FALSE IMPRISONMENT

What is false imprisonment? False imprisonment or unlawful imprisonment is a total restrained for some period. It occurs when a person intentionally restricts another person’s movement within any area without legal authority, justification, or the restrained person’s permission. For example, when a person is restrained, by threat of force, from leaving his own house, there…

THEORIES OF PUNISHMENT

Introduction For the longest time period punishment was looked at as something which was aimed at inflicting maximum punishment on the wrongdoer and hence methods such as stoning, impaling, shooting using a cannon, crushing etc was used. As the human race civilized, it was observed that the intention behind punishment has moved from simply delivering…

Online Privacy

According to Black’s Law Dictionary “right to be let alone; the right of a person to be free from any unwarranted publicity; the right to live without any unwarranted interference by the public in matters with which the public is not necessarily concerned”  Privacy is a very important right that all the citizens of a…

MENTAL HEALTH IS A HUMAN RIGHT

The Mental Health Care Bill 2013 was acquainted with the Rajya Sabha in August 2013 and following 134 authority revisions, passed in August 2016. Appropriately executed, psychological wellness enactment, for example, this assumes a critical part in securing the privileges of the deranged, guaranteeing admittance to mind, and advancing social equity for the insane, their…

WHAT IS TORT ?

WHAT IS TORT ? The word tort has been derived from Latin term tortum which means twist. Tort means a conduct which is not straight or lawful but on other hand twisted, crooked or unlawful. It is a breach of duty recognized under the law of torts. According to section 2(m), The Limitation Act ,1963…

Section 375 IPC

SECTION 375 IPC Section 375 of the IPC defines that- A man is said to commit “rape” who, except in the case hereinafter excepted, has sexual intercourse with a woman under circumstances falling under any of the six following descriptions- (First) — Against her will. (Secondly) —Without her consent. (Thirdly) — With her consent, when…