KEY TAKEAWAYS DNA testing is a means of analyzing the structure of a person's genome by taking samples of their DNA from their hair, fingernail, skin, or blood. DNA testing is one of the most accurate techniques to determine a person's patern ..
KEY TAKEAWAYS Every man holds a ‘right to reputation’.It is a jus in rem – a right good against the public in large. The law of defamation provides for balancing of interest – an interest which a person has in his reputation v ..
KEY TAKEAWAYS The three stages of litigation are the filing of a lawsuit, adjudication of the lawsuit, and execution of the lawsuit. Execution is the last and final step of litigation, which is when the case is put into action. A judgment-debtor is o ..
KEY TAKEAWAYS Forgery is a type of white-collar crime that involves the fabrication or material alteration of a legal document with the goal of deceiving someone. Section 464 of the IPC applies to the forgery offense established in section 463. Secti ..
KEY TAKEAWAYS Mistake of law and facts are defences that the defendant misunderstood or was ignorant of the law or facts as they existed at the time. A mistake of fact is a factual error. Mistake of law is misunderstanding the law, which is not a val ..
KEY TAKEAWAYS In simple words, a charge is an allegation, which is formal in nature. Charge is dealt with in Chapter XVII of CrPC, from section 211 to section 224. The form of charges is dealt with in Sections 211- 217. The Joinder of Charges is deal ..
KEY TAKEAWAYS RAPE- Unlawful sexual activity and, in most cases, sexual intercourse carried out against a person's will or under threat of damage, or with a person who is under a specific age or incapable of legitimate consent due to mental disea ..
KEY TAKEAWAYS Vakalatnama also known as Vakil Patra, is a document submitted to the court stating that a lawyer has been appointed for the case. Memorandum of appearance is a temporary document that is required by the lawyer to represent his client i ..
KEY TAKEAWAYS Public gatherings are typically prohibited under Section 144 of CrPC. Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code was routinely used by police forces around the country to quell large-scale public protests against the newly approved Citi ..
KEY TAKEAWAYS Indrani Mukherjee is a prime accused in the Sheena Bora murder case. Indrani Mukherjee was Sheena Bora’s mother. She is accused of murdering her daughter for financial, and personal reasons including a land dispute issue. Indrani ..