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MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE AND ITS JURISPRUDENCE
What is medical negligence? Medical negligence is improper, unskilled, or negligent treatment of a patient by a physician, dentist, nurse, pharmacist, or other health care professional. It occurs when a health-care provider strays from the recognized “standard of care” in the treatment of a patient. The “standard of care” is defined as what a reasonably Read more
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Repudiation of Contract of Insurance
If there is a valid contract, it can be repudiated. To be valid, a contract must include the following elements an offer, an acceptance of that offer for a consideration that will result in an agreement[1]. An agreement enforceable by law is a contract.[2] Repudiation of contract occurs when one party does not intend to fulfil Read more
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AN OVERVIEW OF FREEDOM OF THE HIGH SEAS
The idea of the freedom of the high seas has been a focal issue in an assortment of international clashes. In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the Dutch and British didn’t acknowledge the authority of the Portuguese and Spanish over huge parts of the sea. In the seventeenth century a genuine clash emerged between the Read more
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ELECTRONIC EVIDENCE: ADMISSIBILITY OF EVIDENCE OVER WHATSAPP
The world is becoming advanced day –by –day, there is a rapid growth in infrastructure in almost all developing countries. The main aim of these developing countries is to make advancements in their areas of technology for the purpose of bringing themselves at pace with the developed countries. This drastic advancement in the field of Read more
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Legal and Ethical Implication of Artificial Intelligence: Policies and Regularisation with special emphasis on Legal Profession in India
“By far the greatest danger of Artificial Intelligence is that people conclude too early that they understand it.” – Eliezer Yudkowsky. With the advent of Technology, human life has been more advanced, comfortable, convenient and smooth. This word technology has been rapidly progressing from electricity, telephone, computer, fax, machines and robots and Artificial Intelligence (AI) Read more
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PRE-TRIAL STAGES IN CRIMINAL LAW (INDIA)- PART I
Whenever we talk about criminal litigation or procedure, the first thing that comes to our mind is F.I.R. or complaint. First Information Report is registered u/s 154 Cr.P.C. in case of cognizable offences, only after which the police proceeds with the investigation, infact it becomes the duty of police officers to investigate upon such offences Read more
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