President Gives Assent to three Criminal Law Bills

25 December 2023Posted inCriminal law
President gives assent to the following three criminal law bills on 25th December 2023.. The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023 which proposes to replace the Indian Penal Code (IPC), The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 which proposes to replace the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), and The Bharatiya Sakshya Sanhita 2023 which seeks to replace the Indian Evidence Act.

Calculating Vehicle Compensation in Death Cases

25 December 2023Posted inMotor Vehicles Act
To calculate just compensation in a death case, the first thing to be done is to calculate the annual income or dependency or multiplicand, after deducting the tax. Then deduct the personal expenses and living expenses from it. The resultant amount is termed as annual income or multiplicand or dependency. For this exercise the claimant must establish the age of the deceased, the income of the deceased and the number of dependents.