QUASHING OF FIR Section 482 of the Code of criminal procedure, 1973 specifies about the preventive Inherent powers of the High Court against abuse of the process of any court and to secure the ends of justice holding the due regard towards the nature and gravity of the offences. The invocation of the jurisdiction of the High…
Anything that curtails or impairs the freedom of limits of the judicial proceedings must of necessity result in hampering of the administration of Law and in interfering with the due course of justice. In India, under Section 2(a) of the Contempt of Courts Act of 1971 defines contempt of court as civil contempt or criminal…
A deadly COVID second wave has engulfed India, and the failure of the country’s healthcare infrastructure has led to the mounting death toll. The official number of deaths caused by COVID-19 in India till May 14, 2021, crossed 2.58 lakhs, but according to a report by the University of Washington, the death toll numbers are…
Sexual harassment at the workplace “There remains what seems like an impenetrable wall of silence around violence and we must all play a role in breaking this silence. – Reese Witherspoon” Gender discrimination is prevalent in our society since time immemorial. Sexual harassment at the workplace is a form of gender discrimination that acts…
“I say nothing, not one word, from beginning to end, and neither does he. If it were lawful for a woman to hate her husband, I would hate him as a rapist.” ― Philippa Gregory, The Red Queen Marital rape also known as spousal rape is when a person engages in sexual intercourse with one’s…
Sexual harassment at place of job is neither new nor rare, but it isn’t always said or maybe pointed out enough. Most running ladies face sexual harassment at place of job in a few shape or the other. It is there, but by no means acknowledged. The silence round sexual harassment most effective facilitates to…
Punishment is the act of imposing an unpleasant and undesirable act on a group or an individual. Punishment is a wide concept that has been used since time immemorial. The concept of punishment stems from the sense of justice. Legally, Punishment is given by a person in authority for various reasons. As civilisations grew and…
Remedies in Torts (Introduction) –Remedies for Tort are of two kinds- 1) Judicial 2) Extra Judicial Judicial Remedies refers to those remedies that are afforded by the law and a person has to approach the Court of Law in order to obtain such remedies. These are of the following kinds- 1) Avoiding of Damages/ Compensation…
In a Venn diagram, murder would be in the inner circle and culpable homicide would be on the outer circle. Hence all Murders are Culpable Homicides but all Culpable Homicides are not Murders. Homicide is derived from the Latin term “homo” which means man and the Latin term “caedere” which means to kill. Hence, it can…
NUISANCE (Introduction)- Nuisance basically means hurting anyone or causing injury to a person by the deeds of another person. It includes hurting or causing injury to the person by causing nuisance of lands, tenements, or hereditaments and it does not amount to the trespass. The word ‘nuisance’ is derived from the word nuire, to do…
