Crime is an act prohibited under law or statute. The Indian Penal Code, 1860, prohibits certain acts.
If a person commits any of the act which is mentioned as a crime or an offence in the Indian Penal Code, then it shall be treated as a criminal offence.KEEP READING
The provisions related to emergency are given in Part XVIII of the Indian Constitution.
There are three kinds of emergency:-
1. National emergency
2. State emergency
3. Financial emergencyKEEP READING
Jurisprudence is ‘the Eyes of Law.’ In the human body, the eyes are one of its most essential parts. Most of the human activities and movements of a man’s body are possible only through them. Unless a man can see anything correctly, he can’t do any work properly.
Jurisprudence is called the ‘the eye of law’ because jurisprudence functions for law like eyes do for the human body.KEEP READING
Maintenance means to give necessary supplies to a person for survival. It includes shelter, food, and clothing, and every aspect of human life, which is essential for survival and existence.
Section 125 of the Criminal Procedure Code, 1908, provides maintenance for the wife, children, and parents.
Section 125 of CrPC is secular in nature.KEEP READING
The Civil Procedure Code, 1908, is a procedural law. Whenever there is a violation of a person’s civil rights, then the procedure file case in the court and proceedings are regulated by the Civil Procedure Code. There are a total of 158 sections and 51 orders in this code.
Key Words of the Civil Procedure Code
1. Adjudication- To adjudicate means to decide on a matter or issue in controversy by a competent authority.KEEP READING
The terms mentioned below are the legal glossary of the Indian Penal Code, 1860. All these words and phrases have to be understood in concern to the provisions mentioned in the IPC. These are essential for all law exams and legal life in general.
1. Intra Territorial- Any offence for which a person is liable within India.
2. Extra Territorial- Any offence for which a person is subject to Indian law, tried outside India.KEEP READING
Important Words of TPA that you must know about.
1. Transfer- It means the conveyance of a thing, property, or a right from one person to another.
2. Property- Property includes movable and immovable property. Any thing which has a monetary value.
3. Act of Parties- An act that has been done with the desire and consent of the parties. It is voluntary in nature.KEEP READING
In all robbery, there is either theft committed or extortion. It is an advanced stage of any act of theft or extortion. When some elements combine with the essentials of theft or extortion, it becomes robbery.
When there are five or more persons who jointly commit the act of robbery or attempt to commit robbery, they are liable for the act of dacoity.KEEP READING
Section 62 says that primary evidence means the original document itself. The evidence which is not secondary is primary.
Section 61 of Evidence Act says that the content of a document can be proved by two modes – primary evidence or secondary evidence.
It means there is no other prescribed method by law for proving the content of a document.
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Article 21: Protection of life and personal liberty! The legislature cannot deprive a person of the right to life and personal liberty even by making a law.
Hon’ble Supreme Court held that the protection of Article 21 is available not only against executive action but also against legislative.KEEP READING
Every court has its own jurisdiction to decide or conclude a case. Jurisdiction means that which court has the authority or power to decide a case.
Jurisdiction can be categorized into three heads. They are:-
1. Subject matter jurisdiction
2. Pecuniary jurisdiction
3. Territorial jurisdictionKEEP READING
Section 295 of the Indian Penal Code prescribes offence of injuring or defiling a place of worship to insult any religion.KEEP READING
A person constitutes the offence of theft if he:-
1. With dishonest intention.
2. Takes moveable property.
3. Out of the possession of another person.
4. Without such person’s consent.
5. And moves that property in order to take it away.KEEP READING
A gift is a gratuitous transfer of a property of any nature to the other person. It is a voluntary transfer from one person to the other. Generally, a transfer without consideration is void.
But a gift is an exception to the rule that without consideration an agreement of transfer is void. A gift is given under natural love and affection. This is the reason that even law has put it in a different table.KEEP READING
Section 375 of the Indian Penal Code requires two essentials to be satisfied for making it an offence of rape. They are:-
1. An act of sexual intercourse by a man with a woman.
2. The act of sexual intercourse must fall under any one of the seven categories given in section 375.KEEP READING
Austin- Ownership is a right indefinite in point of user unrestricted in point of disposition and unlimited in point of duration.
From above definition we find three elements:
1. Indefinite user.
2. Unrestricted disposition (dispose off)
3. Unlimited duration.KEEP READING
