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Legal Provisions of Section 201 of Indian Penal Code, 1860.Causing disappearance of evidence of offence, or giving false information to screen offender:The section makes causing disappearance of evidence of an offence, or giving false information to screen an offender of an offence. It states that whoever, either knowing or having reason to believe that an offence has been committed, causes disappearance of evidence of the commission of that offence, with the intention either of screening the offender from punishment under law, or with intention gives any information in respect of the offence about which he has knowledge or belief that it is false, shall be punished with simple or rigorous imprisonment for a term extending up to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine, if the offence which…

Unlike the Hindu rulers the kings and nobles of Medieval India were very much interested in the contemporary source material which helps in studying the history of different dynasties which ruled at Delhi from time to time. The historians of this period Took great pains in writing the history of the contemporary period.The Medieval rulers employed court historians and diarists in order to maintain the records of their activities in a systematic way. They mostly stressed the political events but in the works of the following significant writers, we get stray references of the cultural history also.Besides the descriptions of the contemporary historians, Mughal rulers like Babar and Jahangir also wrote their autobiographies which are the important source material. Archaeological records and various texts written in Turki, Arabic, Hindi and…

Salmond defines a legal right as an interest recognised and protected by a rule of legal justice. In order that an interest may become a legal right, it must obtain not merely legal protection but also legal recognition. Image Source: venturegalleries.comHolland defines a legal right as, “a capacity residing in one man of controlling, with the assent and assistance of the State, the actions, of others.” ADVERTISEMENTS: Austin defines a right as, “a faculty which resides in a determi­nate party or parties by virtue of a given law and which avails against a partly or parties other than the party or parties in whom it resides.” He observes that a person has a right when another or others are bound or obliged by law to do or forbear towards or…

Legal Provisions of Section 354 of Indian Penal Code, 1860.Assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty:This section punishes an assault on, or use of criminal force to, a woman with the intention of outraging her modesty or with the knowledge that it is likely that he will thereby outrage her modesty. The section says that whoever assaults or uses criminal force to any woman with the intention of outraging her modesty or with the knowledge that it is likely that he will thereby outrage her modesty, shall be punished with simple or rigorous imprisonment for a term extending up to two years, or with fine, or with both. Image Source: baytoday.ca ADVERTISEMENTS: There must be either an assault or use of criminal force against a…

53 Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) with Answers on “Psychiatric History and Examination” for Psychiatry Post Graduate Students: image source: d35brb9zkkbdsd.cloudfront.net1. Confabulation means: A. Conversation with an imaginary person ADVERTISEMENTS: B. Misinterpretation of stimuliC. Perception in the absence of stimuliD. Making up stories to fill up gaps in memory ADVERTISEMENTS: Confabulation—uses imaginary events in the early phase of the illness.Chronic alcoholism causesWernicke’s – Korsakoff’s syndromeWernicke’s encephalopathy is the acute phase of delirium preceding the amnesic syndrome, while Korsakoff’s syndrome is the chronic phase of amnesic syndrome. ADVERTISEMENTS: Treatment for chronic alcoholism causing Wernicke’s encephalopathy – thiamine (high doses) Prognosis is often poor in Korsakoff’s syndrome.2. The active substance in hashish is: A. MorphineB. LSDC. Mescaline D. Tetrahydrocannabinol3. Physical withdrawal symptoms are absent in patientsA. AlcoholB. CannabisC. OpiumD. PethidineComplications of cannabis include:1.…

Law as understood by the Hindus is a branch of Dharma an expression which signifies duty.Broadly speaking it means the aggregate of duties and obligations religious, moral, social and legal. Law as such has never found an exclusive place in the scheme of the writings of the Hindu law givers. The system of law enunciated by them was influenced by the theological tenets and philosophical theories founded on the social and sociological concepts of pastoral people. Image Source: androidheadlines.com ADVERTISEMENTS: The legal precepts contained in their codes established an admixture of religion and ethics. Any attempt, therefore, to isolate completely any secular matter from its religious adjuncts would fail to give a comprehensive idea or proper perspective of the true juridical concept of Hindu law. Early Concept of Law: In…