INDIAN EVIDENCE AMENDMENT BILL, 2016

INDIAN EVIDENCE AMENDMENT BILL, 2016

INTRODUCTION INDIAN EVIDENCE AMENDMENT BILL, 2016 was introduced in the Lok Sabha seeking changes to the 1872 Indian Evidence Act to make it easier to deal with cybercrime and custodial abuse cases. A variety of suggestions had been made by an advisory group created by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), the key one being […]

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DOCTRINE OF ESTOPPEL

DOCTRINE OF ESTOPPEL

INTRODUCTION– DOCTRINE OF ESTOPPEL- Doctrine (Principle) + Estoppel (to stop) = Principle of preventing peoples from going back. “Estoppel is when one is concluded and forbidden in law to speak against his act.” [1] so that other people need not suffer because of the misrepresentation of another person. Also “An estoppel is not a cause of action- […]

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DYING DECLARATION

DYING DECLARATION

INTRODUCTION– The term “dying declaration” is itself explaining its meaning as- some declaration by died man, under legal context it represents as an oral or verbal statement from the dying man who is declaring the reasons of death, it came into the ambit of evidence under the Law of evidence because there is a belief […]

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The Criminal Law Amendment Bill, 2019

The Criminal Law Amendment Bill, 2019

The Criminal Law Amendment Bill 2019 was introduced in Rajya Sabha by K.T.S Tulsi, member of Parliament to make the offence of rape gender-neutral. Gender-Specific laws have been present in the Indian legal system since ages but the law is dynamic and it changes accordingly with the society. Recently in the landmark judgment of Supreme […]

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Perjury

Perjury

Perjury, in law, that giving of a false statement under Oath on a question under discussion or point of a looking into causes, edicts looked upon as material. Both old and wise and current-day lawful systems have statements in law for taking statements under Oath and control was given to another penalty for giving a […]

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RIGHTS OF PRISONERS

BLOG- RIGHTS OF PRISONERS by Pragya Sharma

From the childhood days, we all got punished from our parents whenever we did something which we were not supposed to do, same happens when someone commits any crime it is the rule of the justice that he shall be punished so that he realises his mistake never repeat it in the future. Punishment is […]

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