INTRODUCTION: The murder of a lady or girl by members of the male household was most frequently honored. The murderers excuse their crimes by saying that the victim dishonored the name or reputation of the family. Girls and women are heavily scrutinized in patriarchal settings. It is considered the obligation of male relatives, primarily their…
Population explosion is a term referred to expeditious growth in population of the world. It is calculated from the difference between the birth rate and the death rate. It is estimated that by next ten years the human population will grow by one billion people. This expeditious growth in population results into both economic and…
The purna swaraj declaration or declaration of the independence of India was propagated by the Indian National Congress on 26th January 1930, settling the congress and Indian nationalists to protest for complete independence or self-rule from the British rule. Honorable pandit Jawaharlal Nehru hoisted the Indian national flag on 31st December 1929 on the embankment…
A Plaint is a legal document or memorandum filed by the plaintiff whereby he discloses a cause of action arose in his favour due to the act or omission on the part of defendant. The content of the civil suit is laid out in a plaint. Hence, it is the very first step towards the…
India is a country who has the longest written constitution in the whole world. Each and every part of the constitution governs the citizens of the country about what are their rights, what they can do and what they cannot do. The Constitution has 22 parts and among each and every part of it, it…
Kidnapping Kidnapping means taking away a person against his/her will by force, threat or deceit. Usually, the purpose of kidnapping is to get a ransom, or for some political or other purposes etc. Kidnapping is classified into two categories in Section 359 of the Indian Penal Code and defined in Section 360 and 361 of…
The Circumstantial Evidence is hallmark of criminal jurisprudence system in absence of eye witness during the commission of crime. The circumstantial evidence being not direct evidence, the Supreme Court has laid down various guideline from time to time for its application for conviction. The “last-seen theory” and “Motive” forms important ingredient of the circumstantial evidence.…
It is not the prisoners that need reformation, it is the prisons” – Oscar Wilde Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer has rightly observed: “In our world prisons are still laboratories of torture, warehouses in which human commodities are sadistically kept and where spectrums of inmates range from drift-wood juveniles to heroic dissenters” The Concept and Working…
Plea Bargaining comes under the section 265(A )– 265( L) of criminal procedural code of India. The term “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. In layman language It…
INTRODUCTION: For the management of federal and democratic states, the separation of powers is imitable. The rule divides the state into three branches – the legislative, executive and judicial – with diverse autonomous powers and responsibilities so that one branch can not interfere with the other two branches’ workings. It is essentially the guideline that…
