The debate on capital punishment has been running over the past so many decades, but yet nothing concrete is coming up. Many may be satisfied with the present legislation on giving of capital punishment but to many of us its still not serving the purpose that it is deemed to serve. Which as far as…
CAPITAL PUNISHMENTEvery one of us is familiar with the term punishment. But Capital Punishment is something very few people understand. Capital punishment is a legal death penalty ordered by the court against the violation of criminal laws. In addition, the method of punishment varies from country to country. Where some countries hung the culprits until…
INTRODUCTION: India is a country which consist of large number of crimes and criminals. In India all punishments are based on the motive to give penalty for the wrongdoer. There are two main reasons for imposing the punishment, one is the wrongdoer should suffer and other one is imposing punishment on wrongdoers discourages other from…
INTRODUCTION Law usually provides punishment when the crime is confirmed and judges a considered all points of view and background of criminal. Punishment must not only be a reaction against the crime itself but must also aim at preventing the offender from committing further crime. Punishment is a type of custom that followed our society…
White Collar Crimes are the crimes committed by a person of high social status and respectability during the course of his occupation. It is a crime that is committed by salaried professional workers or persons in business and that usually involves a form of financial theft or fraud. The term “White Collar Crime” was defined…
Arrest and Procedure for Arrest under The Criminal Procedure Code,1973 (Section 41 to 60) Introduction: An Arrest is an act of taking a person into custody as he/she may be suspected of a crime or an offence. It is done because a person is apprehended for doing something wrong. After arresting a person further procedures…
India is one of the biggest democracies in the world standing on his four pillars named as the legislative, executive, judiciary and media. Media plays one of the most important role in the successful democracy as it acts like a watch dogs of our society and government and can openly criticize the government for their…
Plea bargaining refers to a person charged with a criminal offence negotiating with the prosecution for a lesser punishment than what is provided in law by pleading guilty to a less serious offence. It is common in the United States, and has been a successful method of avoiding protracted and complicated trials. As a result,…
Article 22 states that there are certain procedural requirements which are necessary to be adopted in all the procedures which are executed by the legislature. If the legislature fails to comply with them, it is considered to be a deprivation of personal liberty. Article 22 deals with two distinct matters: People arrested under ordinary law…
The Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act of 1967 which was recently amended has become a source of debate among the various Human Rights organizations across the country. The recent arrest of the 2 students at Kozhikode, Kerala with no proper evidence on the basis of this Act was yet another demonstration of the misuse of the…
