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 →

May 2021 - Law News for Students and Advocates

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1. “Now the water has gone over our head. Enough is enough,” said Justice Sanghi of Delhi High Court, getting shaken by the deaths of eight patients due to lack of oxygen supply in Delhi.

The Delhi High Court has issued strict directions to the centre for providing the allocated quantity of oxygen today itself ‘by whatever means.’Read More →

Information About CLAT Exam

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Common Law Admission Test abbreviated as CLAT is an entrance examination for getting admission in National Law Universities all over India. This exam is conducted every year.

There are 22 national law universities, except NLU Delhi, who in consortium organize this exam every year. For conducting such a significant level exam, every year, a university is authorized as a convener to conduct this exam.Read More →

My Law Coaching Experience in Mukherjee Nagar, Delhi

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When it comes to law, this institute is a very famous name in Mukherjee Nagar, New Delhi. The fees is around 1 lakh 50 thousand.

On 4th October 2019, I accompanied my friend to her coaching. She has been attending this coaching since April 2019. Before her, two of my college friends had also passed out from this same coaching.Read More →

April 2021 - Important Law News for Students and Advocates

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1. The High Court of Uttarakhand has instructed the state government to increase the number of daily COVID tests with Kumbh Mela 2021 in the process to at least 50,000 per day.

The Court has also directed the state government to urge those coming to visit the Kumbh Mela area to take their first or second vaccine doses at the designated centres throughout the Kumbh Mela area. Full StoryRead More →

Common Intention Explained - Section 34 IPC

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Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code lays down the principle of joint criminal liability.

Common intention is a pre-arranged plan or prior meeting of minds before the commitment of the act. ‘Common’ means something which everyone has in the same proportion. Their object, motive, or target is common.Read More →

Legal Maxims PDF

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Download a colourful and systematic PDF of Legal Maxims and Phrases.
These legal maxims are very important for regular college or university law exams and is also used in court while dealing with actual cases.
This PDF only has those legal maxims which are very important and which are often used. You should definitely know these.Read More →

Difference and Similarity Between Res Sub Judice and Res Judicata

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(1) In the case of Res Sub Judice, there must be two suits, one of which should be previously instituted.

In Res Judicata the motive is that ‘there must be an end to litigation.ʼ Thus, there is a bar on trial that has already been adjudicated. In simpler terms, a matter that has previously been decided is not put to trial again. This saves the precious time of our already overburdened and resource-less courts.Read More →