Author : AKASH KRISHNAN Citation: AIR 1932 Cal 511 Bench: Mallik, J. INTRODUCTION Extortion can be defined as the practice of obtaining money or other things by the use of coercive measures. The punishment for the same has been laid out under Section 384 of the Indian Penal Code as imprisonment for three years or
Author : AKASH KRISHNAN Citation: Writ Petition (civil) 384 of 2005 Bench: Dr. Ar. Lakshmanan, Tarun Chatterjee INTRODUCTION This case deals with protection of minors from the press. Sexually exploitative content is one of the hall marks of the press over the years. The effects of the same on minors was unaccounted for. The petition
Author : AKASH KRISHNAN Citation: 1976 CriLJ 315 Bench: P Chandra, S Basu INTRODUCTION Section 300 of the Indian Penal Code defines murder as an act which is done with the intention to cause death with adequate amount of force which would cause the death of an individual and the person committing the offence knows
Author : AKASH KRISHNAN Citation: 1993 AIR 1637, 1993 SCR (3) 543 Bench: Ramaswamy, K. INTRODUCTION Section 120 of the Indian Penal Code deals with Criminal Conspiracy. It can be defined as an illegal act committed by two or more persons in furtherance of an agreement to commit an offence or when an illegal act
CITATION- 1997 ACJ 1170, AIR 1997 CAL 179 BENCH- S.K Sinha FACTS OF THE CASE The case has been filed on 6 September, 1996. In this case, the petitioner had took out an insurance policy for truck which costs Rs. 2 lacs from the reputed company that is Respondent. Petitioner took policy from date 25th
Author : Prity Kumari Citations- (2012)2 SCC 648 Bench- SB Singh, Harjit Singh Bedi Introduction – it had been seen that in earlier cases of drunken driving leading to an accident were being determined in accordance with sections 337 and 338 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860. Under these sections, there are provisions with warrant
Author : Neha Singh Citation: AIR 1927 Cal 324 Bench: Justice Walmsley, Justice Mookherjee INTRODUCTION In this case the application of section 34 of IPC was implied with second part of the section 304 of IPC. The jury carried out the decision by the point of the accused of being guilty of committing culpable homicide
Author : Neha Singh Citation: AIR 1998 SC 2381 Bench: Justice G. Nanawati, Justice S. Kurdukar INTRODUCTION In this case the held that there is no scope for giving any benefit of right private defense when the accused is the one who instigated the assault. The conviction of the appellant under section 326 was found
Citation: AIR (2010) 5 SCC 91 Bench: Justice B. Sudarshan Reddy, Justice Surinder Singh Najjar INTRODUCTION In this case the court held the significance of motive and scope of interference in Article 136 of Constitution of India. The appreciation of evidence and credibility of witnesses were weak and held that criminal justice should not be
Author : Neha Singh Citation: 2016 SC 708 Bench: Justice Dipak Mishra and Justice C. Nagappan INTRODUCTION In this case the court upheld the constitutional validity of the criminal defamation provisions in the Indian Penal Code, citing the Subramanian Swamy vs Union of India case and stress on the idea of fair criticism, dissent and
