According to Indian law, Section 497 of the IPC criminalizes adultery and imprisonment and fines of up to five years. Only a man who has consensual sexual intercourse with the wife of another man without his consent can be punished under this offence in India. Section 497 of Indian Penal code (IPC) 1860, defined adultery as: -“Whoever has sexual…
Under Cr.P.C., Cognizable Offence is discussed under Section 154. Section 2(c) of Cr.P.C. defines it to be an offence in which the police officer can arrest the convict without a warrant and can start investigation without the due permission of the court. These are the offences that are usually very serious and generally heinous in…
INTRODUCTION: The term “prisoner” refers to somebody who is detained in a jail or prison for committing a crime against the law of the land. A prisoner, also known as an inmate, is someone who has their liberty taken away from them against their will. Forceful restraint or confinement can revoke this liberty. Prisoners’ rights…
Corporal punishment is a discipline method in which a supervising adult deliberately inflicts pain upon a child in response to a child’s unacceptable behavior and/or inappropriate language. The immediate aims of such punishment are usually to halt the offense, prevent its recurrence and set an example for others. The purported long-term goal is to change…
RIGHTS OF ARRESTED PERSON : Arrest is seizure of foreseeable restrain to any person by the police send by legal authority. During this process the liberty is deprived of the person by detaining the person in the custody with the order of legal authority. Arrest is very important tool for the person who is charged…
The concept of justice is as old as the human society itself. Every man wants others to be righteous and just towards him, however he himself being ‘selfish’ by nature may not be reciprocal in responding justly. Hence, some kind of external force is necessary for maintaining an orderly society. In the early stage when…
Defamation is a civil wrong. It is a publication of a false statement without any lawful excuse. It is publication of such statement which tends to injure another person. If a statement tends to expose another person for ridicule or contempt, such statement shall also be defamation in nature. The defamatory statement must expose the…
There are fifteen defences which can take in an action for tort. They constitute, what applying is termed as “justifications or grounds of immunity from liability to an action in tort”. They are the classes of wrongs which stand outside the sphere of ‘tort’. These are as it were, “the various conditions which, when present,…
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,…
Crises and catastrophes, by and large toss extraordinary difficulties to the public authority due to their flightiness. Anything that might be different prerequisites yet the reaction should incorporate a planned methodology between the legislatures at the neighborhood, state, and association levels.The current circumstance requests no not exactly this. A couple of days back, the Prime…
