KEY TAKEAWAYS Fraud is a purposeful act of deception with the intent of obtaining something by taking unfair advantage of someone else. It's a gain of profit from someone else's loss. Under Section 17 of the Indian Contract Act, 1872, fraud i ..
Key Takeaways For a woman to be called an ‘aggrieved person’ under DV Act, she must be in a domestic relationship (as defined under section 2 (f) of the said Act) and she must have suffered domestic violence. There is a distinction betwee ..
KEY TAKEAWAYS The NDPS Act of 1985 is the primary piece of law through which the state controls the use of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances. These regulations were enacted to restrict and monitor the use of specified medications in limited ..
Key Takeaways Under Hindu law, a second wife is not a legal heir when the husband remarries while the first wife is alive (S.5 of Hindu Marriage Act, 1956 and Indian Succession Act, 1926). Under Muslim law, a second wife is a valid legal heir and can ..
Difference between Cognizable offences and Non cognizable offences BASIS COGNIZABLE OFFENSE NON-COGNIZABLE OFFENSE Statute A Cognizable offense is defined under Section 2(c) in The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. ..
Key Takeaways Juvenility of a person in conflict with the law has to be reckoned from the date of the offence and not from the date on which cognizance was taken by the Magistrate. JJ Act is a beneficial legislation and a technical plea (like delay i ..
KEY TAKEAWAYS A tape-recorded conversation is a form of an electronic record. The Information Technology Act of 2000 describes the term “electronic records”. Electronic records, including Tape-recorded conversations, are admissible under ..
KEY TAKEAWAYS Confession is a statement made by an accused person that is sought to be proven against him in a criminal proceeding in order to establish that he committed an offence. Section 80 of the Indian Evidence Act gives judicial confessions ev ..
KEY TAKEAWAYS The Rarest of the Rare Doctrine is a half tale, part truth, but it is also a rare occurrence in the court system. When it comes to capital punishment, India adopts the notion of the Rarest of the Rare Doctrine. The judicial system emplo ..
KEY TAKEAWAYS Quash means to overturn, abate, vacate, annul, or declare void. Quashing is often performed after the filing of a First Information Report (hereinafter referred to as “FIR”) but before the filing of the charge sheet. High Co ..
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