In common law, a lien is right of creditor to retain properties of his debtor until the debt is paid. Maritime lien is a privileged claim on a ship for services rendered to HER, or injuries caused by HER. It is a proprietary lien on the
Asset Freezing is a legal process to prevent a defendant to dissipate his assets beyond jurisdiction of a court to frustrate a potential judgment in favour of the claimant. Such a legal order freezes assets of the defendant and has wide effect to restrain breaches of the process of a court. But
International Maritime Law requires that every merchant ship be registered in a country called its flag state. Once registered, she operates under its laws in her home country and on the high seas. Term flag of convenience means registering a merchant ship in a sovereign state different
Term “FORCE MAJEURE” refers to an irresistible force or an unforeseen event beyond the control of a party, making it materially impossible to fulfill a contractual obligation. It maybe an overpowering force by itself, which prevents fulfillment of a contract and does not allow it to be
There is an age old saying “Behind every great man there is a woman“. Nowhere perhaps is the saying more apt than in the realm of music. From times immemorial, great composers and their music have been influenced and inspired by women in varying degrees.
There is an old Rwandan saying “Imana yirirwa ahandi igataha mu Rwanda” which means “God spends the day elsewhere, but sleeps in Rwanda”. On 7th April,2015, India and the freedom loving world joined millions of Rwandans to commemorate Kwibuka (which means “remember”) 21 or the 21st Commemoration
The honorific Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose was the best Bengali friend and admirer of the Sikhs. After Bose resigned as the President of the Congress party on 29th April,1939 and called a meeting at Sadananda Park, Kolkata, on 5th May , 1939, hundreds of Sikhs attended the meeting.
The provisions of the Consumer Protection Act provide for better protection of the interests of consumers and for that purpose there are further provisions contained in the Act for the establishment of consumer councils and other authorities for the settlement of consumers’ disputes and for
British gentleman, political activist, legal scholar, social philosopher and linguist, Jeremy Bentham is best known as the founder of British utilitarianism. Born into a wealthy Tory family, Jeremy was educated at Westminster school and Queen’s College, Oxford and was trained as a lawyer. His independent
Franz Joseph Haydn, known as the “Father” of the Classical Symphony and the String Quartet, was born on 31st March, 1732 in Rohrau, a small market town on the borders of lower Hungary and Austria. His father Mathias Haydn was an obscure wheelwright and his