10Oct 2018 by Reese Bannister

Section 294 of Indian Penal Code, 1860 – Explained!

Dance
Legal Provisions of Section 294 of Indian Penal Code, 1860.Obscene acts and songs:Doing any obscene act in a public place or singing etc. any obscene songs in such a place has been made an offence under this section. The section states that whoever annoys others by either doing any obscene act in any public place, or by singing, reciting or uttering any obscene songs, ballad or words, in any public place or near it, shall be punished with simple or rigorous imprisonment for a term extending up to three months., or with fine, or with both. Image Source: absinthe.com.a ADVERTISEMENTS: The section requires doing of any obscene act, or signing, reciting or uttering of any obscene songs, ballad or words. While the former must be in any public place, the…
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10Oct 2018 by Reese Bannister

Section 283 of Indian Penal Code, 1860 – Explained!

Business
Legal Provisions of Section 283 of Indian Penal Code, 1860.Danger or obstruction in public way or line of navigation:Causing danger, obstruction or injury in any public way or public line of navigation has been made an offence under this section. The section states that whoever either causes danger, or obstruction or injury to any person in any public way or public line of navigation, by either doing any act, or by making an omission to take order with any property which is in his possession or under his charge, shall be punished with fine extending up to two hundred rupees. Image Source: icsm.gov.au ADVERTISEMENTS: There must be an act done, or an omission to take order with any property which is in possession or under the charge of the accused.…
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10Oct 2018 by Reese Bannister

What are the Different Schools of Muslim Law?

Traditions
Sunni and Shia Sects: Prophet Mohammad was the universally acclaimed head of the Islamic Commonwealth. He was absolute authority on law as well as the Chief administrator of the whole body of Muslims. After his death, the immediate problem was to find out his successor. Image Source: bestmadurai.comA great majority of Muslims suggested that there should be an election for the successor of the Prophet. This view was advocated by Ayesha Begum, the youngest wife of the Prophet. It was argued by this group that since Prophet exercised absolute command over the Islamic community, his successor too should be a person who could control the Muslims. ADVERTISEMENTS: This required the confidence of the people and therefore election was the only method to choose the successor. This section of the Muslim-society…
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10Oct 2018 by Reese Bannister

Section 334 of Indian Penal Code, 1860 – Explained!

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Legal Provisions of Section 334 of Indian Penal Code, 1860.Voluntarily causing hurt on provocation:This section makes voluntarily causing hurt on grave and sudden provocation a punishable offence. It says that whoever voluntarily causes hurt on grave and sudden provocation, shall if he has no intention to cause hurt to any person other than the one who gave him the provocation or he does not know himself to be likely to cause hurt to any person other than the one who gave him the provocation, be punished with simple or rigorous imprisonment for a term extending up to one month, or with fine extending up to five hundred rupees, or with both. Image Source: i.ytimg.com ADVERTISEMENTS: This is a diminished responsibility provision with respect to sections 323 and 324 of the…
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10Oct 2018 by Reese Bannister

Section 322 of Indian Penal Code, 1860 – Explained!

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Legal Provisions of Section 322 of Indian Penal Code, 1860.Voluntarily causing grievous hurt:This section defines the offence of voluntarily causing grievous hurt. It says that whoever voluntarily causes hurt, if the hurt which he has intention to cause is grievous hurt or if the hurt which he has knowledge to be likely to cause is grievous hurt, and if the hurt, which has been caused by him is grievous hurt, is said ‘voluntarily to cause grievous hurt’. In other words, the offender must voluntarily cause hurt, if his intention is to cause grievous hurt or if he has knowledge that he is likely to cause grievous hurt, and if the hurt caused by him is grievous hurt, then the offender is said voluntarily to cause grievous hurt. Image Source: tnp.sg…
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10Oct 2018 by Reese Bannister

Section 325 of Indian Penal Code, 1860 – Explained!

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Legal Provisions of Section 325 of Indian Penal Code, 1860.Punishment for voluntarily causing grievous hurt:This section prescribes punishment for voluntarily causing grievous hurt. It says that except in the case provided under section 335, whoever voluntarily causes grievous hurt shall be punished with simple or rigorous imprisonment for a term extending up to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine. Section 335 to which this section does not apply punishes voluntarily causing grievous hurt on grave and sudden provocation. This section punishes the offence described under section 322 of the Code. Image Source: free.loveislonely.com ADVERTISEMENTS: Where the medical evidence showed that the deceased was attacked on the forehead by a lathi and the external and internal injury could not be correlated, the accused could be convicted under section…
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10Oct 2018 by Reese Bannister

Short Speech on the Prophet Muhammad

Trade
Prophet Muhammad was born at Mecca in 571 A.D. The name of his father was Abdullah and the name of his mother was Amina. Mohammad was born after the death of his father. His mother also died when he was only six years old. After the death of his mother, Image Source: the-faith.comMohammad was brought up by his grand-father Abdul Muttalib and later on, by his uncle Abu Talib. From the very childhood Mohammad was serious minded and very often used to think about everything which he saw around him. ADVERTISEMENTS: As a young boy of thirteen years, he joined his uncle in his business. During his trade-journeys he curiously watched the various customs of the different Arab societies. At the age of twenty-five years he was employed by a…
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10Oct 2018 by Reese Bannister

What is the Concept of Law in Islam?

Traditions
Shariat: In Islam, ‘law’ is of divine origin. God is the Supreme Legislator and only He can make laws for regulating all human actions. According to Muslim jurists, the law (hukm) is that which is established by a communication from God with reference to men’s acts, expressive either of demand or indifference on his part or merely being declaratory. Image Source: easydivorcehouston.comIn Islam, therefore, ‘law’ means the direction of God for regulating all the human conducts, spiritual, moral or secular. Some of the directions are obligatory, some are only desirable, whereas in other cases one may or may not follow them. God has laid down the path to be followed by the human beings. These directions of God to men constitute the Shariat. Literal meaning of Shariat is “the path…
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10Oct 2018 by Reese Bannister

4 Methods Used in the Research of Verbal Learn­ing

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The Methods which are used in the Research of Verbal Learn­ing are listed below: (1) Free Recall: The simplest way of testing the effects of subjects studying some sort of verbal materials is to ask for free recall. Free recall is a way of saying that subjects can recall the items presented to them in any order they wish. The way in which they actually recall the material depends upon the material. Murdock found that the probability of recall of individual items in a list is a function of their position in the list. image source: newshour-tc.pbs.org ADVERTISEMENTS: He found that items in the end of the list were recalled better (Recency effect) and those at the beginning of the list next (Primacy effect). The items in the middle of…
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10Oct 2018 by Reese Bannister

4 Most Important Forms of Cognitive Learning–Notes

Psychology
The word cognitive is derived from the word cognition. Cognition refers to the processing of the information about the environment that is re­ceived through the senses. image source: empoweredlifesolutions.comCognitive learning can he defined as a change in the way the information is processed as a result of experience a person or animal has had. Much of our learning is cognitive in nature. Cognitive learning may take various forms. Some of which include: ADVERTISEMENTS: (a) Cognitive maps;(b) Latent learning;(c) Insight learning; and(d) Imitation. ADVERTISEMENTS: We would discuss each of these in brief. (a) Cognitive Maps: It was E. C. Tolman who pioneered in the study of cognitive learning besides the Gestalt Psychologists. Cognitive map is the learned mental representation of the environ­ment. These maps help in the process of learning.Cognitive maps…
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