Daily Legal Inspiration

Dying declaration may be sole basis of conviction, but Courts must conclude it to be trustworthy, reliable

The Bench acquitted the appellant, expressing doubt about the voluntariness of the dying declaration recorded by the Executive Magistrate.

Phulel Singh v. State of Haryana

De jure

According to law

Annulment

A legal declaration that a marriage or contract is null and void

Double Jeopardy

A person cannot be tried twice for the same crime

"The law is not only to be read, but to be understood."

- Anonymous

The Judge (2014)

A lawyer returns to his hometown for his mother's funeral and discovers that his estranged father, a judge, is accused of murder.

The Structures of the Criminal Law

by R. A. Duff