Investigation by police officers. 156 of CrPC.Steps of investigation process. Crpc section 154 to 176. FIR to court process. Cognizance of investigation. When is remand appropriate. Case diary and final report. The sufficiency of the evidence. ..
IntroductionThe First Information Statement (FIS) or First Information Report (FIR) has not been defined in the Criminal Procedural Code, 1973 (CrPC). It is commonly understood as the information received by the police about commission of a crime and ..
IntroductionWill is a legal declaration in the form of a document, expressing the intention of a testator, about how his property would be devolved on whom after his death. It is a personal document of a testator of sound mind, in regard to the dispo ..
IntroductionThe �advance deposit�, which is being paid as part of a contract for transfer of an immovable property, has in the past been treated conceptually quite different from the �earnest money�, similarly paid.However the ..
Mortgage definedMortgage is transfer of an interest in a specific immovable property, for securing an advance payment of money by way of loan. It creates a pecuniary liability. It is in the form of a debt. The liability cannot be defeated by any sub ..
Attesting witnessAn attesting witness is a person who puts his sign or mark on a deed or will at the request of its creator, immediately after its execution, for the purpose of proving and identifying that it is executed by the maker of it. Unless t ..
Adultery means different things in law and English language. In law, it is socially and legally objectionable sexual intercourse, voluntarily made by a man with the wife of another person, with the knowledge that she is a wife and without her husband ..
IntroductionInheritance means the right to succeed to the estate on intestacy - dying without a legally valid will. Succession means the process by which the heirs acquire the property of the deceased. Inheritance refers to the right to succeed but ..
Evidence: What it meansThe term evidence is a bit ambiguous one. It refers to what is adduced by a party in a court in order to establish a fact or its truth.Evidence essentially refers to those things that make the truth of a disputed matter quite e ..
Writing is done by everyone, every professional and every lay person. In this digital world no literate person can keep away from writing in one form or other. A lawyer has to write a lot many things compared to any other professional. Writing is no ..