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10 LAW RIGHTS EVERY INDIAN SHOULD KNOW

10 LAW RIGHTS EVERY INDIAN SHOULD KNOW At many points in our daily life, we may have encountered or heard some kind of harassment or negligence happening around us from police or some assigned officials. Some of these take place due to lack of one's knowledge about the legal rights as a citizen. As they say "Precaution is better than cure", we should know our legal rights in advance to avoid such horrendous incidents. Here I am listing some of the rights that I feel every Indian citizen should be aware of.  1. Equal pay for the same work - According to Article 39(A) of Indian penal code, there shouldn't be any difference in salary on the basis of one's gender. Be it male or female, both are entitled to get paid equally for the same work. 2. Free drinking water and using washrooms at any hotel, any time - According to Indian Sarai’s act 1867, one can demand free drinking water and washroom at any hotel at any time even if they are just passin...

Tips to Crack DU LLB Entrance Exam

Tips to Crack DU LLB Entrance Exam As we all know that , DU LLB exam is something that we have seen every student confused with. In this article, I will clear all the common myths and misconceptions existing in every student’s mind regarding this popular law entrance exam. Along with that, I will also offer some important preparation tips and strategies that, I have been very effective in the past when it comes to clearing DU LLB Entrance Exam. First of all,  you have to realize that DU LLB selection test is just for admission to Delhi University's Faculty of Law. Delhi University offers just multi-year LLB degrees, which implies you should be a graduate or going to end up a graduate to consider composing the DU LLB exam. It doesn't make a difference which stream you are graduating in. The only criterion that DU has is that you should be a graduate from a recognized university, and should have scored more than 50% in aggregate in your graduate. The DU LLB exam ...

How To Prepare For CLAT

WHAT IS CLAT? - CLAT is a centralized admission test to 17 National Law Universities. With the exception being NLU Delhi which admits on the basis of AILET score. - Apart from 17 national universities, many private colleges accept CLAT score like the famous ones being Manipal, Nirma, Galgotias Etc. WHEN IS CLAT HELD? - The CLAT exam is usually held in the month of May. - The registrations begin online in January. - The exam in 2017 is said to be tentatively scheduled in the first week of may. PATTERN OF THE EXAM  - CLAT is a computer-based objective paper for the undergraduate section for a total of 200 marks which consists of five subjects that are : 1) English  2) Logical Reasoning  3) Elementary Math  4) Legal Aptitude  5) Legal Reasoning  6) General Knowledge The total time given for this exam is two hours. ABC-CUBE ABC cube stands for 'Any Body Can Crack CLAT' - The CLAT Exam is open to people of all streams. - Anybody can apply...

Tips To Prepare For DU LLB Exam

The DU LLB exam for the prestigious college Faculty of Law Delhi University is one that is given by hundreds of aspiring graduates every year but it is only the best who make it. In this article, we give you some tips that will help you to be one of them! 1.      Focus on Legal Aptitude and Constitution : Needless to say, one of the most prime law institutions in the country is looking for students who have a lot of potentials to be great lawyers which is also the reason behind the fact that the Legal Aptitude and constitution section of the entrance exam hold nearly 30% of the total weight. Focusing more on this part of the paper and scoring well in it can make a lot of difference and increase your chances of making it in exponentially. 2.      Prepare GK holistically: Things like GK and current affairs never hold a definitive syllabus and it is almost impossible to be 100% prepared for them. The best way to go about this section is to be ...

Why CLAT?

Common Law Admission Test i.e. CLAT is a centralized test which is conducted to get admission in the 19 most prestigious National Law Universities in India for both Undergraduate (UG) and postgraduate (PG) degree programmes. If you’re a student who wants to study to the law then you won’t be needing many reasons to set your mind up or to convince yourself but still if you are in a dilemma of whether to opt for the law as a profession or not, here are some reasons why you should opt for it. There are a lot of reasons why the legal the profession can be perfect for you and a few of them are mentioned below: Diversity in Legal Profession: The first reason is diversity that legal profession offers to us, it is one of the best professions because of this reason only. The legal profession offers us a wide range of practice areas such as family law, criminal law, employment law, corporate law and there many other specialties and sub-specialties which you can practice. The legal profess...

WHY MAANSAROVAR LAW CENTRE?

Common Law Admission Test i.e. CLAT is a centralised test which is conducted to get admission in the 19 most prestigious National Law Universities in India for both Undergraduate (UG) and postgraduate (PG) degree programmes. It is conducted on a rotational basis. The duration of the test is 2 hours and it contains 200 questions which are divided into 5 different sections and they sections are Legal Reasoning, Logical Aptitude, Elementary Mathematics, English including Comprehension and General Knowledge including Current Affairs. It has both positive and negative marking this is why it is quite tricky to crack CLAT. The candidate who is appearing for the test gets 1 mark for each correct answer and 0.25 are deducted if a question is wrong i.e. marking scheme has a ratio of 4:1. We at Maansarovar Law Centre provide the best coaching and the best guiding to get through your Common Law Admission Test and here are the few reasons why you should opt us for CLAT coaching and why we stand ...

Top 10 Interesting Facts About Supreme Court of India

Top 10 Interesting Facts About Supreme Court of India Indian Judicial system is one of the largest in the world and it is led by the Supreme Court of India which is the apex body in the judiciary system. It came into existence on 26th Jan 2018. It is laid down in Part V of chapter V of the Constitution of India from articles 124 to 127. It functions as the custodian of the Constitution. It is the uppermost body which listens to the appeal against verdicts of the High courts of the state and union territories. The Chief Justice of India works as the supreme governing official at Supreme Court. Interesting Facts about Supreme Court of India 1. The Federal court of India which was established by the Government of India Act 1935 and the Privy Council, which were the supreme judicial body in India pre Independence. Supreme court of India was established on 28 January 1950. 2. From 1937-1950 Chamber of Princes (A part of parliament premises at present) was used as the bench...

Alumni of Government Law College in Mumbai.

Alumni of Government Law College in Mumbai. In this series, we will discuss the Alumni of famous law colleges in India. The first one in the series is Government Law College in Mumbai which has produced some of the most famous jurists that India has ever seen. 1.   Soli Sorabjee Soli Sorabjee pursued his studies in law from Government Law College, Mumbai and was admitted to the bar in 1953. At his law school, Sorabjee was awarded the Kinloch Forbes Gold Medal in Roman Law and Jurisprudence.   In 1971, he was designated as a senior advocate of the Supreme Court of India. He also served as the Solicitor General of India from 1977-1980 and served as the Attorney General of India from 1998-2004.   Some famous and important cases fought by him include - Maneka Gandhi, Keshavananda Bharati, IR Coelho, SR Bommai, BP Singhal etc. 2.           Fali Sam Nariman Fali Sam Nariman got his degree in law in 1950, from th...

5 Most Celebrated Female Lawyers in India

5 Most Celebrated Female Lawyers in India. The field of law has been highly populated with the male lawyers for a very long time, like every other field. But time changes and women started to become educated. They conquered the fields which were meant to be men’s forte. One of them the field of law which was highly male dominated but there are some women advocates who not only empowered themselves but also fought for the rights of others . 1.    Menaka Guruswamy B eing an advocate at the Supreme Court of India, Menaka Guruswamy has dedicated her life to the cause of serving the justice. She believes in the quote, "to advocate, for those who cannot tell their own stories, to defend those whose freedom is in peril, to prod a nation to ask of itself: for whom am I, and for what was I created?". She has worked a lot on Constitutional Law and has played an instrumental role in defending a provision in the Right to Education Act. The law made it compulsory that all p...

Who are Corporate Lawyers?

Who are Corporate Lawyers? The corporate sector has shown a rapid growth in a few decades and because of that corporate laws have been made to make sure that everything is being done in an ethical way in a corporation. To make sure of that, corporate lawyers are there who are the keepers of the corporate laws. While working for a corporation and also make sure that transactions are clear and legal. Also, they make sure that corporation is following the rules and regulations’ set by the government. They have to make sure that if a transaction made by a corporation does not conflict with local, state or central government. To be a good corporate lawyer one should have a good knowledge of the statutory law and regulations passed by the government agencies to guide their clients to achieve their goals within ethical ways . The lawyer has to make sure that a transaction does not conflict with the local, state, or central laws. Unlike the adversarial nature of trial law, corpo...