Confession has been a very delicate issue when it comes to the court of law. Here is everything you might like to know about the law relating to confession. Following are the rights conferred upon the person confessing in the court of Law: 1. A confession can only be recorded by a Metropolitan Magistrate or Judicial Magistrate. [...]
The Criminal Law (amendment) Act, 2005 has recognized the idea of plea bargaining in the Indian Criminal Justice System. Plea bargaining simplifies the formal legal procedure as well ensures speedier disposal of cases. But the picture has been rather hazy in the minds of laymen. Who is entitled to bargain plea? What are its pre-requisites? [...]
The IPC observes its 150 years in India. The occasion goes unnoticed in India but Singapore ( which owes a great deal of its laws from IPC) in this May 2010 commemorates the 150 years of IPC in an international event to be held in the National University. The law fraternity in Singapore is resaerching [...]
Indian penal code is the skeleton of the Indian criminal justice system. A person in general encounters it either in news reports or whenever he himself gets involved in a criminal case attracting IPC sections. But what exactly Indian Penal code is? How and when did it originate? What is its applicability? How does it [...]
In general spoken and written English we do not usually pay attention to the difference between two similar terms and use them interchangeably. Kidnapping and abduction are such two terms which are are generally used as synonyms but in the eyes of law they have different meanings- Difference in a nutshell- Kidnapping- Removing a minor away from lawful custody without [...]
June 29, 2010
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