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Right to Private defence under IPC

Right to Private defence under IPC

A2Z Legal Knowledge - December 06, 2020

The privilege of Right to Private Defence is available to every citizen of India. It is based on the principle that “necessity knows no law” and “it is the primary duty of a man to first help himself”. It is an inherent right of an individual that can be used for the protection against any bodily harm or harm against property, to the extends defined and regulated by the laws of the country. The right of private defence is a right to protect one’s own or another’s person or property against the aggression of others. Wanted To Stay Updated &…

Encounter killings by the police

Encounter killings by the police

A2Z Legal Knowledge - August 08, 2020

Introduction Encounter killings by the Police are disconcertingly on the increase now-a-days. Such killings most of which are alleged to be “fake encounters”, however, evoke rapturous joy and exhilaration among the general public and also in the print, electronic and social media. Paying rich encomiums to the trigger-happy Police personnel, opinions are even aired that rapists and hard core marauders should be exterminated through lynching in public. The main reason for this rejoice over Police excesses is attributed to the snail pace and mean…