Month: February 2024
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Capital Punishment
List of Sub-Topics: Capital punishment, also called death penalty, execution of an offender sentenced to death after conviction by a court of law for a criminal offense. Capital punishment should be distinguished from extrajudicial executions carried out without due process of law. Thus, capital punishment is the legal sanction of putting a person to death…
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Types of Evidence
Law and You >Procedural Laws > Indian Evidence Act, 1872 > Types of Evidence In order to arrive at a decision in a civil, criminal or administrative cases to establish and prove the matters of defence or mitigation or to overcome a prima-facie case or presumption the essential question which one needs to answer is…
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Defence of Consent (Ss. 87 to 92 IPC)
Law and You > Criminal Laws > Indian Penal Code > Defence of Consent (Ss. 87 to 92 IPC) Consent means a person agrees to the act of another person after knowing the consequences of the act. Concept of consent is based on the legal maxim volenti non fit injuria which means harm caused with…