30Nov 2018 by admin

Short Summary of “Rondel of Merciless Beauty” by Geoffrey Chaucer

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Here is your short summary of the Poem “Rondel of Merciless Beauty” by Geoffrey Chaucer:This poem is dedicated by Geoffrey to the love of his life that he admires but calls her merciless beauty because she has probably abandoned her. He finds his life too shaken and his heart completely broken after she left him. His is still fond of his eyes which he believes attacked and captured his heart. He was so moved by them that he uses the phrase “your two great will slay me suddenly”.It also shows that he is anticipating her to come back in his life and mend his broken heart and heal his wound. He is in deep love with her voice which he can’t listen to because she isn’t near to her anymore.…
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30Nov 2018 by admin

Section 403 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Cr.P.C.) – Explained!

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Legal Provisions of Section 403 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Cr.P.C.), India.The section provides that in ‘revision’ no party can claim to be heard as of right and it is left to the discretion of the revisional Court to hear the party whether he is accused or the complainant. But where the order of the revisional Court is likely to cause prejudice to an accused, he should be given an opportunity to be heard in person or by his pleader. ADVERTISEMENTS: Therefore, whether a personal hearing should be given to a party or not necessarily depends on the fact and circumstances of the case. In a case where in exercise of its revisional powers, the High Court radically altered the character of the punishment awarded by the lower Court…
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30Nov 2018 by admin

Section 401 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Cr.P.C.) – Explained!

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Legal Provisions of Section 401 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Cr.P.C.), India.The section deals with the powers of the High Court as a Court of revision. It is a discretionary jurisdiction vested in the High Court which should be exercised sparingly to decide questions as to legality, propriety regularity or correctness of any finding, sentence or order recorded or passed by the inferior Criminal Court. The section also empowers the High Court to direct tender of pardon to the accused as contemplated by Section 307. ADVERTISEMENTS: The High Court can exercise revisional powers under this section either suo motu, that is, on its own initiative or on a petition of any aggrieved party or any other person. The exercise of revisional power by the High Court is, however, subject…
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30Nov 2018 by admin

Section 386 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Cr.P.C.) – Explained!

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Legal Provisions of Section 386 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Cr.P.C.), India.Powers of the Appellate Court:This section deals with the powers of the Appellate Courts relating to appeals. These powers are vested in all Courts, whether the High Court or subordinate Courts. The provision contained in sub-clause (a) of sub-section (1) of this section is restricted to the appellate powers of a High Court only because appeal against an order of acquittal lies only to the high Court. While clause (b) of the sub-section is not so restricted and applies to all Courts. ADVERTISEMENTS: There exists no provision for withdrawal of an appeal which is admitted for hearing. Therefore, once an appeal is admitted, it has either to be allowed or dismissed. The Court may, however, dismiss an appeal…
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30Nov 2018 by admin

Section 319 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Cr.P.C.) – Explained!

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Legal Provisions of Section 319 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Cr.P.C.), India.Power to proceed against other persons appearing to be guilty of offence:Highlighting the primary object underlying Section 319 of the Code, the Supreme Court in Manjit Pal Singh v. State of Punjab & others, observed that it is intended that the whole case against all the accused should be tried and disposed of not only expeditiously but also simultaneously. ADVERTISEMENTS: The Court emphasised that justice and convenience both require that cognizance against the newly added accused should be taken in the same case and in the same manners as against the original accused. The power must be conceded as incidental and ancillary to the main power to take cognizance as part of normal process in the administration of…
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30Nov 2018 by admin

Section 317 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Cr.P.C.) – Explained!

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Legal Provisions of Section 317 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Cr.P.C.), India.Provision for inquiries and trial being held in the absence of accused in certain cases:This section lays down the procedure for inquiries and trials being conducted in the absence of accused in certain cases. The section enables the Court to dispense with the personal attendance of the accused and proceed with the inquiry or trial in his absence. ADVERTISEMENTS: Similar provision also exists in Section 205 which provides that when a Magistrate issues a summons, he may dispense with the personal attendance of the accused and permit him to appear by a pleader.The general rule is that all inquiries and trials should be conducted in the presence of the accused. Therefore, this section provides an exception to this…
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30Nov 2018 by admin

Section 306 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Cr.P.C.) – Explained!

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Legal Provisions of Section 306 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Cr.P.C.), India.Tender of pardon to accomplice:Section 306 deals with the tender of pardon to an accomplice. The object of this section is to allow pardon to be tendered in cases where the grave offence is alleged to have been committed by several persons so that with the aid of the evidence of the person pardoned, the offence could be brought to the rest. ADVERTISEMENTS: The gravity of the offence is to be determined with reference to the sentence awardable with respect to that offence. Such tendering of conditional pardon to the accomplice enables the Court to know the fullest details about the cases where it is otherwise impossible to establish the guilt of the accused from other evidence .It…
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30Nov 2018 by admin

Section 311 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Cr.P.C.) – Explained!

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Legal Provisions of Section 311 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Cr.P.C.), India.Power to summon material witness, or examine person present:The section confers wide discretionary power on Courts to summon any person as a witness or to examine any person who is present though not summoned or recall and re­examine any person already examined, when it thinks it expedient to do so in the interest of justice. ADVERTISEMENTS: The Judge or the Magistrate may resort to either of the three actions as stated above, not only in the interest of the accused only, but also for the benefit of the prosecution as well. The power is exercisable at any stage of inquiry, trial or other proceeding under the Code.The High Court of Punjab in Dalip Singh v. State of Punjab…
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30Nov 2018 by admin

Section 321 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Cr.P.C.) – Explained!

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Legal Provisions of Section 321 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Cr.P.C.), India.Withdrawal from prosecution:The section enables the Public Prosecutor or an Assistant Public Prosecutor, as the case may be, who is conducting the case, to withdraw from the prosecution which means retracting or refraining from proceeding with the prosecution any further. ADVERTISEMENTS: The section further requires that where the offence falls within any of the categories mentioned in sub-­clauses (i) to (iv) of the proviso, the permission of the Central / State Government has to be obtained for moving an application for withdrawal from the prosecution by the Public Prosecutor. However, where the prosecution is being proceeded by a complainant on a private complaint, the Public Prosecutor is not entitled to apply for withdrawal from prosecution in such a…
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30Nov 2018 by admin

Section 324 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Cr.P.C.) – Explained!

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Legal Provisions of Section 324 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Cr.P.C.), India.Trial of persons previously convicted of offences against coinage, stamp-law or property:This section has been enacted to aid the requirement of Section 75 of the Indian Penal Code which provides enhanced punishment in certain cases where the accused has been previously convicted of similar offence. ADVERTISEMENTS: The section applies in case of trial of persons who have been previously convicted of offence against coinage and stamp law (Chapter-XII, IPC) or offences against property (Chapter XVII, IPC). If there has been previous conviction of the accused for an offence under these chapters, the Magistrate must commit the case to the Chief Judicial Magistrate or to the Court of Session, unless he himself has the power to punish the accused…
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