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Legal provisions regarding powers of High Court to make further enquiry and receive additional evidence for confirmation of death sentence before its execution under section 366 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.Section 366 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 requires confirmation by the High Court of a sentence of death passed by the Court of Session, before it being executed. In the reference proceeding under Section 367, the High Court, if it thinks fit, is empowered to make further inquiry and receive additional evidence upon any point bearing upon the guilt or innocence of the convicted person. Image Source: cdn.loc.gov ADVERTISEMENTS: Under Section 368, the High Court may confirm the sentence, annul it or pass any other sentence, or convict the accused of any offence of which the…

Differences Between Greater, Lesser and Lower Himalayas are as follows: Greater/Inner Himalayas: 1. The highest mountain range of the Himalayas. Image Source: freegknotes.com ADVERTISEMENTS: 2. Under perpetual snow, these ranges have an average height of about 6000m.3. Mountain peaks with a height of more than 8000m are situated in this mountain range. (Eg: Kanchenjunga- 8595m, Nangaparbat- 8126m) Lesser/Middle Himalayas: 1. Situated to the south of the Himadri2. Average height is above 3000m ADVERTISEMENTS: 3. Many health resorts are situated on the southern slope of the mountain range, eg: Shimla, Darjeeling. Outer/Lower Himalayas: 1. This is the outer most range, situated on the south of the lesser Himalayas.2. These discontinuous ranges join the lesser Himalayas in the extreme east.3. Its average height is about 1200m

Khadar (New): 1. The newer and younger deposits of the flood plains. Image Source: yourarticlelibrary.com ADVERTISEMENTS: 2. Found in the lower levels in the plains near the rivers.3. Loamy, porous, soil.4. More fertile than Bhangar as new layers are deposited year after year during monsoonal floods Bhangar (old): ADVERTISEMENTS: 1. Older alluvium or old soil and form the largest part of the Northern Plains.2. Found higher up in the plains at river terraces away from rivers.3. Clayey and non-porous.4. Less fertile than Khadar

Differences between West Coast of Peninsular India and and East Coast of Peninsular India are as follows: West Coast of Peninsular India: 1. It lies along the Arabian Sea. Image Source: upload.wikimedia.org ADVERTISEMENTS: 2. It is narrow and uneven.3. It has estuaries and lagoons.4. Known as the Konkan Coast in Maharashtra, Kanara Coast in Karnataka & Malabar Coast in Kerala. East Coast of Peninsular India: ADVERTISEMENTS: 1. It lies along the Bay of Bengal.2. It is wider and more level.3. It has fertile deltas of rivers.4. Known as the Northern Circars in the North and Coromandal Coast in the South.

Importance of Power and Authority in Public Administrations – EssaySometimes, the terms ‘power’ and authority are used synonymously but they are separate, though closely related, concepts. Henry Fayol defined authority as the right to give orders and the power to exact obedience. Image Source: i.ytimg.com ADVERTISEMENTS: He distinguished between a manager’s official authority of position (formal authority) and his personal authority, which derives from knowledge and experience. Power on the other hand, is the ability to exert influence by which a manager directs the actions of others. The term ‘power’ connotes ability or capacity to do something or to get intended results.A person may have influence on other’s behaviour even without any legal sanction. Power also accompanies the use of authority in the control, direction or utilisation of resources.Persons may…

Legal provisions regarding procedure when bond has been forfeited under section 446 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.(1) Where a bond under the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 is for appearance, or for production of property, before a Court and it is proved t o the satisfaction of that Court, or of any Court to which the case has subsequently been transferred, that the bond has been forfeited, or where, in respect of any other bond under the Code of Criminal Procedure, it is proved to the satisfaction of the Court by which the bond was taken, or of any Court to which the case has subsequently been transferred, or of the Court of any Magistrate of the first class, that the bond has been forfeited, the Court shall…

Essay on the Characteristics of Quality as Defined by defined by Ruch, Fearon and Wieters!Quality is multi-dimensional. It is not a single characteristic. Total quality of the product basically means that all characteristics of quality must be individually high on the quality criteria. Image Source: pathway-medical.com ADVERTISEMENTS: Some of these characteristics are defined by Ruch, Fearon and Wieters as follows: 1. Functionality: Functionality refers to the performance of the product. It can be measured either on a yes-no basis such as whether a radio works or not or it can be measured on a continuous basis such as how many miles a car goes on a gallon of gasoline. 2. Reliability: Reliability can be measured from different angles. Some of the considerations are:i. How long will the product function as…

Legal provisions regarding right to be examined by a medical practitioner at the request of the arrested person under section 54 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.Section 54 of the Code of Criminal Procedure provides:(1) When a person who is arrested, whether on a charge or otherwise, alleges, at the time when he is produced before a Magistrate or at any time during the period of his detention in custody that the examination of his body will afford evidence which will disprove the commission by him of any offence or which will establish the commission by any other person of any offence against his body, the Magistrate shall, if requested by the arrested person so to do, direct the examination of the body of such person by a registered…

Legal provisions regarding search by police officer making an investigation under section 165 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.(1) Whenever an officer in charge of a police station or a police officer making an investigation has reasonable grounds for believing that anything necessary for the purposes of an investigation into any offence which he is authorized to investigate may be found in any place within the limits of the police station of which he is in charge, or to which he is attached, and that cannot, in his opinion, be otherwise obtained without undue delay, such officer may, after recording in writing the grounds of his belief and specify in such writing, so far as possible, the thing for which search is to be made, search, or cause search…

Legal provisions regarding Sentence in cases of conviction of several offences at one trial section 31 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.Section 31 of the Code of Criminal Procedure provides that:(1) When a person is convicted at one trial of two or more offences, the Court may, subject to the provisions of Section 71 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, sentence him for such offences, to the several punishments prescribed therefore which such court is competent to inflict, such punishments, when consisting of imprisonment to commence the one after the expiration of the other in such order as the Court may direct, unless the Court directs that such punishments shall run concurrently. Image Source: diannemalone.com ADVERTISEMENTS: (2) In the case of consecutive sentences, it shall not be necessary for…