President’s rule in state can be imposed initially only for a maximum period of 6 months under Article 356 of the Constitution of India.
President’s rule in state can be imposed initially only for a maximum period of 6 months under Article 356 of the Constitution of India.
Session courts can impose capital punishment subject to the review of High Court.
Q4. If ..................... is a belt of coastal waters extending at most 12 nautical miles from the
baseline of a coastal state.
Territorial Waters is a belt of coastal waters extending at most 12 nautical miles from the baseline of a coastal state.
Article 20 of Constitution of India provides for protection in respect of conviction for offences and states that:
(1) No person shall be convicted of any offence except for violation of the law in force at the time of the commission of the act charged as an offence, nor be subjected to a penalty greater than that which might have been inflicted under the law in force at the time of the commission of the offence
(2) No person shall be prosecuted and punished for the same offence more than once
(3) No person accused of any offence shall be compelled to be a witness against himself.
Justice Syed Fazi Ali is the first Judge to retire from the Supreme Court of India.
Vithal Mahadeo Tarkunde was a prominent Indian lawyer, civil rights activist, and humanist leader and has been referred to as the “Father of the Civil Liberties movement” in India . He was a former judge of the Bombay High Court.
M’ Naghten rule relates to the defence of unsoundness of mind in criminal cases.
to the concept of mens rea?
Mens Rea refers to the guilty state of mind. Dishonestly, fraudulently and maliciously all reflect the state of guilty mind.
Doctrine of Frustration may be defined as the occurrence of an intervening event or change of circumstances so fundamental as to be regarded by the law both striking at the root of the agreement, and as entirely beyond what was contemplated by the parties when they entered into the agreement. If an event which could not be foreseen by both parties supervenes, frustration would apply