1. Right to Silence The foremost one is the right to silence which states that it’s the choice of accused to stay quiet or not to say anything in his own favor or against until or unless his lawyer is consulted, or he is being presented in front of the magistrate. In India, one of…
Section 498A of IPC deals with the cruelty against married women in india by his husband and his relatives. It was added in 1983 for the protection of married women on the basis of idea that there should be institutionalisation of law and policy to criminalize domestic violence. The section was enacted to deal with…
There are some unsettling elements in society who, whether unintentionally or purposely, create a sense of hostility and disrupt societies tranquillity. ‘Affray’ is derived from the French word ‘affraier,’ which meaning ‘to terrify.’ As a result, it is seen as a public offence that provokes public dread. If an alarm of terror was caused to…
Rioting is dealt with under sections 146 and 147 of the IPC. It usually occurs as a form of protest or in response to a perceived threat or grievance. Rioting occurs when a group of individuals, or any individual within that group, commits an offence. The presence of at least 5 people is required for…
“If every saint has a past then every criminal has a future” Mahatma Gandhi So in the case of a child offender, special care should be given to his future for it is yet in a budding state and is not beyond repair. No One Is A Criminal From Birth, it is the environment in…
India is one of the biggest democracies in the world standing on basic pillars of legislature, executive and judiciary. The role of the branches is make the law ,execute the law and protect the law but do all the laws present now a days need to be protected or there are some of them which…
First of all, the word detention implies that when due to some criminal charges, a state or private citizen lawfully hold a person by removing his freedom for that time. Detention is of two types: 1.Punitive detention: in this type of detention, the person is arrested by the police after committing the any offence. And…
Pardon means the formal act of liberating someone. Every country has the right of pardoning. The court doesn’t take any emotions or history into consideration it strictly follows the law for the adjudication. Pardoning power proves to be an aid for correcting judicial errors. In a nutshell it means to consider the case beyond the…
Every time an offender stealthily leaves India to take refuge in another country, the Government of India starts all over again with its strategy of bringing him back to the nation to make him stand in a trial and punish him for his offence. The biggest question that pops up in such a situation is…
Traditions and customs have gradually and continuously interlinked with the society in an unbreakable and in an un-separable way. But sometimes these customs and traditions result in being a social evil for the society. As commonly said, “Time is changing and we should change with time” is the basic rule of nature. India has witnessed…
