Golaknath V.
State of Punjab
Nagaraj V. Union of India
M.C Mehta V. Kamal Nath
Charan Lal Sahu V. Union of India
Navtej Singh Johar V. Union of India
Respondeat Superior/Vicarious Liability
Rudal Shah [Link] of Bihar
Bhim Singh V. State of Rajasthan
P & O steamship company V. Secretary of State
State of Rajasthan V. Vidyawathi
Followed in a different path in the common law path in India
Article of association
Corporate Social responsibility
Union Carbide case
Rex V. Huggins
[Link] case
Principal offender and accessory offender
Double jeopardy
Parts of BNS
Section 190 of BNS
193(1) of BNS
Article 20(1)
20(2)-protection against double jeopardy
Article 20(3)-protection against self incrimination
No discretion of the police-due process of law has to be followed-has to be
interrogated in the presence of counsel
Section 337 of BNSS/Section 300 of CrPC
5th consti amendment of U.S consti
Green V. United States
Nemo debet bis vexari
Manikantan V. Union of India
Roshan lal V. State of Punjab(1947)-Gold control Act and Customs act
Proper jurisdiction
Reinvestigation-possible in certain cases
Superintendent remembrance of legal affairs,
Constructive Liability west Bengal V. Corporation of Calcutta
Moreland V. State(1927)
Autrefois acquit-meaning "previously acquitted" in old French, is a legal plea used
when a defendant argues they've already been tried and acquitted for the same
offense, preventing a retrial.
Revision, pardoning powers,
14th amendment of the U.S constitution
MCOCA-Maharastra prevention of crime in Mumbai act
Coke lord
Sir William Blackstone had enumerated the rules of application of autrofois acquit
applied to all but homicide case:
- Balckstone_
S.A. Venkataraman V. UOI
Thomas and Diana V. State of Punjab
State of Bombay V. Sl apte (1961)-intrepretation of same offence(Answer on
Monday)
26.03.2025
Right against self-incrimination
- Miranda V. State of Arizona
- [Link] rules
- Miranda rules-1960s
- Eeshwara Warrier V. State of Kerala
- M.P Sharma V. Satish Chandra
- State of Bombay V. Kathi Kalu Oghad
What is compulsion?
- Duress
- Has to be a physical objective act and not the state of mind of the person making
the statement was an accused at the time of making a statement and that it ha
- Yousouf Alli V. State of Maharashtra
- Nandini Satpathy V. PL Dani
- Res judicata
- Mohammed Dastagir V. State of Madras
The advent of technology
- Ram Chandra Ramreddy V. State of Maharasthra
How mens rea changed from objective to subjective?
Degrees of mens rea?
- Knowledge, motive and intention
R V. Longbottom
02.04.2025
- State of Himachal Pradesh V. Nirmaladevi(2017)-deterrent theory example
- There is connection btwn age and mens rea
- Bharatiya Sakhsya Adhiniyam,2023/Indian Evidence Act
- Definition of presumptions
1. Presumption is a legalinference that must ve in light of certain facts. Most
presumptions are rebuttable meaning that they are rejected if proven to be false or
at least thrown into sufficient doubt by the evidence. other presumptions are
conclusive, meaning tht they must ve accepted ti be true without any opportunity
for rebuttal – cornell law school
- Presumption are of 2 types
Presumption of fact-permissive;rebuttable;do not constitute a branch of
jurisprudence; indicated in BSA as ‘may presume’ Sec. 2(h)88-90,92,119
Presumptions of law-obligatory;may be rebuttable or irrebuttable;constitute a
branch of jurisprudence;Rebuttable presumption in BSA indicated by ‘shall
presume’; Irrebuttable presumption in BSA indicated by ‘conclusive proof’
- Section 108 in BSA
- Conclusive proof-when in one fact is declared by this act to be conclusive proof of
another court
- Elavarasan V. State Rep. by inspector of police
- Surendran Mishra V. State of Jharkhand(2011)
- Section 116 BSA-112 of Indian evidence act
HISTORY OF MAXIMUMS IN LAW
PROMISSORY ESTOPPEL
Mothilal Padampat Sugar mills V. State of Uttar Pradesh
25.04.2025
Section 40 of transfer of property act-Crystallisation
- Standardisation
- 1726 Charter act-Mayor’s courts
- Article 368- constitutional amendments
- Transformative constitutions
- 1949-Pakisthan’s consti