criminal law

POCSO is a special act enacted with the objective to protect children from sexual assault and to ensure that the person accused of crime under the POCSO Act, should not get away with the accusations as easily’, therefore section 30 was incorporated in the Act, which presumes culpable mental state of the accused unless rebutted in accordance with the law. ..

WHAT IS CRIME? • Crime means a charge or offence. When an act is done or not done in accordance with the public law, it is said to be a crime. • Crime is not just a wrong against an individual but it is a wrong committed against the society at large as it disturbs..

TWO MORE WEEKS IN PRISON FOR TWO CHAKRABORTYS Court has rejected the bail, applied by both Rhea Chakraborty and her brother Showik Chakraborty Instead Bombay High Court extended the judicial custody for Chakraborty sibling. The duo to remain in jail for another two more weeks No end in sight for Rhea Chakroborty’s problems for the momen..

The number of child sexual abuse cases reported from March 2020 onwards on various platforms is as under: As reported by National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), the total number of child pornography/rape and gang rape complaints lodged in the National Cybercrime Reporting Portal (NCRP) from 01.03.2020 t..

The essential object of criminal law is to protect society against criminals and lawbreakers. For this purpose the law holds out threats of punishments to prospective lawbreakers as well as attempts to make the actual offenders suffer the prescribed punishments for their crimes. Therefore criminal law, in its wide sense, consists of both the substantive criminal law..

Contempt of court is any conduct that disrespect or disregard for interfering with or prejudice parties or with their witnesses during the litigation before the respective authority and administration of law. The Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 governs the contempt law in India. Then the judges of the court have the authority to pass sanctions such as sending the conte..

According to the case reports published by different authors, it is an understanding that knives or arms, in general, have its origin in the process of human evolution, the invention of these arms were made by humans for the purpose of hunting and self-defence. Knives from a long time have been part of the country’s culture it has been in the country in variou..

Medical negligence in India has increased tremendously in the past few years. In recent times, the Indian Society is experiencing a growing awareness regarding the patient’s rights. Since the Consumer Protection Act, 1986, has come into force, patients are able to file legal cases against doctors, by establishing that they were negligent in providing medical s..

(After many jurisdictional arguments, Supreme Court has stated that the exercise of Extra-Jurisdictional act taken by Bihar Police appears to be in order, due to the nature of allegations that were made in the case.) Bench: Hrishikesh Roy J Issue: The issue is based on the unnatural death of the late-actor Sushant Singh, whose death is mysterious, which was ..

2 shocking rapes in UP in a single week  After several cases being reported from all across the country of women going through harassment, abuse and rape, on 14th August, a thirteen-year-old girl from the Lakhimpur Kheri district (near Nepal border) was raped and murdered, who went to a nearby field to attend to nature&#..

NIA deals with terrorism & such offences The National Investigation Agency Act provides for creation of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in the country. The NIA Act was enacted in the aftermath of the Mumbai terrorist attacks of 2008. The enactment of NIA Act in fact was a course of..

On July 30, 2020, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested Relationship Manager and a Rural Sales Executive for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of Rupees Two Lakhs to sanction and disburse loan to a customer. A farmer from Baramati who also runs a business and had applied for a ..

INTRODUCTION: With time, as is settled principle and is evident; as law of nature changes, so does there is requirement of reforms and amendments with introduction of new laws to control infringement of rights, privacy or individuals. In the current changing scenario, if we try to look b..

No matter how hard we all who are in the legal profession may try to deny but it is an unpalatable fact that the image of judiciary has taken a severe beating in the eyes of the people in last few decades as the criminals mostly escape either totally unscathed or face very lenient punishment which is just not done. Very rarely do we see them getting the strict punis..

Introduction Rape, seen from the lens of limited understanding, is still one of the most debated aspects of law. Several legislations and recommendations later, the legislature and the Judiciary still find themselves struggling with the nuances of the offence. Rape, is a gendered offence and ..