Common Law

In modern times, Peoples' Security and Progress are sought to be secured through codified laws and scheme of Justice is thus introduced to secure that Security and Progress. The whole scheme of Justice it appears in its most common acceptation implies the giving of every man his due. What is due then may be attended and satisfactorily answered. "Due" emerge from legal relationship. The relationships are family based & business based, employment based & consumer based, may be of Govt & Citizens, and may be between Citizens & citizens. These relationships are called as Contracts. The existence of legal contract, whether formally written or informally unwritten, is the foundation on which any litigation is built against somebody. Then, I think, what are the ingredients of "Legal Contract" may be attended. .................. .................. There were ancient times immemorial when there were no laws to govern and man were sov

I will begin with, to recall historic incident of Indian freedom struggle, occasioned with Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (His Journey towards Mahatma). In the year 1893, when in South Africa, while holding a First Class Compartment ticket and traveling in, Mohandas was thrown out of the train, for in those times “Blacks” were not allowed to travel in the First Class Compartment, notwithstanding they hold a valid ticket. It was 9.00 in the chilled night. That designated “Black” sent a Telegram to the General Manager of the Railways and registered his complaint. The Complaint of that designated “Black” was attended forthwith, and the General Manager instructed the Station Master to secure that the complainant reaches his destination safely. The complainant was accommodated in the very next morning train to his destination. And it is no exaggeration if I were to say that, here in the era of INDEPENDENCE and 21st Century of modern democracy, we the people of Sovereign India, whose com