What if the Police receives a Complaint, which is non-Cognizable Offence? Whether the Police has powers to take non-Cognizable Offence and investigate the matter similar to that of Cognizable Offence? Section 155 Cr.P.C. has answer to those questions. Criminal Law bifurcates nature of offences under cognizable and non-cognizable cases. Wherein, offences of cognizable nature does […]
Section 154 set in motion a criminal complaint when an FIR is registered and the concerned Magistrate take notice of the same, as it is mandated on the Investigation Officer under Section 157 to report to the Jurisdiction Magistrate who is empowered to take cognizance of the same. The word “Informant” is crucial in Section[…..]
Yes, any Officer Incharge of a Police Station, may without a Warrant can enter into any shops functioning in his Station limit, based on the information he gathered, inspect weights or measures or instruments meant for weighing and if they are found to be false, he can seize the same and report to the Jurisdiction[…..]
As regard to designation “Magistrate,” he either relate to a Metropolitan Area, if so then he is called Metropolitan Magistrate and if he is a “Magistrate” outside of the Metro Area then he is called a Judicial Magistrate. Similarly, the rank of the Magistrate is assigned based on his place [Metro or Rural] and he[…..]
Sections 125 to 128 of Code of Criminal Procedure deals with Maintenance. Maintenance to Wife, legitimate or illegitimate minor children and to the Parents are discussed in Section 125 of Cr.P.C. while Section 126 deals with jurisdiction of the Court, Section 127 explains the situation pertaining to change in circumstances and Section 128 calls for[…..]
Defamation means a bad remarks used by a person against another person with an intent to harm him or her integrity or social standing in the presence of general public or even before a single person who had kept the aggrieved person in the highest regard. The medium of defaming a person could be two;[…..]
Legally speaking Domestic Violence Act does not relate to workplace violence and it is only confined to marital relations. DV Act revolves around only a Violence committed by the Husband and his Family against the Wife and or her in-laws who does it, if Husband is not in a position to maintain her or alive.[…..]