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30
APR
2022

Sedition

SECTION 124A IPC : The Most Politically Powerful Section? Sedition law was evolved during the British times to suppress and subdue the voice and also imprison the freedom fighters who were criticizing the policies of the British Empire. The law of sedition was first introduced in...
20
DEC
2021

India Needs A Law To Protect The Victims From Wrongful Prosecution

Our Indian Criminal Justice system works on the principle of ‘Fiat Justitia Ruat Caelum‘ which means `Let the Justice be done though the heavens fall’. Despite this Principle, the Wrongful/malicious Prosecution of innocent accused is a common practice in our...
03
AUG
2021

Rarest of Rare

Today I will be writing about the rarest of rare doctrine that is used primarily in criminal law while awarding death penalty to convicts in offences such as that of taking up arms against the state, kidnapping with ransom, murder and also in cases of rape. The most recent...
01
JUL
2021

Electronic Document: Admissibility And Relevancy, In the Light of Section 65B of Evidence Act, 1872

The Indian Evidence Act, 1872, contains special provisions with regard to proving electronic evidence. These provisions have been inserted in the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 by the Act 21 of 2000 with effect from 17-10-2000 by way of sections 65-A and 65-B. Electronic evidence is...
18
MAY
2021

Evolution of Sentencing Policy of India Post-Independence

In 1955 Amendment in Code of Criminal Procedure there was introduced amendment by Section 66 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Act, 1955 (XXVI of 1955) which deleted old sub-section (5) of Section 367 with effect from January 1, 1956. Thus, for capital offences, it...
23
JAN
2021

Custodial Violence-A Barrier On A Democratic System

India as a long-standing democratic country in the world which sets an example to the world, provides for certain rights enshrined by the Constitution of India. But the custodial violence a longstanding phenomenon has become a barrier and a limitation to the fundamental rights...
14
SEP
2020

NDPS Act: To Vitiate Or Not To Vitiate: A Legal Conundrum Survives

This article explores two questions that arose from the recent decision of the Hon’ble Supreme Court in Mukesh Singh v. State (Narcotic Branch of Delhi), the first question is “To vitiate or not to vitiate: A legal Conundrum Survives” and the Second question is...
29
AUG
2020

Data Theft – Issues And Laws

INTRODUCTION With the rapid growth of the Information Technology, serious threats and challenges are being posed by different jurisdictions. Such challenges are not confined to single legal category but are spread out under different heads of law, be it Criminal Law, Intellectual...
19
AUG
2020

Preliminary Assessment Under Juvenile Justice (Care And Protection of Children) Act, 2015 : A Sword or Shield

Introduction After the Nirbhaya’s case the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection) Act, 2000 had been repealed and The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act,- 2015 come into the force. In Nirbhaya’s case CCL had played an important role to commit the...
11
AUG
2020

Betting In Sports

The definition of “Betting” as per Black’s Law Dictionary is “Making a bet occurs when there is a chance for profit if a player is skillful and lucky…A play for value against an uncertain event in hope of gaining something of value…It involves...