Criminal laws & lawyers in india
Debolina Choudhury
Plea-Bargaining: This is a bit new concept under Indian Law which was introduced after the amendment Act of 2005 in Code of Criminal Procedure. it is showing the present position of Plea-Bargaining...
Restorative Justice & Weaker Sections: Restorative Justice is a problem-solving approach to crime which involves the parties themselves, and the community generally, in an active relationship with statutory agencies....
Forensic Science: What is forensic science? Scope of forensic science and different methods used in forensic analysis...
Adultery- the need for change in IPC: This articles raises various issues with refernce to Section 497 of IPC i.e adultery. It also suggests changes for the same...
Culpable Homicide: In general the term ‘Culpable Homicide’ means unlawful killing which is not classified as murder due to the guilty intention or ‘mens rea’ being absent. It is a term used in Scottish law and amongst several countries where the English Common Law system of Justice is administered...
The 377 Debate: In the wake of the Naz Foundation Judgment this article looks at the struggle which lead to the decriminalisation of homosexuality in a decision by the Delhi High Court...
Role of Character in Evidence Law: Character means the collective qualities or characteristics especially mental and moral that distinguishes a person or thing. Character is the estimation of a person by his community. The general rule is that character evidence is inadmissible....
Best Bakery Case & Law of Evidence: Hearsay evidence in the Law of Evidence has been introduced in sec.60 which gives the direction that oral evidence should be direct. Any evidence coming from a second or third person is said to be hearsay....
Forensic Sciences & Criminology: There is urgent and widespread need for the application of forensic science in criminal investigation. The present day picture of crime investigation and prosecution of criminals, is a sad story...
Presumption as documents 30 years old: Indian Evidence Act does not make an attempt to define what a presumption is. Stephen defines it as a rule of law that courts and Judges shall draw a particular inference from a particular fact, or from particular evidence...
Punishments: Origin & Jurisprudence: We live in a society. Our action may be prolific to us or may avail benefit to us but at the same time those very actions may be detrimental to the other...
facts admitted by the party need not be proved: Facts admitted need not be proved - No fact need be proved in any proceeding, which the parties thereto or their agents agree to admit at the hearing, or which...
Admissibility of the statements made under section 10 of Indian Evidence Act, 1872: Where there is reasonable ground to believe that two or more person have conspired together to commit an offence or an actionable wrong, anything said, done, or written by any one of such person in reference to their common intention..
Rape Laws In India-Appropriate or not:
Rape is a stigma which exists in the society from a long time. The dictionary meaning of word rape is "the ravishing or violation of a woman". The rape victim i.e. a woman as woman cannot commit rape due to biological reasons...
Expert Opinion:
Article is About sec 45 of Indian evidence act and what is the need for expert evidence in certain specific fields like narco analysis and polygraph test...
Whether Right To Life Include Right To Die:
The right to life" under Article 21 of the Constitution has received the widest possible interpretation under the able hands of the judiciary and rightly so. On the grounds as mentioned, Article 21...
No abetment by parties death if right to sue survive:
it is all about No abetment by parties death if right to sue survive. it is about abatement of the suit by the parties if any of them dies during the pandency of the suit...
Leading Questions: The entire corpus juris (body of laws) is broadly classified into 2 categories, i) substantive laws, and ii) adjective laws. Substantive laws are those, which define the rights, duties and liabilities......
Adultery in India: law of adultery and the discrimination under it in light of the now legalized concept of homosexuality and proposes a modified definition of the law of adultery...
Juvenile Justice: The article looks at the issue of age determination in the context of juvenile justice and if the same is prone to misuse. The paper takes a hard look at the law-literally- and adopts.....
Law & Emotions: Law and Emotions go hand in hand. This relation becomes more intimate in criminal law. The flow of emotions strongly governs your conviction under criminal law........
Defence Against Culpable Homicide: this describe all the element regarding self Defence and provide very practical description....
Rights of Arrestee: Arrest is taking away certain rights of a person by the poce authority, who is apprehended for some danger or threat to the society.......
Section 304-A of I.P.C. be a license to kill: Section 304-A was inserted in the I.P.C in the year 1870, for the crimes where neither intention nor knowledge to cause death is present. This section creates an..
Dying Declaration by Rape Victims: A Critical Analysis: Dying Declarations are the statements made by a dying person as to injuries which culminated in his death or the......
Anti-terrorism laws in India: The bomb blasts & terrorist attack in many cities like Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Banglore and attack on Mumbai on 2611.....
Custodial Torture: This article deals with the current scenario with respect to custodial torture in India, the constitutional and legislative provisions that deal with the same and their inadequacy.......
Whether Section 377 of IPC Constitutionally Valid: It is humbly submitted that the Part III of the constitution primarily carries the common ......
Legalize Abortion In India: Abortion is defined by the Canadian Intermediate Dictionary.....
Domestic Violence Act - Fundamental rights: Domestic violence is sadly a reality in Indian society, a truism. In the Indian......
Juvenile Justice-A Comparative Study with U.K: The minors were exempted from the punishments and the fines because there had .....
Law of Evidence: S.45 of Law of Evidence has been lacking in various aspects. Neither it is according to contemporary needs nor it has been made so to suit the present day need...
Indian System of Bail: he concept of bail, which is an integral part of the criminal jurisprudence, also suffers from the above stated drawbacks...
Why Do Prosecution Witnesses Turn Hostile:
The most controversial and dilemmatic situation in a judicial process arises when the prosecution witness turn hostile.....
Res Gestae: It is to know the concept of Res Gestae, to know as to what are the transactions which are admissible under this doctrine....
What will u do when police is coming to arrest you:
situation of person while police come to arrest him
Prevention Of Corruption Act: Corruption is considered to be one of the greatest impediments on the way towards progress for developing country like India...
185th Report of the Law Commission of India:
Unable to consider its 69th Report, the Central Government re-entrusted the task of reviewing the Indian Evidence Act, 1872......
498A: the status of women in India, the legal provisions which give protection to women against cruelty and how these provisions.....
Rights of Victims under Criminal Justice System: The victim’s rights rests on a kind of social contract theory, perhaps captured in the preamble to Louisiana’s 1985 victim’s rights legislation......
Criminal cartel offences in United Kingdom: A ‘cartel’ is basically, a union of producers, distributors, sellers, service providers or traders, who by contracts between.....
Treatment And Protection Of Witnesses In India: Witness protection program and witness protection laws are simply the need of the hour. .....
Victims of Trafficking: Trafficking in human beings is a global phenomenon, which has gained....