Corpus delicti or Body of crime
Lohitashwa Pratap Singh Corpus delicti translated to “body of crime” is a term that refers to the principle that a crime must have been proven to have occurred before a…
Mens Rea
Judiciary should not show undue sympathy towards criminals
Balakumar Rajendran Supreme Court has held that the judiciary must not show undue sympathy towards the criminals while awarding the sentence as this would ruin the public trust on laws…
Analysis of Corporate Criminal Liability in India
Sibani Panda, Research Associate A company can only act through human beings and a human being who commits an offence on account of or for the benefit of a company…
Principles of Criminal Liability
Ria Tandon, Research Associate Criminal liability has been defined by lexicon dictionary as something wherein there is accountability and responsibility to another by the ways of legal criminal sanction ((The…
Components of Crime: Mens Rea and Actus Reus
Author: Aviral Umrao, Research Associate The general basis for imposing liability in criminal law is that the defendant must be proved to have committed a guilty act whilst having had…
Attributing mens rea to Corporations – The Judicial Journey
Author: Tanya Agarwal, Research Associate Criminal Law is a policy tool to regulate the undesirable conduct in the society. It is a means to an end, not an end in…