What is ‘Hearsay Evidence’? Why is such evidence generally not admitted? State the exceptions, if any.

Law of Evidence

Answer:- Meaning of ‘Hearsay Evidence’ Comprising two words, ‘hear’ and ‘say’, the term hearsay defines a testimony based not on direct communications but what a witness may have heard others say over an out-of-court conversation. It is a piece of second-hand information. The expression ‘Hearsay’ can be used in various senses According to Stephen, sometimes it means … Read more

Weekly Legal Updates (5 March to 11 March 2023)

Weekly Legal Updates

Weekly Legal Updates main objective is to update the legal knowledge of law students, lawyers, academicians and other professionals. If we do not update our legal knowledge regularly, our knowledge become redundant. Mere breach of contract cannot give rise to criminal prosecution for cheating: Supreme Court  The Supreme Court observed that a mere allegation of … Read more

Weekly Legal Updates (26 February to 4 March 2023)

Weekly Legal Updates

Weekly Legal Updates main objective is to update the legal knowledge of law students, lawyers, academicians and other professionals. If we do not update our legal knowledge regularly, our knowledge become redundant. Sheer Volume Of NEET Cases In Supreme Court Indicates Need For Reforms In Medical Education : CJI DY Chandrachud Delivering the 19th Sir … Read more

Compensation to victims of crime : Constitutional and statutory provisions

Victimology

Compensation to victims of crime is an old concept. In primitive societies, the blood feud was compounded by extracting compensation in kind from the offending group. The chiefs, elders or kings imposed the punishment to prevent feuding within the same tribe. The modern compensatory jurisprudence to the victims of crime is prevalent in many countries. … Read more

Various means of obtaining compensation by the victims

Victimology

Various means are obtained by a victims of the offence for compensation. But there is a procedure which needs to be followed. The compensation has to be ordered by the court. Compensation can be sought through the procedure established by the court. Compensation is awarded for material as well as non-material damages. Material damages include … Read more

Restitution to the Victims

Victimology

Restitution involves the court, as part of a sentence in a criminal case, ordering a defendant to compensate the victim for losses suffered as a result of the crime. All states have laws providing that convicted defendants pay restitution to their victims. Public policy favors imposing restitution as part of a sentence to force the offender … Read more

Effects of victimization

Victimology

Question:- What are the effects of victimization? Answer:- Victimization leaves grave impacts on the victim’s physical health, mental health as well as financial state. It leaves an impact on an individual’s ability to perform across a variety of roles, including those related to parenting, intimate relationships, and occupational and social functioning. It causes disruptions in … Read more

Victim: Meaning and Kinds

Victimology

Question:- Who is victim? How will you classify the victim or Define Victim. What are kinds of victim. Answer:- Meaning of Victim “Victims” means persons who, individually or collectively, have suffered harm, including physical or mental injury, emotional suffering, economic loss or substantial impairment of their fundamental rights, through acts or omissions that do not … Read more

Role of victim in crime

Victimology

Question:- Describe the role of victim in crime. How does he contribute to the crime? Answer:- The criminal-victim relationship is called “victimology” and it is considered as an integral part of criminology. Recently scholarly attention and involvement have developed about the victim as a constituent of the criminal situation. For scholars of criminology and law, … Read more