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PROSTITUTION IN INDIA

  Abhishek   22 January 2009 at 19:03

prostitute is a person, "who allows her body to be used for lewd purposes in return for payment". Prostitution is the sale of sexual services, such as oral sex or sexual intercourse, for money. Prostitution the word itself speaks about the ..


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PLEASE HELP ME

  ravi   21 January 2009 at 19:53

DEAR SIR, I WAS WORKING IN ONE MEDICAL AGENCY AS A WORKER IN MAHARASHTRA AND IN 2006 I AM ARRESTED FOR 381/1 AS THEFT IN MEDICAL AGENCY AND LEAVE OUT WITH BAIL IN FIFTEEN DAYS MY LAWYER TOLD ME THAT WHEN YOUR CHARGESHEET WILL BE FILED IN COURT YOU WI ..


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CRIMINAL MISCONDUCT U/S 13(1)(d) OF PREVENTION OF CORRUPTION ACT 1988

  AEJAZ AHMED   19 January 2009 at 21:06

CRIMINAL MISCONDUCT U/s 13(1)(d) OF PREVENTION OF CORRUPTION ACT 1988 The Prevention of Corruption Act of 1947 created a new offence called Criminal Misconduct in the discharge of official duty. Section 5 of the said Act defined the various categor ..


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OUTRAGING THE MODESTY OF WOMEN

  ARVIND JAIN   09 January 2009 at 21:06

Outraging the modesty of womenArvind Jain“If society trivializes modesty, violence against women would result”. (Simone de Beauvoir, in The ‘Second Sex’)Hon'ble Justice Fazal Ali and Sabyasachi Mukharjee rightly con ..


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Sec 498A of the Indian Penal Code a weapon in the hands of vamps

  AEJAZ AHMED   03 January 2009 at 22:12

Sec 498A of the Indian Penal Code a weapon in the hands of vamps Introduction Objective: The Indian Penal Code, 1860 was amended in the year 1983 to include the provisions of Section 498 A which deals with the punishment of the husband and his relati ..


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Creating new security agencies is not the answer to our problems

  G. ARAVINTHAN   03 January 2009 at 22:11

The government has at last — after the country and its people have paid a heavy price — come up with a proposal to constitute a National Investigation Agency (NIA) and given more teeth to anti-terror laws. The NIA is “to investigate ..


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WANNA MAKE A DEAL? THE INTRODUCTION OF PLEA-BARGAINING IN INDIA

  Prakash Yedhula   29 December 2008 at 21:34

WANNA MAKE A DEAL? THE INTRODUCTION OF PLEA-BARGAINING IN INDIABy Sulabh Rewari* and Tanya Aggarwal*Cite as : (2006) 2 SCC (Cri) J-12When one’s own legal system flounders, one naturally looks towards practices in other countries which seem to provide ..


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Dowry laws: Loopholes & Possibilities of misuse

  Prakash Yedhula   29 December 2008 at 21:24

Dowry laws: Loopholes & Possibilities of misuse…There is hardly any other malady of greater magnitude, which the society is facing today than the curse of dowry demand and dowry death. It is commonly talked of in the society that the newly married wi ..


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Motive and Intent

  Prakash Yedhula   27 December 2008 at 14:23

Motive and IntentJake J. KoppenhaverCJ-230Professor Jakalski  DATE \@ "MMMM d, yyyy" December 27, 2008Motive and Intent The concepts of motive and intent, while similar, are quite different as they pertain to criminal investiga ..


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Reflections on Mumbai terror

  Prakash Yedhula   23 December 2008 at 10:02

Reflections on Mumbai terrorSoli SorabjeeOne salutary outcome of the terrorist attacks in Mumbai has been the enactment of much belated, tough anti-terror legislation which is sorely needed because extraordinary times require extraordinary laws. The ..


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