlling corruption. The regulating act did…
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Mahima Gherani, Student of Law, VIT Law School, Chennai Tracing back Indian history, we have seen the emergence of new legislative authorities over time, one outsourcing the other and coming up with new developments and amendments. In this material we analyse the growth of legislative authorities and their impact in India between the period of…
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Balakumar Rajendran, Student of Law, VIT Law School, Chennai Group of traders from England got monopoly status to trade in East India and landed at Sultanati, India. The company acquired constitution, powers and privileges from the chatter of 1600 of Queen Elizabeth. The company’s ships arrived to India at the port of Surat, in 1608,…