Introduction: Politics and crime are interlinked with each other. An immaculate politician sounds like an oxymoron, a class that no longer exists. It is one of the serious problems affecting the democracy of our country. A massive amount of criminals are joining Parliament and legislative assemblies. No party in India Read more…
Introduction: Immoral Traffic (prevention Act),1956 defines prostitution as sexual exploitation or abuse of a female for monetary purpose and a “Prostitute” is a person who gains the commercial benefits. Prostitution is a matter of debate since ancient times. Prostitution is considered a taboo in India and all over the world. Read more…
Introduction: The word ‘bail’ is derived from the old French word bailer, which means nothing but to give or deliver. The term bail usually refers to releasing of a person who is charged with an offense, only when he provides the security that will ensure his presence before the courts Read more…
Introduction “All crimes are offences but all offences are not a crime” Offence generally means an act which results in the breach of law. Offence is a term that leads to punishment. Did you ever ponder about, which statute or statutes in India define the term “offence”? Well, offence can Read more…
Introduction: The medical workers are called as representatives of God, that is because what they do on a daily basis is save lives. But, by giving them these high standards, we forget to understand that doctors or the healthcare staff are only humans who possess some special knowledge or skills. Read more…
Introduction: Bail portrays an important concept in criminal law of the country. It is concerned as a rule and jail as an omission in criminal law of India. The criminal law system of the country can become standard in order to maintain a balance between the rights of an individual Read more…
Introduction: Police encounters are something that we all know about i.e. extrajudicial killing of a criminal or terrorist by the police supposedly in self-defence. Just two days back gangster Vikas Dubey was killed in an encounter while taking him from Ujjain to Kanpur. The police have said that he tried Read more…
Introduction: With the onset of nationwide lockdown following the COVID-19 pandemic caused by the coronavirus, various incidents of misuse of powers of authorities have come in front. Various photos and videos have surfaced on the internet and the TV news channels portraying the arrogance by the police officials against the Read more…
Introduction: Out of several defences in criminal law, it is the very interesting defence to any crime, that can negates criminal liability of the convict against the criminal offence. Automatism is a defence where it shows the uncontrolled actions of the defendant. It is certainly not a state of mind Read more…
Introduction: Famous criminologist and Sociologist Edwin H. Sutherland coined the term “white-collar crimes”. He defined this term as a crime committed by a person of high respectability and high social status in the course of his business or occupation. Thus white-collar crime has the following main components: a) crime, b) Read more…