Introduction Contingent contract is a contract to do or not to do something if some event. Collateral to such contract, does or does not happen. Insurance contract provide the best example of contingent contracts. The performance of a contingent contract ...

An agreement is valid only it is the result of the “free consent” of all the parties to it. Section 13 of the Act defines the meaning of the term ‘consent’ and Section 14 specifies under what circumstances consent is ...

Village Court Acts, 2006 aims at resolving legal disputes related to any civil and criminal matter also dissolution of marriage, restitution of conjugal relation, dower, maintenance, and guardianship and custody of children. This Ordinance was promulgated in 2006. This law provides ...

1. Introduction Stricter implementation of the provisions of the Village Courts Act as well as those of the Conciliation ni Disputes (Municipal Areas) Act can greatly reduce the number of filing of cases in the ordinary Court »l lowest jurisdiction, both ...

As a part of the continuous efforts to strengthen the local justice services at rural level for the marginalized including destitute women, ‘Activating Village Courts in Bangladesh Project’ organized two Media Workshops on “Role of Media in Activating Village Courts” ...

Activating Village Courts in Bangladesh project organised a district level workshop on strengthening sensitization and involvement of the stakeholders on Village Courts on Tuesday, 15 June in Nilphamari. The workshop was aimed at involving the field level high and mid-level ...

The adversarial system, which is one of the great legacies of the British rule in India, has worked reasonably well for centuries. However, in view the docket explosion, the faith and confidence in the Judiciary has undergone substantial erosion.  The ...

A. D. R. means Alternative Dispute Resolution, mostly applied to civil cases. When a civil case is instituted in a court of competent jurisdiction, the scenario usually is, that a long time is taken to serve the process, the defendants ...

“Early neutral evaluation is a technique used in American litigation to provide early focus to complex commercial litigation, and based on that focus, to provide a basis for sensible case management or offer resolution of the entire case, in the ...

1.1 Preface  A precondition for an honest country is that its government machineries would always remain clean, transparent, and accountable and welfare oriented towards its citizens. In Bangladesh tremendous efforts have been exerted on the part of the government to combat corruption. Corruption ...