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 will be responsible for that offence himself. The importance of incorporation is that it makes the company itself liable in certain circumstances, as well as…
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Ria Tandon, Research Associate DIFFERENCE IN LIABILITY IN GENERAL EXCEPTION Criminal liability has been clearly defined by the lexicon dictionary as something where there is a presence of accountability and responsibility to the other person by the ways like that of criminal sanction ((The Lexicon, 3 rd edition)). Through this paper the author wishes to…
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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 Lexicon, 3 rd edition)). Through this paper we are trying to understand the principles of criminal liability. Criminal guilt would attack the violator of the…
Tanya Agarwal, Research Associate Penal law of ancient communities is not the law of crimes: it is the law of wrongs. The person injured proceeds against the wrongdoer by an ordinary civil action and recovers compensation in the shape of money damages, if he succeeds. – Sir Henry Maine In early law there was no distinction…
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