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Culpable Homicide and Murder

February 25, 2023 Law Teacher0 comment

The Indian Penal Code (IPC) is the main criminal code of India, which sets out the various offences and their punishments. Two of the most serious criminal offences in the IPC are murder and culpable homicide. Both of these offences are punishable by imprisonment, and sometimes even by the death penalty. Culpable homicide is defined under Section 299 of the IPC, and it refers to the act of causing death to another person by an act done with the intention of causing death, or with the intention of causing such…

SOME IMPORTANT LEGAL MAXIMS

July 11, 2016October 8, 2023 Law Teacherlegal maxims0 comment

Actus non facit reum, nisi mens sit rea : The act does not amount to a crime unless it is done with a guilty intent.

HISTORY OF ESTABLISHMENT OF FAMILY COURTS IN INDIA

July 10, 2016July 10, 2016 Law TeacherDivorce, family court0 comment

Marriage as an institution has become the subject of great judicial scrutiny. There are a number of judicial provisions dealing with marriage and other matrimonial aspects. The result is that, in addition to the various advantages that these legal provisions may provide; the privacy of this institution has been threatened. As per studies conducted in Mumbai and Delhi, 40 % of marriages are heading towards divorce. There are also cases of misuse of provisions like Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code, Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, Section…

Latest Supreme Court decision on Christian Divorce

July 6, 2016July 12, 2016 Law Teacher0 comment

The Supreme Court bench of Chief Justice T S Thakur and Justice D Y Chandrachud, which was hearing a petition filed by Bengaluru-based octogenarian Catholic advocate Clarence Pais, who has sought legal sanctity for divorce decrees granted by church courts said on Monday(4/7/2016) that divorce decrees granted by ecclesiastical tribunals, popularly known among Christians as church courts, had no legal sanctity and anyone remarrying after such a divorce decree would be committing an offence. The Supreme Court in its earlier ruling in Molly Joseph vs George Sebastian(1996) case had settled the issue…