08Oct 2018 by Reese Bannister

Punishment for voluntarily causing grievous hurt (Section 325 of IPC)

Business
Legal provisions regarding Punishment for voluntarily causing grievous hurt under section 325 of Indian Penal Code, 1860.Punishment for voluntarily causing grievous hurt: According to Section 325 of the Indian Penal Code, “Whoever, except in the case provided for by Section 335, voluntarily causes grievous hurt shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.” Image Source: i.ytimg.com ADVERTISEMENTS: It is an essential ingredient of the offence under Section 325 that either grievous hurt should be intended to be caused or the offender should have knowledge that the hurt caused was likely to be grievous.The points requiring proof of voluntarily causing grievous hurt are:1) That the accused caused hurt. ADVERTISEMENTS: 2) That the hurt caused was…
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08Oct 2018 by Reese Bannister

Voluntarily Causing Hurt (Section 321 of IPC)

Essays
Legal provisions regarding Voluntarily Causing Hurt under section 321 of Indian Penal Code, 1860.Voluntarily Causing Hurt: According to Section 321 of the Indian Penal Code, Whoever does any act with the intention of thereby causing hurt to any person, or with the knowledge that he is likely thereby to cause hurt to any person, and does thereby cause hurt to any person, is said “voluntarily to cause hurt”. Image Source: i.ytimg.com ADVERTISEMENTS: The most essential component of Section 321 is ‘intention’ to cause hurt, or the ‘knowledge’ that the act is likely to cause hurt. If ‘intention’ or ‘knowledge’ is absent, then it will not amount to voluntarily causing hurt.The definition of the offence of ‘voluntary hurt’ given in Section 321 is but an echo of the definition of culpable…
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08Oct 2018 by Reese Bannister

Causing Miscarriage without woman’s consent (Section 313 of IPC)

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Legal provisions regarding Causing Miscarriage without woman’s consent under section 313 of Indian Penal Code, 1860.Causing Miscarriage without woman’s consent: Section 313 of the Indian Penal Code provides that “Whoever commits the offence defined in the last preceding section without the consent of the woman, whether the woman is quick with child or not, shall be punished with imprisonment for life, or with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.” Image Source: localtvwiti.files.wordpress.com ADVERTISEMENTS: Section 313 of the Code is in continuation of Section 312. In the offence under Section 312, the pregnant woman’s consent is inherent. In the offence under Section 313, there is no consent of pregnant woman, hence only the person who causes the…
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08Oct 2018 by Reese Bannister

Abetment of suicide of a person (Section 306 of IPC)

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Legal provisions regarding Abetment of suicide of a person under section 306 of Indian Penal Code, 1860.Abetment of suicide of a person:The words ‘any person’ in Section 306 means an adult and a sane person but not a minor (under eighteen years of age), insane, delirious, idiot and a person in a state of intoxication. If any person instigates any other person to commit suicide and as a result of such instigation the other person commits suicide the person causing the instigation is liable to be punished under Section 306, IPC. Before a person be convicted of abetting the suicide of any other person, it must be established that such other person committed suicide. Image Source: cdn-13d6.kxcdn.com ADVERTISEMENTS: In Tej Singh v. State [AIR 1958 Raj], encouraging a widow to…
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08Oct 2018 by Reese Bannister

Punishment for Attempt to commit Culpable Homicide (Section 308 of IPC)

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Legal provisions regarding punishment for Attempt to commit Culpable Homicide under section 308 of Indian Penal Code, 1860.Attempt to commit Culpable Homicide: Section 308 of the Indian Penal Code provides that: Image Source: s2.dmcdn.net ADVERTISEMENTS: “Whoever does any act with such intention or knowledge and under such circumstances that, if he by that act caused death, he would be guilty of culpable homicide not amounting to murder, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both; and if hurt is caused to any person by such act, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, or with fine, or with both.Illustration: A, on grave and sudden provocation,…
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08Oct 2018 by Reese Bannister

Punishment for Attempt to commit Murder (Section 307 of IPC)

Development
Legal provisions regarding punishment for Attempt to commit Murder under section 307 of Indian Penal Code, 1860.Attempt to commit Murder: Section 307 of the Indian Penal Code provides that: Image Source: desaign.info ADVERTISEMENTS: “Whoever does any act with such intention or knowledge, and under such circumstances that, if he by that act caused death, he would be guilty of murder, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine, and if hurt is caused to any person by such act, the offender shall be liable either to imprisonment for life, or to such punishment as is hereinbefore mentioned.Attempts by life convicts:- When any person offending under this section is under sentence of imprisonment for life,…
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08Oct 2018 by Reese Bannister

Punishment for Causing Death by Negligence (Section 304A of IPC)

Surgery
Legal provisions regarding Punishment for Causing Death by Negligence under section 304A of Indian Penal Code, 1860.Causing Death by Negligence: Section 304-A of the Indian Penal Code provides that: Image Source: albanyworkerscomplawyer.com ADVERTISEMENTS: “Whoever causes the death of any person by doing any rash or negligent act not amounting to culpable homicide, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.”Section 304-A was added to the IPC by the Amendment Act, of 1870. This supplies an omission providing for the offence of manslaughter by negligence which was originally included in Draft Code, but omitted from the Code when it was finally enacted in 1860.To impose criminal liability under Section 304-A, it is necessary that the death…
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08Oct 2018 by Reese Bannister

Short Speech on “Food”

Nutrition
Nutrition may be defined as the science of food and its relationship to health. It is one of the most important elements of health care. Now a day’s greater emphasis is laid on nutrition to provide better health to the families and communities. image source: notizie.itUndernourishment and malnutrition lead to so many diseases like tuberculosis, goitre, anaemia, beri-beri, night blindness and infections of skin, gastro-intestinal and respiratory tract. ADVERTISEMENTS: The dietary factors play a major role in non-communicable diseases like heart disease, diabetes, obesity, hypertension, disorder of liver and gall bladder etc. Poverty, economic inability and illiteracy are the important causes of malnutrition. Therefore diseases are more common in poor people rather than economically better and educated people.Through centuries food has been recognized as an important constituent for human beings…
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08Oct 2018 by Reese Bannister

What are the Characteristic Features of Coparcenary?

Law
Characteristic features of Coparcenary are as follows:Coparcenary consists of male members only. It is a creature of law not of agreements. It does not include the persons from outside except the persons who are admitted by adoption. The ownership of coparcenary property is confined to the members of coparcenary. On the death of a coparcener his share in the coparcenary property does not devolve upon his own heir but on the other hand devolves upon other surviving male member on the basis of rule of survivorship. Image Source: i.ytimg.com ADVERTISEMENTS: No coparcener could transfer his interest in coparcenary property on his will but now after passing of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, Section 30 has empowered the coparcener to transfer his undivided interest in the coparcenary property by will. There…
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08Oct 2018 by Reese Bannister

7 Important Changes Brought about by Hindu Succession Act, 1956

Marriage
The Hindu Succession Act, 1956, brought about many important changes in the Hindu intestate succession of properties apart from introducing a uniform law of succession among Hindus, in the entire territory of India, These important changes can be enumerated as follows:— Image Source: drdivaphd.files.wordpress.com (1) Changes in the Hindu joint family: Firstly, under the pre-existent law in the Hindu joint family, a coparcener could not write in respect of his interest or property in the family. But Section 30 of the Hindu Succession Act enables a coparcener to write a will in respect of his property. Secondly, on the death of coparcener, the principle of survivorship was recognised. ADVERTISEMENTS: So that the property went to other coparceners. The widow or the daughter or daughter’s daughter of the pre-deceased coparcener cannot…
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