The pristine rule that the burden of proof is on the prosecution to prove the guilt of the accused should not be taken as a fossilised doctrine as though it admits no process of intelligent reasoning. The doctrine of...
Day: February 28, 2019
The principles of English common Law applicable to the enemy in time of war: Madras HC explained
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Total War with its incidence of massacre of innocent men, women and children and large-scale destruction of property by perverting the knowledge of science for devising ways and means of destruction in a brutal manner is the product of...
The Right Honourable Syed Ameer Ali in his “Mahommedan Law,” Vol. 1, pages 443, 444, states: Such superiors in India are called Sajjadanashins. (Sqjjada is the carpet on which prayers are offered). The Sajjadanashin is not only a Mutawalli...
For several centuries, our country had a principle in law of war to the effect that in the event of an invasion also, the priests and properties endowed to places of worship must not be touched. That is how,...
Third Geneva Convention (Geneva, 12 August 1949) especially connected with the Treatment of Prisoners of War. A. Prisoners of war, in the sense of the present Convention, are persons belonging to one of the following categories, who have fallen...
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