PLEA BARGAINA plea bargain gives an accused the opportunity to avoid sitting through a trial risking conviction on the original more serious charge. For example, an accused charged with a theft charge, the conviction of which would require imprisonm ..
As Mohammad Afzal Guru, charged in the December 13, 2001, attack on the Indian Parliament, awaits a final decision on his clemency petition pending before the President and Indian civil society deliberates on the abolition of death penalty, no attent ..
Cases of cheque bounce are not uncommon these days. In most of the transactions be it re-payment of loan or payment of fees for business purpose, payments are made by cheque. These cheques bearing large amounts sometimes remain unpaid and are returne ..
Legal statusHomosexual relations are legally still a crime in India under an old British era statute dating from 1860 called Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code which criminalises 'carnal intercourse against the order of nature.' The vague nature of ..
While research abounds on attitudes toward capital punishment in the United States, such work has been lacking in non-western nations — particularly in India, the world's largest democracy. Data recently collected have revealed variance in levels of ..
In the judgment, K. Srikanth Singh vs. North East Securities Ltd., the Supreme Court has held that the vicarious liability of directors must be pleaded and proved in case of offence committed by the company under section 138 of the Negotiable Instrum ..
RIGHT TO BAIL AS A CONST I TUTIONAL RIGHTBy Vidhan Maheshwari, National Law Institute University, Bhopal INTRODUCTION Krishna Iyer J., remarked that the subject of bail:-“ ….. belongs to the blurred area of criminal justice system and largely hinges ..
Abolition of the Death Penalty- Tarunabh Khaitan and Vasuman Khandelwal Document actions (print, sendto etc) -->An over of the law and history of the death penaltyKeywords: death penalty, abolition, capital punishmentAbolition of Death Pen ..
Encounter killings: Truth commissions neededby Upneet LalliWHAT is done without any punishment, can be repeated without fear.” Impunity without doubt is a grave problem affecting the state and leads to more and more human rights violations. The encou ..
Indian society is becoming complex. We have always believed that our legal system was next to none. When all other existing disciplines such as technology, science, medicine and education made changes and conversions, the discipline of law refused ..