Published on 19th July 2025 Authored By: Jyoti Gupta Manav Rachna University Introduction The concepts of Culpable Homicide and Murder, are such concepts which may sound confusing to a lay man, because it carries a lot of concepts and the differences between them are quite hard to understand or recognise. This case, is mainly based […]
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Published on 23rd June 2025 Authored By: Aryan Agarwal National Law University, Odisha Historical and Social Context One of the oldest social customs in India is dowry-an accepted symbol for familial honour and social standing, depending upon the community one belongs to. Traditionally, dowry was something given during marriage by the bride’s family to the
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Published on 23rd June 2025 Authored By: Soumali Chatterjee Calcutta University Abstract Every woman has a dream to spend their married life happily. But many times it has been seen that women are abused by their in-laws’ family members just because of the problem of Dowry. Every woman deserves to be in a dignified status
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Published on 9th April 2025 Authored By: Yashasvi Noniwal Maharishi Markandeshwar (Deemed To Be University) Mullana-Ambala, Haryana Introduction The “insanity defense” is a strategy utilized in the criminal law of India to safeguard an individual charged with a crime from being held accountable. The defense is based on the idea that the accused was suffering
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Published on 31st March 2025 Authored By: Himasikta Tanaya Singh Bangalore Institute of Legal Studies, Karnataka State Law University INTRODUCTION The anatomical elements of a crime have been condensed into a convenient and rather commonly known legal maxim – actus non facit reum nisi mens sit rea.[1] It states that for a person to be subject
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