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,…
Financial management is concerned with the optimal use of capital in such a way as to maximize the company’s value plus profits. There is financial accounting anywhere funds are concerned. There are two main goals of financial management: maximizing profits and maximizing wealth. Profit Maximization: It is the ability of the company to produce full…
“Corruption is a tree, whose branches are of an immeasurable length; they spread everywhere.” – Beaumont and Fletcher Corruption is a universal phenomenon faced by people in one or the other forms. In India, it has become a part of life. It is the greatest foe of good governance and causing great harm to society…
We are aware that President of India is the Head of Indian Republic. The President of India has been conferred with some extraordinary powers such as to grant pardon. According to the Constitution of India it is not only the President who can exercise this power but the Governors of the respective states are also…
BATTERY Battery, which requires physical contact with the victim, is broken down into three separate elements: the defendant’s conduct, his mental state, and the harm done to the victim. Although many statutes do not define battery with specificity, or even list these elements, it is a widely recognized principle of law that each of them…
Irrespective of the three remedies available to parties that is: restitution of legal right, legal separation and divorce, the judiciary in India is demanding irretrievable breakdown of marriage as a special ground for divorce, as sometimes court face some difficulties in granting the decree of divorce thanks to a number of the technical loopholes within…
Mediation is an inexpensive procedure than litigation and much more beneficial as it saves a lot of time and effort. Yet there is no use of mediation if we don’t have a neutral mediator to solve the dispute in efficient applicable ways. The necessity of having a neutral mediator is as necessary as getting the…
Freedom of speech is described as the freedom to express opinions and ideas without limitations or hindrances. Its one’s liberty to speak without being censored or limited. Freedom of expression which is a synonym of freedom of speech, is used to describe not only one’s liberty to verbal speech but also freedom of any act…
Whenever we talk about consideration the first thing we think is of contract. Now, since we know that an agreement becomes a contract only when it is enforceable by law and it goes through a number of steps like proposal, acceptance, binding promise and the most important of all which is consideration. Consideration is the…
Summary trial cases are conducted with an objective to save time. Where certain petty and trivial cases are concerned including summons cases as well as a few of warrant cases, Section 260(1) of the Criminal Procedure Code provides the Magistrate with quite a wide discretion to try these cases summarily. The Law Commission in its…
