DEATH PENALTY (CAPITAL PUNISHMENT) 1. Meaning: The death penalty is known as capital punishment. The word “capital punishment” is made of de capitation. It means to cut the upper part of a body. It is connected with capital offence i.e.…
QUALITIES OF A GOOD JUDGE Judiciary and justice lies to the centre of any democratic country. It is the only means through which a check on the limitless powers of the executive and the legislative could be exercised. A working…
LAW AS AN INSTRUMENT OF SOCIAL CHANGE Law, the collection of rules imposed by authority, forms the backbone of every country. Any nation can reach a state of utter pandemonium if the laws are not followed by the citizens of…
First Source of Law – Manusmriti First Law Giver – Manu Earliest era in Codified Laws – Gupta Dynasty Reign (335-445 B.C.) First Court by East India Company – Court of Judicature set-up in 1672 at Calcutta. First Federal Court…