Author name: Gurpinder Manku

First Information Report (FIR): The Underpinnings of the Criminal Justice Delivery System

“A criminal proceeding is not a proceeding for the vindication of a private grievance but it is a proceeding initiated for the purpose of punishment to the offender in the interest of the society.” The object sought to be achieved by registering the earliest information as FIR is inter alia twofold: One, the criminal process

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INHERENT POWER OF COURTS UNDER CPC

According to the oxford dictionary, the word “inherent” means “the basic permanent part of something which cannot be removed”. So by that definition, the term ‘inherent’ refers to something having a permanent, absolute, indivisible, essential, or distinguishing property. Court’s inherent powers are those that can be used by the court to render complete justice to

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SEDITION & UAPA – Are These Provisions License to Abuse Power?- Complete Article

ORIGIN OF FREEDOMS & LIBERTIES AND RELIGIOUS PERSPECTIVE Human beings with unique abilities and capabilities of thinking, understanding, imagining, forming associations, and devising the rationale, have made them the most distinct, evolved, and successful species on this Planet. The origin of freedoms & liberties can be traced to the inception of humankind from the Stone

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SEDITION & UAPA Are These Provisions License to Abuse Power

SEDITION & UAPA – Are These Provisions License to Abuse Power? – Part 4

ARE THESE PROVISIONS LICENCE TO ABUSE POWER ? In 2019, the petitions were filed to contest the constitutional validity of Sections 35 and 36 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 (UAPA) as amended in 2019 where it was prayed that Sections 35 and 36 be struck down and declared unconstitutional. The constitutionality of Sedition

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SEDITION & UAPA – Are These Provisions License to Abuse Power? – Part 3

UNLAWFUL ACTIVITIES (PREVENTION) ACT, 1967 India’s wars with China and Pakistan resulted in severe UAPA; there is no opportunity for anticipatory bail, and the minimum punishment is five years, with the maximum being life imprisonment. In terms of bail, the prosecution need simply establish a prima facie case, and this rule should be considered in

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