What is the difference between criminal law & civil law

The main distinction between the two laws are:- Civil law and criminal law are two broad and separate entities of law with separate sets of laws and punishments.

According to William Geldart, Introduction to English Law 146 (D.C.M. Yardley ed., 9th ed. 1984). “The difference between civil law and criminal law turns on the difference between two different objects which law seeks to pursue - redress or punishment. The object of civil law is the redress of wrongs by compelling compensation or restitution: the wrongdoer is not punished; he only suffers so much harm as is necessary to make good the wrong he has done. The person who has suffered gets a definite benefit from the law, or at least he avoids a loss. On the other hand, in the case of crimes, the main object of the law is to punish the wrongdoer; to give him and others a strong inducement not to commit same or similar crimes, to reform him if possible and perhaps to satisfy the public sense that wrongdoing ought to meet with retribution.”

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Criminal law means : A law which deals with the offences like theft, murder, rape, every criminal activities.

Civil Law : It is purely related to property dispute , family disputes

Dear Assumi sir & rajeev sir,

Thnkx a lot for this information.

Rajeev g, plz let me know if the family disputes comes under Civil Law, then GWA( guardianship), CRPC-125, Divorce, Domestic Violence,  498A or any other family dispute case comes under Civil Law?

So it is understood that all the family disputes except from theft, murder, rape, every criminal activities comes under Civil Law.

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DS

Dear Deep, proceedings under section 125 CrPc though falls under criminal area it is civil in nature, whereas under DVA the respondent in such case is also not an accused, until he commits a breach of an order passed by the Court under the provisions of the Act. It is only after such breach, the respondent is treated as an accused under S.31 of the Act. In other words, the proceeding under the Act is of the quasi civil nature so is the proceedings under the GWA, depending on the nature of the proceedings..