Sedition Law in India : An Overview

Posted inCriminal Laws & Procedures
The Section 124A of Indian Penal Code (IPC) lays down in broad terms what sedition is. Sedition generally means conduct or speech inciting people to rebel against the legally established authority of the State. In a democracy every citizen has the right to question the government. Any criticism becomes sedition only when it leads to incitement of violence or overthrow of rule of law. Sedition is closely allied to treason. Any criticism becomes seditious only when it should have a pernicious tendency to create public disorder or disturbance of law and order.

Cancellation of Bail & Its Legalities

Posted inBail & Related matters
he object of pre-trial detention of the accused is not to impose punishment but to subject him to the penal procedures of law. The “bail is not to be withheld as a punishment, but that the requirements as to bail are merely to secure the attendance of the prisoner at trial". Therefore, granting of bail should be the rule and cancellation of bail should be resorted to only in rarest of the rare cases where the accused on bail has done something wholly wrong against the sanctity of legal provisions of bail.

Restrictions on Cash Transfers in India

Posted inBanking Law
Cash, in the form or coins or currency notes, has been the major form of money used for financial transactions in India. But giving and accepting cash without knowing the restrictions imposed on cash transfers by the Income Tax Act and other statutes may put you in great trouble. This is an attempt to compile some of such restrictions at one place.

Remedies when FIR is not Registered

Posted inCriminal Laws & Procedures
Under Section 154(3) CrPC any person aggrieved by the refusal of the Station House Officer to record the First Information Statement (FIS) relating to the commission of a cognizable offence can send such substance of information in writing by post to the Superintendent of Police in the area and the Superintendent can conduct an investigation himself or through any of his subordinate officer.