Month: April 2023
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Rioting (Ss. 146 – 148 IPC)
Law and You > Criminal Laws > Indian Penal Code > Rioting (Ss. 146 – 148 IPC) S. 146: Rioting: Whenever force or violence is used by an unlawful assembly, or by any member thereof, in prosecution of the common object of such assembly, every member of such assembly is guilty of the offence of…
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Aggravated Forms of Unlawful Assembly and Punishments (Ss. 142 -145 and 149 IPC)
Law and You > Criminal Laws > Indian Penal Code > Aggravated Forms of Unlawful Assembly and Punishments (Ss. 142 -145 and 149 IPC) In the last article, we have understood the concept of unlawful assembly, In this article we shall see aggravated forms of unlawful assembly and punishments for the same. Section 142 defines…
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Unlawful Assembly (S. 141 IPC)
Law and You > Criminal Laws > Indian Penal Code > Unlawful Assembly (S. 141 IPC) For a country to grow, develop and reach new heights of good governance, it is of utmost importance that its government should be able to give its citizens a peaceful and egalitarian environment. The maintenance of Public Order and…
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Pound Theory of Social Engineering
Sociology is the study of society, human behaviour, and social changes and jurisprudence is the study of law and legal aspect of things. The Sociological school of Jurisprudence advocates that the Law and society are related to each other. This school argues that the law is a social phenomenon because it has a major impact…
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Crimes Against Women
There are many types of crimes committee all over the world against the women. Right from the time of women’s birth sometimes before the birth of the girl could become victim of crimes. Common forms of crimes against the women all include such as domestic abuse, sexual assault, murder, female foeticide. Dowry death etc. Crimes…
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General Principles of Care and Protection of Children
Law and You> Criminal Laws > Juvenile Justice Act, 2015 > General Principles of Care and Protection of Children The laws relating to the child, having its seeds right from the enactment of the Constitution of India in the form of fundamental rights under Article 15(3) read with Directive Principles of State Policy under Article…
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The Juvenile Justice Act: Definitions
Law and You> Criminal Laws > Juvenile Justice Act, 2015 > The Juvenile Justice Act: Definitions Section 2 of the Juvenile Justice Act, 2015 gives definitions of the words used in this Act. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- (1) “abandoned child” means a child deserted by his biological or adoptive parents or…
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Features of the Juvenile Justice Act, 2015
Law and You> Criminal Laws > Juvenile Justice Act, 2015 > Features of Juvenile Justice Act The involvement of the accused in such a heinous crime of rape forced the Indian Legislation to introduce a new law and thus, the Indian Parliament came up with a new law which is known as “ Juvenile Justice…
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Objects of the Juvenile Justice Act, 2015
Law and You> Criminal Laws > Juvenile Justice Act, 2015 > Objects of Juvenile Justice Act In the last few decades, the crime rate by children under the age of 16 years has increased. The reason for increasing the crime rate is may be due to the upbringing environment of the child, economic conditions, lack…
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Juvenile Delinquency
Law and You> Criminal Laws > Juvenile Justice Act, 2015 > Juvenile Delinquency The term ‘juvenile delinquency’ refers to a large variety of behavior of children and adolescents which the society does not approve and for which some kind of admonishment, punishment, or preventive and corrective measures are justified in the public interest. Juvenile delinquency…