December 2023 - Lawwatch : Resources for Learners

Dying declaration u/s 32(1) of the Evidence Act

By K Rajasekharan 28 December 2023Evidence law

A dying declaration is a written or verbal statement made by a person, when he is facing imminent death. The declaration must be as to the cause of the declarant’s death or as to any of the circumstances of the transaction which resulted in his death.

President Gives Assent to three Criminal Law Bills

By K Rajasekharan 25 December 2023Criminal 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.

How to Calculate Vehicle Accident Compensation in Death Cases?

By K Rajasekharan 25 December 2023Motor 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.

A Note on Section 3 to 5 of Indian Evidence Act

By K Rajasekharan 17 December 2023Criminal law

The evidence act, in its Section 5, states that evidence may be given of existence or non-existence of any fact in issue and other relevant facts (declared to be relevant by the act) and of no other matter.