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May 28, 2021

Insanity as a Defense
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Laws are enacted to impose liability on individuals for the commission of acts/omissions. For the recognition of infringed responsibility towards a person specific (In personam) and at times (often in criminal justice system) towards public at par (in rem). The commission of any act when tend to overshadow the several rights individuals hold is when…

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Arjun Reddy – Movie Review
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Every human being has flaws and it is natural. Some have vices like alcohol, substance or womanizing or running behind men and some have internal issues like anger, jealousy, aggressiveness. A Human Being is imperfect, who is governed by his emotions. How many times, have we let logic rule over emotions. Not many times. Emotional…

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Preventive Detention and UAPA
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Preventive detention is the curtailing of a person or a group of persons from carrying out an act that they would do otherwise which would amount to a crime being committed. Preventive detention and its regulation is given in the constitution under Article 22. It states that an individual who is arrested and detained shall…

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Prison: Punishment and Impact
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Hate the crime not the criminal ~ Mahatma Gandhi WHY THE CONCEPT OF PRISONS EXIST? Every individual in the society holds several rights within, which when infringed or tried to be non complied with by anybody, the person so acting is deprived of his claim of right with punishment, according to the category and degree…

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Deterrence Theory of Punishment
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We defended our allies in Europe for 40 years during the worst days of the Cold War – very threatening days of the Cold War – and nothing happened. So deterrence does work.                                  -Zbigniew Brzeziński Punishment refers to some sort of agony or misfortune upon an individual for a wrongdoing. Discipline may take structures…

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What Indian Laws say about Discrimination
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Article 14 of the Indian Constitution states that Equality before law The State shall not deny to any person equality before the law or the equal protection of the laws within the territory of India Prohibition of discrimination on grounds of religion, race, caste, sex or place of birth Article 15 of the Indian Constitution…

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