Legal Reasoning for CLAT: Tort of Malicious Prosecution
A company called IN Corp discovered a case of financial mismanagement upon general audit. An inquiry committee was constituted and it was to table its
May 7, 2016
Legal Reasoning for CLAT: Tort of Malicious Prosecution
Legal Reasoning for CLAT: Understanding the Tort of Defamation
By Siddharth Dey Nikhil is an expert thief. Apart from being the slippery cat that he is, Nikhil has a complete distaste towards Richa. Richa
February 17, 2016
Legal Reasoning Questionnaire: 50 Questions
Q1. PRINCIPLE: Every person has the right to defend his or another person’s body or property, if there is a reasonable apprehension of danger to
February 12, 2016
Legal Reasoning: 50 Practice Questions
LEGAL REASONING: Practice Questions for CLAT 2016 The following are the top legal reasoning: practice questions for CLAT 2016 offered to you by our CLAT
February 11, 2016
Legal Vocabulary for CLAT
Legal Vocabulary We hope that you have been diligent in your preparation for CLAT. As you know, you may be quizzed on the meaning of
January 31, 2016
Legal Reasoning for CLAT : Practice Questions on Trespass
Practice Questions: 1. Every person has a right to complete immunity of his person from physical interference of others, except in so far as the
January 30, 2016
Legal Reasoning for CLAT: Tort of Trespass
“TRESPASSER” “Trespassers will be prosecuted”, are four words which you must have seen ‘n’ number of times, written on a board, and hung on a
January 30, 2016
Legal Reasoning for CLAT : 9 Practice Questions on Nuisance
Nobody shall make use of his property in a way which causes damage to others. Any such use constitutes private nuisance, a wrongful act
January 23, 2016
Legal Reasoning for CLAT: The Tort of Nuisance
As I write this, the neighbourhood school is conducting its annual fest. The noise is in the superlative, the speakers are terrible, the singing is
January 23, 2016
Landmark Legal Cases: Indian & Foreign
Landmark Legal Cases “The law reigns supreme.” In a land like India, this statement is surely a well acknowledged truth. As prospective lawyers you must
January 6, 2016
Legal Reasoning: 20 Practice Questions on Defences in Law of Torts
1. Principle: An Act of God is an operation of natural forces so unexpected that no human foresight or skill could reasonably be expected to
December 31, 2015
Negligence for CLAT: Definition and Elements
“Negligence (Lat. negligentia, from neglegere, to neglect, literally “not to pick up something”) is a failure to exercise the care that a reasonably prudent person would exercise in
December 30, 2015
Legal Vocabulary for CLAT: 20 Key Words and Phrases
As aspiring lawyers you must be familiar with some words commonly used in the legal context. Your aim of learning the meanings of words under
November 28, 2015
Legal Reasoning for CLAT: Statutory Authority under the General Defences in Torts
By Siddharth Dey The power to take personal property from an individual is rooted in the idea of eminent domain. Eminent domain is the state’s
November 25, 2015
General Defences in Tort: Plaintiff the Wrong-doer and Right of Private Defence
Firstly, a very Happy Diwali to all of you! I hope you enjoyed it as much as we did (evident from the inactivity over the
November 14, 2015
General Defences in Tort: Inevitable Accident
Inevitable Accidents are, as evident from the name, events which could not have been prevented by the parties through the exercise of ordinary care, caution,
November 7, 2015
General Defences in Legal Reasoning: Act of God
This one might be distasteful for staunch believers, while the non-believers will scratch their head on how to go forward with this one. For whatever reasons
November 3, 2015
General Defences in Tort: Necessity
It’s the peak of summer. Your neighbour is fed up of the heat, and packs his bags for the mountains…no, not for sanyas, but for
October 31, 2015
General Defences in Tort: Volenti Non Fit Injuria
To make a very simple translation of the Roman Law maxim Volenti Non Fit Injuria, it means that things suffered voluntarily are not fit/deemed to
October 27, 2015
Volenti Non Fit Injuria: Legal Reasoning for CLAT
Siddharth Dey As I start with this new chapter on general defences, you might ask why we are studying general defences right now. Unless we
October 18, 2015
Legal Reasoning for CLAT: 10 Practice Questions
1. PRINCIPLE: The mere fact that a man is injured by another’s act gives in itself no cause of action; if the act is deliberate,
October 16, 2015
Legal Reasoning for CLAT: 10 Practice Questions
1. PRINCIPLE: The wrong of defamation is committed either by way of writing, or its equivalent, or by way of speech. The defamatory statement should
October 15, 2015
10 Legal Reasoning Questions for CLAT
1. PRINCIPLE: Malice in law means an act done wrongfully, and without reasonable and probable cause, and not, as in common parlance, an act dictated
October 11, 2015
Legal Reasoning Questions for CLAT: Law of Torts
This set of questions, compiled by our CLAT coaching in Kolkata experts, from Legal Reasoning is based on Law of Torts. 1. PRINCIPLE: A plaintiff
October 10, 2015