INTRODUCTION This article deals with the terms “force”, “criminal force” and “assault” in Indian Penal Code 1860. In India, we can always see the news about crimes in regards to battery, assault etc. such crimes are common in our country and it happens almost every day. Because of this people were facing many problems, therefore
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The defence of ‘grave and sudden provocation’ taken by a jilted lover who murdered a girl on her refusal to accept his marriage proposal, is been rejected by the Karnataka High Court. Justice Sunil Dutt Yadav and Justice P Krishna Bhatt said that, “To permit the accused to take a defence of ‘grave and sudden
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In the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case the CBI has informed the SC that the convict in the case A.G. Perarivalan has nothing to do with the further investigation conducted in the case by its multi- Disciplinary Monitoring Agency (MDMA) into the larger conspiracy behind the assassination in 1991. The central agency was replying to the
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Exposition of information on the commission of any ‘recognizable cognizable crime’ to an office on duty at a police station marked within the jurisdictional ambit or area in question is ‘first information’ and the corresponding report is termed as the First Information Report [hereinafter referred as FIR]. The documentation is the registry following the mode
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Lane-splitting is beneficial to motorists in that it curbs congestion, lowers commute times, and, if done right, enhances the safety of motorcyclists. The problem is that most people don’t know how to execute lane-splitting, making the habit more of a danger than an advantage to motorcyclists and other road users. If you are moving to
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A Three Judge Bench of the Hon’ble #SupremeCourt of India comprising of Justices L. Nageswara Rao, Hemant Gupta and Ajay Rastogi passed a Judgment dated 16.11.2020 in the case of Kirpa Ram v. Surendra Deo Gaur (Civil Appeal No. 8971 of 2010) and held that if there’s no #error in the findings of the First
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In a fresh and significant development, the Bombay High Court in a latest, landmark and laudable judgment titled The State of Maharashtra Through the Deputy Collector & Competent Authority (NSEL) V/s Anil Kohil in Writ Petition No. 3396 of 2019 With Civil Application No. 29 of 2020 delivered recently on 9 November 2020 has pronounced
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In a latest, landmark and laudable judgment titled Venkatesan Balasubramaniyan vs. The Intelligence Officer, D.R.I. Bangalore in Criminal Appeal No. 801 of 2020 (arising out of SLP(Crl.) No. 1820/2019 along with two other Criminal Appeals delivered most recently on November 20, 2020, the Apex Court has clearly, categorically and convincingly held that a ‘default bail’
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Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan today withdrew the controversial ordinance due to the protests in the state even after the Governor of the state Arif Mohammed Khan signed on to the Kerala Police Act Amendment Ordinance. The Chief Minister said that- “With the announcement of the amendment, different views arose from different quarters. Concerns were expressed
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In a latest, landmark and laudable judgment titled PJ Joseph vs. Election Commission of India and 7 others in WP(C). No. 18556 and 18638 of 2020 delivered just recently on November 20, 2020, the Kerala High Court has upheld the order of the Election Commission of India (ECI) to allot the party symbol ‘two-leaves’ to
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