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What Do You Mean By Judgement

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Meaning of Judgement : Judgement means the observation and decision of court of law in respect of a particular case after conclusion of a trial. Content of Judgement : Every Judgement - Shall be written in the language of the court. Shall contain the point or points for determination, the decision there on and the reason for the decision. Shall specify the offence of which and section of The Indian Penal Code, 1860 or other law under which the accused is convicted and the punishment to which he is sentenced. If the Judgement is of acquittal, it shall state the offence, of which the accused is acquitted and direct that he be set at liberty section 354(1). Object : The object should be to protect the society and to deter the criminal in achieving the avowed object of law by imposing appropriate sentence. The social impact of the crime like where its relates to offences against woman, kidnapping and other offences involving moral delinquency which have great impact on s...

Meaning and Objective of The Wildlife (Protection), 1972

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As Wild Birds Animals Protection Act 1912 has become completely outmoded, the Wildlife (Protection) Act 1972 which is an "Act to provide protection of wild animals and birds and plants and for matters connected therewith or ancillary or incidental thereto" has been passed on request from states under Art. 252 of the Constitution of India as the wildlife being a state subject. This Act has been amended in 1982, 1986, 1991, 1993 and 2003. However, the forty-second Constitutional Amendment passed in 1976 transferred wildlife along with forest from the State List of the Constitution to the Concurrent List. The Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 contains 66 sections in seven chapter and 6 schedules. It extends to the whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir. It shall come into force in a State or Union Territory to which it extends on such date as the Central Government may, by notification, appoint, and different dates may be appointed for different provision of t...