Offences of False Evidence

Chapter XI of the Indian Penal Code deals with the offence of giving false evidence. Evidence is the proof given in court to convince the judge of the material facts in the case. Evidence is any statement required by court which needs to be produced. There are two main kinds of evidence, Oral & Documentary

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Offences relating to documents & property marks

Offences relating to documents Since the invention of writing, the offence of forgery has existed. In Roman Law, it was enacted by the lexxornelia de falsis, that a person who falsely writes, seals, publically reads or foists in a  forged will or other document or makes cuts, moulds, a superiors seal wilfully and maliciously should

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CPC Mains Questions Series Part VIII: Important Questions for Judiciary, APO & University Exams | Part – VIII of X

Legal Bites brings to you CPC Mains Questions Series Part VIII. The questions enlisted here are arranged section-wise and will aid the students preparing for Judiciary, APO or University Exams. The list question curated by Legal Bites will help candidates identify the important and frequently asked questions and give them a good practise for their

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Contempt of Lawful Authority by Public Servants

Good administration is vital for any successful government; public servants are given certain rights and privileges to protect the public from abuse of power by public servants and vice versa. The term public servant may be defined to signify any person duly appointed and invested with authority to administer any part of the executive power

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CPC Mains Questions Series Part VI: Important Questions for Judiciary, APO & University Exams | Part – VI of X

Legal Bites brings to you CPC Mains Questions Series Part VI. The questions enlisted here are arranged section-wise and will aid the students preparing for Judiciary, APO or University Exams. The list question curated by Legal Bites will help candidates identify the important and frequently asked questions and give them a good practise for their

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India’s burgeoning SaaS business face tax spanner

By Vijai Jayaram, and Rohit LalThese days there is significant change in the way software products are offered. Earlier, purchasing software implied heavy investment in infrastructure, installation, on-boarding, etc. However, the software-as-a-service (‘SaaS’) model, being cost effective and efficient in many ways compared to traditional software products, has fast become quite popular. The ease with

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CPC Mains Questions Series Part V: Important Questions for Judiciary, APO & University Exams | Part – V of X

Legal Bites brings to you CPC Mains Questions Series Part V. The questions enlisted here are arranged section-wise and will aid the students preparing for Judiciary, APO or University Exams. The list question curated by Legal Bites will help candidates identify the important and frequently asked questions and give them a good practise for their

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THE PRINCIPLE OF “AS IS WHERE IS” AND “AS IS WHAT IS BASIS” IN RELATION TO SECURED ASSETS PURCHASED IN PUBLIC AUCTION UNDER SARFAESI ACT,2002

Saturday September 19, 2020. BY G. P. Yash Vardhan | Banking and Finance INTRODUCTION As the Legal frame work and mechanism for curtailing and controlling mounting Non- Performing Assets (“NPA”) has become inadequate and outdated which resulted in tardy recovery of defaulting loans by the Financial Institutions arising out of such NPAs, the Central Government

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Waging war

War has existed in society since humans originated, what started with a small quarrel has in history led to the slaughter of millions of people. Pope Francis commented on the violence in Syria saying “war begets war, violence begets violence.”  The nature of man has required law to adapt and provide rules for wars as

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Role of Consent in Rape

Traditionally, the law defines the crime of rape to be an act of sexual intercourse accomplished by a man with a woman, not his wife, by force and against her will.  Section 375 of the Indian Penal Code deals with the offence of rape. Clause 2 of section 375 outlines rape- without the consent of

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