Treasure Trove of Legal Legacy
By a staff Reporter

A master piece of social legislation was a way in which the speaker described civil law. The resource person Edrich Miranda, who was addressing students of Modern Law College, Pune, though giving a birds eye view dissected the subject meticulously, by not just reading statutes, and referring case laws; but citing actual incidents; as to how the Portuguese Civil Code came to be drafted, how the drafters envisaged the necessities to be addressed and how amendments were made by empirical methods, to tailor the law at offshore colonies of the Portuguese; its applicability in the regional State of Goa and union Territories of Damam, Diu, Silvassa and Nagar Haveli

The Civil aspect of Civil law jurisdiction, can be divided into four distinct headings, such as Contract, family Property and Testamentary; which in turn can be sub-divided under types of contract, State recognition of marriage, maintenance and divorce, right title and interest in moveable and immoveable properties and its disposition by contract or Will, a unique testamentary proceeding, which does not require probate as the proceeding is governed vide the Goa Special Notaries Act 2012, said Edrich Miranda, who elucidated the unique features of the Portuguese Civil Code, which is currently used in parts of India due to the fact that the regional State Act, is ratified by the Union Government. He briefly touched upon the misconception about the alleged introduction of the Common Civil Code in India, by pointing out the language employed the ignorance and vested interest promoting fiction.
Professor Neelam Dighe, inspite of constraints, such as exams, blood donation, and infrastructural work impeccably organized the guest lecture at short notice, with the able guidance of Principal Ananya Bibave and Vice Principal Shivanjali Bhoite.