An accused person has the following rights that are guaranteed by the law: Right of protection against ex post facto law An ‘ex-post facto law’ is a law which has been enacted subsequent to the occurrence of any act/omission. The Article 20(1) of the constitution  guarantees the protection to an accused against such ex post […]

The Power of Search and Seizure was discussed earlier in Part – I of this article. In this part, the Power of Survey and the Power to Collect Information i.e. the other two powers of the income tax officials have been discussed. Power of survey – Section 133A Income-Tax Authority with respect to “Power of […]

Generally, people term it as a “raid”, but there is a difference. As per the provisions of the Income-Tax Act, 1961, The Income-Tax officials have different powers among which the following are the most popularly used by laymen for referring to “Income-Tax Raid”: Search and Seizure (Section 132 of the Income-Tax Act, 1961) Survey (Section […]

Introduction Motherhood in itself is one of the greatest benisons by God. And during this period, the natural presumption which arises is that the women need to be under intensive care and supervision, especially near the expected day of delivery of the little bundle of joy. This is something which even our government recognises in […]

American Jurisprudence, Second Edition, Vol. 24 (2008) speaks of Rights and Remedies of property accumulated by man and woman living together in illicit relations or under void marriage, which reads as under: Although the courts have recognized the property rights of persons cohabiting without benefit of marriage, these rights are not based on the equitable […]