List of Important Sections of CrPC

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Section 2 – Definitions.
Section 6 – Classes of Criminal Courts.
Section 9 – Court of Session.
Section 10 – Subordination of Assistant Sessions Judges.
Section 11 – Courts of Judicial Magistrates.
Section 12 – Chief Judicial Magistrate and Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, etc.Read More →

Important Sections and Articles of Limitation Act

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Section 2 – Definitions
Section 3 – Bar of limitation
Section 4 – Expiry of prescribed period when court is closed
Section 5 – Extension of prescribed period in certain cases
Section 6 – Legal disability
Section 10 – Suits against trustees and their representatives
Section 12 – Exclusion of time in legal proceedingsRead More →

July 2021 - Law News for Students and Advocates

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1. If the Joint Hindu Family has partitioned, then they can reunite to continue and enjoy the status of joint Hindu family again, said Supreme Court. There must be an intention at the end of the parties to reunite in the estate and interest. Only male members can reunite if they wish to. Full Story

2. After going through statements of rape victim recorded under section 164 of CrPC, the court, while granting bail to the accused, cannot take cognizance of any such statements which are against the mandate of “fair justice”.Read More →

Inherent Powers of the High Courts

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Inherent Powers are those powers that are not mentioned anywhere in the code. Inherent power or the inherent jurisdiction of the High Court may be exercised in a proper case either to prevent the abuse of the process of any court or to secure the ends of justice. These powers of the High Court should be used only in exceptional cases.

In the following cases, the inherent power of the High Court could be exercised to quash the proceedings-Read More →

Retracted Confession Under Indian Evidence Act

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What is Retracted Confession
A retracted confession is a statement made by an accused person before the trial begins, by which he admits to having committed the offence, but which he rejects at the trial.

Evidentiary Value of Retracted Confession
It is unsafe to base the conviction on a retracted confession unless it is corroborated by trustworthy evidence. Here are two important cases related to the evidentiary value of a retracted confession.
1. Bharat vs State of UP, 1971.
2. Manjit Singh vs CBI, 2011.Read More →

Maintenance under CrPC

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According to section 125 of CrPC, a person having sufficient means is bound to maintain:-
I. His Wife (unable to maintain herself).
II. His legitimate or illegitimate minor child, whether married or not (unable to maintain himself/herself).
III. His legitimate or illegitimate child (not a married daughter) who has attained majority, if the child is physically or mentally abnormal or having any injury by which he/she is unable to maintain himself/herself.
IV. His father or mother (unable to maintain himself/herself)Read More →

June 2021 - Law News for Students and Advocates

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1. After a key meeting, Prime Minister Narendra Modi with officials and cabinet ministers, decided to cancel the class 12th CBSE exams!

2. Due to frivolous cases, the matters relating to national importance get ignored unfortunately. During the vacations, 95% of the cases brought before the vacation bench are frivolous, said Justice Chandrachud, concerning the valuable and precious time of the judiciary.Read More →

Difference Between Culpable Homicide and Murder

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Section 299 of the Indian Penal code talks about culpable homicide and section 300 of IPC deals with murder.

There is a faint line difference between both of them. This frequently causes problem to advocates, legal practitioners that where to lie the case, if not minutely understood this difference.

Culpable homicide is a genus and murder its species. “All murders are culpable homicide, but all culpable homicides are not murder.”Read More →