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Tag: culpable homicide

  • Where is the Honour in Honour Killings?

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    By Maithili Parikh, Government Law College, Mumbai. Since time immemorial, the two most influential institutions of the Indian society, namely, traditions and customs, and law have been at loggerheads with each other. Several of the traditionally deep-rooted Indian customs have come under the scrutiny of human rights law and constitutional law, be it sati or the caste…

  • Culpable Homicide and Murder: An Explanation

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    By Ashish, Faculty of Law, The ICFAI University. Culpable Homicide in the simplest understanding refers to taking the life of a person. The term constitutes of two words, culpable which refers to the mental element and homicide which refers to the physical element. Culpable denotes a ‘blameworthy state of mind’ and homicide refers to killing a…