Introduction Crime can be defined as a human conduct which amounts to an offence and is punishable under criminal law. Every person who has committed a crime has to face are criminal justice. There are four major elements of a crime, Actus Reus, Mens Rea, Absence of defence, and Consequence. Read more
INTRODUCTION Mohd. Ahmed Khan vs Shah Bano Begum case is one of the revolutionary cases of the Supreme Court. It dealt with the issue of maintenance; which has to be given to an aggrieved divorced Muslim woman by her husband after the divorce. The Supreme Court in this case referred Read more
INTRODUCTION After seven years of battle, the four accused for involvement in the Delhi gang-rape case died by hanging on March 20, 2020 in Tihar Jail. Nirbhaya means “fearless”. Nirbhaya was a 23-year-old girl who fought for her life for 14 days. Unfortunately she died on December 29, 2012. Indian Read more
Introduction The objective of Section 148A of the Code of Civil Procedure is the protection of a person from any ex-parte orders likely passed against him/her in any case proceedings. As per Section 148A, a party contemplates the making of an application, in a suit or proceeding instituted or about Read more
The first right we have is the right to file a FIR. This right helps us to fight against crime or breach of our legal rights. Under the sovereignty of Indian Constitution, every individual has the right to report the crime which happens to him or which he witnesses. But Read more
CRIME As the classical school of thought would follow- humans are free-willed and thus try to maximise pleasure and minimise the pain. They believe that fear is the main characteristic that controls the human behaviour. After understanding many theories of different school of thoughts it is clear that there could Read more
What is Crime? The most fundamental fact is that crime is the point of conflict between the individual and society. The struggle for law is a struggle between the will of ” the one,” the offender, and the will of ” the all,” the state; and this struggle in its Read more
INTRODUCTION Previously only the affected parties had the locus standi (standing required in law) to file a case and continue the litigation and the non- affected persons had no locus standi to do so. But now only the victim doesn’t need to file a complaint in the court. There are Read more
Introduction The word “Forensic” has been derived from the Latin word a “Forensis”, implying: “belonging to the market place or forum”. The term Forensic Science means the application of the knowledge of science for law and justice. The term includes the application of all sciences such as physics, chemistry, and Read more
In 2018 we all celebrated the landmark judgement delivered by a constitutional bench comprised of Justices Indu Malhotra, D.Y Chandrachud, R F Nariman, A M Khanwalkar and headed by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra. September 06th 2018 was the day when India’s streets were filled with rainbow flags and Read more
Introduction The Indian Criminal Justice System consists of two major Acts to deal with the cases related to crime. These are Indian Penal Code, 1860(hereinafter referred as IPC) and Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973(hereinafter referred as CrPC). The former comprises of the punishment for each specific offence while the latter Read more
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) primarily underscored ‘human dignity’ in the human rights discourse. These rights are inherent in all human beings and cannot be taken away without a fair and reasonable procedure by the State. Article 21 of the Indian constitution is an umbrella of various inalienable Read more