ADULTERY

ADULTERY under Indian Penal Code

ADULTERY On 27 September, 2018 the Supreme Court of India had announced it’s another major verdict by decriminalising adultery aimed at upholding the right of life and freedom just a few days after the judgement on Section-377. The judgement was given by 5 judge bench headed by Chief Justice of India Dipak Mishra where he […]

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Homosexuality

SECTION 377: Unconstitutional?

On 6 September 2018, the Supreme Court of India passed a major verdict on Homosexuality i.e. decriminalising homosexuality. Our honourable chief justice of India Deepak Misra said Section 377 discriminates against individuals based on their Sexual orientation and gender identity violating Article-14 & 15 of the Constitution further he said that it was also violating […]

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ICFAI

ICFAI Webinar on Criminal Justice System and Police Administration During COVID-19 [July 25, 4-6 PM]: Register Now!

About the Institute ICFAI Law School is a constituent unit of The ICFAI Foundation for Higher Education, Hyderabad, a Deemed University established under Section 3 of UGC Act, 1956 and accredited by the UGC NAAC with “A” Grade. The ICFAI Law School, with excellent and continuous teaching and learning process, student-centric and industry-friendly dynamic curriculum […]

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RAPE AND PUNISHMENT

RAPE AND PUNISHMENT

INTRODUCTION Rape is the most morally and physically deteriorating crime in society. Rape destroys the life of the victim. The victims not only suffer from physical pain for a lifetime but also suffer mentally. It is a permanent scar on the victim and it breaks the victim completely. Rape affects the physical and psychological issues […]

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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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unlawful assembly

UNLAWFUL ASSEMBLY: What is Section 144?

We often heard that Section-144 of Indian Penal Code has been imposed on many parts of India in case of public riots. But why the government impose this section and does imply this section violates any part of our fundamental right? But what exactly is this section-144? Section-144 talks about unlawful assembly. According to this […]

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Rise in domestic violence in lockdown

BLOG- Rise in domestic violence in lockdown

While the world is facing the COVID-19 pandemic, there is another pandemic that needs to be tackled. The life of women amidst the lockdown has been affected by the increase in incidents of domestic violence daily, across different countries. A large number of people are using #AntiDomesticViolenceDuringEpidemic on Chinese social media platform Sina Weibo, clearly […]

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Criminal Conspiracy

Criminal Conspiracy under Indian Penal Code

Criminal conspiracy consists of two words, “Criminal” any action which is unlawful in eyes of LAW which means any prohibited act And “Conspiracy” is when two or more persons constitute together to perform a crime at some point in time. The basic definition can be seen under the Section 120A of Indian Penal Code as, […]

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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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Sedition

Sedition- Section 124A IPC

In 1870, section 124A was included in the Indian Penal Code, which deals with “Sedition”, and was drafted by Thomas Nanington Macaulay. What do Section 124A states Section 124A of the IPC, which deals with anti-government crime, state “Whoever words, either spoken or written, or by sighs, or by visible representation, or otherwise, bring a […]

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