Vishakha & Ors. V. State of Rajasthan (AIR 1997 SC 3011) “Sexual harassment at work… is it a problem for the self-employed?” – Victoria Wood OVERVIEW Vishakha v state of Rajasthan is one of the significant and landmark case of Judicial Activism of securing rights of women at workplace and of protecting her modesty. Prior…
M’Naghten rule is one of the important tests to determine the level of insanity of the offender while considering insanity as a defence for his offense. So, let’s look what is M’Naghten rule. The first famous legal test for insanity came in 1843 in the M’Naghten road. An Englishman Daniel M’Naghten shot and killed the…
Acid attacks mean throwing acid or any other harmful substances with the complete knowledge of creating permanent or partial damage to another person. As acid is cheap and easily available than other chemical substances to throw on women. Most of the girls became the victims of acid attacks was because they refused the sexual advances…
Introduction Section 94 of Indian Penal Code (IPC) is very important, it states the VIIth to prove that there is no intention of crime. Nothing is an offence committed by a person by threatening him except murder and offences against state punishable with death. So the section 94 of IPC has been altered as, the…
The Criminal law covers various punishments which vary from case to case. But it is not always necessary that a person gets punished for a crime which he/she had committed. The Indian Penal Code (IPC), 1860 recognizes defences in Chapter IV under “General Exceptions”. Section 76 to 106 covers these defences which are based on…
Sedition is often in news so we will discuss about that in this article. Sedition is defined in section 124 A of Indian Penal Code which says that whoever by words either spoken written or by signs or divisible representation Creates hatred or contempt or disaffection towards the government established by law, then I can…
Laws are the set of rules created by the state and enforceable by courts. It mirrors the political, social and monetary connection in the public arena. Laws decide the rights and obligations of people towards each other and the state. It mirrors the sociological need of the society. Morality is about the principles that define…
The function of the state is to maintain law and order of the society . Administration of justice play an important role in maintaining the peace and social security of the state. According to Salmond , administration of justice means “The maintenance of right with a political community by means of the physical force of…
Introduction: The main objective of the code to administration of Criminal Justice by establishing a peaceful life’s by preventing offence , nuisance and tranquility. Arrest is a very important process in the criminal Procedure Code. Arrest is a measure to deprive a personal liberty by a legal authority. Which means taking a person in legal…
Introduction A misrepresentation is an untrue statement of a material fact made by one party which affects the other party’s decision in corresponding to a contract. If the misrepresentation is identified, the contract can be declared void and depending on the situation, the unfavourably impacted party may seek damages. In such a contract dispute, the…
