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Duties of a Public Prosecutor in the Criminal Justice System

A perfect Prosecutor must see herself/himself as an executor of Justice. In India, we have a public prosecutor who acts as per the bearings of the judge. Typically, the control of whole trial is in the hands of the trial judge. Investigation is the right of the police. Be that as it may, it is by and large accepted that customary right of nolle prosequi is accessible to the prosecutor.The general population prosecutor in India does not appear to be a backer of the state as in the prosecutor need to look for conviction at any expense. The prosecutor must be unbiased, reasonable and truthful as…

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Election Commission goes tougher on 4 IT companies in Chennai for being operational on polling day

Election Commission authorities sealed the work stations of four IT organizations in Chennai and sent their representatives out on Thursday, as they worked regardless of orders proclaiming a general holiday for all business locales and stations, IT organizations, theatres, lodgings and others.As stated by reports coming in, more than 3,000 professionals in these well-known IT organizations reported present in the morning and were found at their workplace when EC authorities swooped on them and sent them out.All four organizations have been sealed and FIRs have also been registered against…

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The eloped girls, their rights on property and the recent take of law

In the event that a girl goes against the “family and societal standards” by eloping with somebody, then her father will exercise the right to take back the money that he had kept in her financial balance when she was still a minor, stated a trial court recently. The verdict was conveyed by the trial court while listening to a fiscal question between a father and little girl.Evidently, the father had requested legal intercession in light of the fact that his daughter challenged all family and societal standards by eloping with a relatives, he was no more ready to permit her to have that cash.…

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Even forcible physical relation between husband and wife is not rape - Delhi Court

Physical relationships between a lawfully married husband and wife, “even if forcible, is not rape”, a Delhi court stated while giving a clean acquittal to a youth who was accused of marrying a 21-year-old girl after serving her a sedative-laced drink and raping her. “It is evident that the prosecutrix (girl) had willingly and in full senses solemnised her marriage with the accused and the marriage was registered in the office of Registrar of Marriages, Ghaziabad, on March 4, 2013. The parties engaged in physical relations with each other after the marriage.“The girl was more than 21-years-…

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Every second elderly person in Delhi faces harassment over property

As stated by an Older Persons Property Victimization Survey conducted by Helpage India in the recent past, most elderly individuals living with their children in Delhi face extraordinary pressure either in auctioning their property or exchange proprietorship.Consistently elderly individual in Delhi confronts provocation over property. Delhi’s elite class who lives the premium localities in south Delhi where property rates have soared high recently, have the most elevated number of property-related provocation cases in the capital.South Delhi has enlisted 41.6% of cases followed by central…

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