NCRB 2019 data says that there are 1350 functional jails in India, with a total capacity of approximately 4 Lakh prisoners but actual strength exceeds 4.78 lakh. Indian prisons face three long-standing structural constraints: overcrowding, understaffing and underfunding. The inevitable outcome is subhuman living conditions, poor hygiene, and violent clashes etc. In 1995, Rajesh Pillai…
Violence against women and girls is a hidden global crisis which knows no boundaries of geography or culture. But, marginalized women, such as poor women and girls, are most likely to experience it, most often at the hands of their husbands or partners. One of the most widespread violations of human rightsViolence against women and…
The assault is generally an attempt to harm someone else which also includes threats against other people. So, assault is a planned attempt to violently harm another person. An assault is a threat or attempt to do a corporeal hurt to another, coupled with an apparent physical ability and intention to do the act. Actual…
According to the Britannica, “Plea bargaining, in law, the practice of negotiating an agreement between the prosecution and the defence whereby the defendant pleads guilty to a lesser offense or (in the case of multiple offenses) to one or more of the offenses charged in exchange for more lenient sentencing, recommendations, a specific sentence, or…
Capital punishment is the killing of person as a punishment for a crime. It is also known as death penalty. The sentence ordering the death punishment is known as death sentence and act of carrying out such punishment is known as execution. Crimes that are punishable by death are known as capital crimes, capital offences…
Prostitution, the practice of engaging in relatively indiscriminate sexual activity, in general with someone who is not a spouse or a friend, in exchange for immediate payment in money or other valuables. Prostitutes may be female or male or transgender, and prostitution may entail heterosexual or homosexual activity, but historically most prostitutes have been women and most clients men. It…
Section 304-A of the Indian Penal Code deals with death due to negligence. This Section was not included in the Indian Penal Code in 1860, but was added later in 1870 to cover the offences which fall outside the capacity of Sec. 299 and Sec. 300. According to the section, whoever causes the death of…
A defamation case has to meet the criteria of proving the defamatory or derogatory comments made towards a person was untruthful and had an outcome of some type of harm done to the victim’s life. Defamatory means are usually utilized in scandals, i.e. outrageous or abnormal actions of others (or singular) which integrate defamatory means…
India has the second largest road networks in the world and accounts for 10% of worldwide road fatalities. Laws regulating the traffic on the road are provided under the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 is an Act passed by the Parliament of India which came into force from July 1, 1989 and is applicable to the…
False Imprisonment may be defined as an act of the defendant which causes the unlawful confinement of the plaintiff.To constitute false imprisonment certain factors such as probable cause for imprisonment, knowledge of the plaintiff for imprisonment, intention of the defendant while causing imprisonment and period of confinement matters i.e It consists in the imposition of…
