With the successful conduction of the three editions of a competition which nurtures the art of building, defending and arguing a case in the courtroom, National University of Study and Research in Law, Ranchi is all geared up for hosting the fourth edition of the National Trial Advocacy Competition...
Criminal law
On the basis of various cases that have come before judicial authorities for adjudication, the following 3 possible scenarios which may have bearing on determining whether offences under PMLA (AML of India), have to be looked into and answered:- I. The offence of money laundering committed before th...
That Section 319 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (“Cr.P.C.”) springs out of the doctrine judex damnatur cum nocens absolvitur (Judge is condemned when guilty is acquitted) and this doctrine must be used as a beacon light while explaining the ambit and the spirit underlying the enactment of S...
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Why isn’t Narendra Modi suing Rahul Gandhi for defamation – if the charge is untrue? The Congress is the principal opposition party in the House of the People. Rahul Gandhi is its Vice-President. Three days ago, he made a highly damaging allegation of personal corruption against the Prime Minister o...
There comes a time for redemption? Ramesh K.C was a driver with L Bheema Naik, KAS, a Tahsildar earlier and now, the Special Land Acquisition Officer at Bangalore, Karnataka. This driver, Ramesh K.C. committed suicide on 6-Dec-16. He left behind a suicide note, however. The police have registered a ...
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Bikram Chaudhuri (Partner and Head of Litigation & Dispute Resolution Abhay Nevagi & Associates, Advocates) Who among us has not been entranced by the drama and intrigue of a legal trial? The annals of legal literature, both fictional and historical, have highlighted countless lawyers whos...
In our country several social, political and economic problems persist, which have always been tremendously affecting the public. People are demanding a significant change from the leaders, to this current abominable situation. The one important medium through which this change can be made possible,...
Police Structure Admission to police services In India there are various modes to enter the police system. There are broadly 2 types of entry scheme i.e. Indian Police Services and State Police Services. The Indian Police Services is a part of All India Services of the Government of India. IPS acts ...
The Hon’ble Supreme Court is hearing the appeal against the conviction and death sentence awarded to four accused in the Nirbhaya Rape Case. The Hon’ble Delhi High Court had affirmed the death sentence awarded to the accused by the Trial Court . Both the Trial Court and the High Court found that cri...
As per Section 375 of IPC, sexual intercourse acts by a man with his own wife, the wife not being under 15years of age, is not rape. Under Indian System of Law, marital rape is not an offence. It took us so many years from the rape case of tukaram to nirbhaya gang rape case, to open our eyes and fra...
A year ago, a group of sixteen Delhi-based lawyers from diverse backgrounds made a commitment to provide free legal services to disadvantaged children who have survived sexual abuse, through iProbono, an organization working towards access to justice. As the coordinators of this panel of lawyers, we...
“ATROCITIES ON CHILDREN” Crime against children , yes at the very first sight this sentence appears to be small, but one cannot anticipate the inhumanity, depth and density of crime involved in these three words. Few days ago when I woke up after completing my daily routine activities I came to my d...
‘With due respects’, ‘With the greatest of respects’, ‘In deep reverence’ and ‘In all and every humility’, it is necessary now to say - “One ignorantly given SC judgment is wreaking havoc across India”. The prefatory salutations are dispensed with in the rest of this piece to ease reading. The reade...
The article of Mr B. Raman, the head of the Pakistan Desk at the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), published on rediff.com adds new dimensions to the Yakub Memon case. It has raised questions about adherence to the principle of fair trial and the rule of law by Indian investigating and prosecuting a...