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    THE INDIAN PENAL CODE PROJECT Submitted in Partial Fulfilment of the B.A. LL.B. (H)‚ Fifth Semester Mistake of Fact vis-à-vis Mistake of Law SUBMITTED BY: (GROUP: ) SUBMITTED TO: AANCHAL SINGH (661) Dr. SACHIV KUMAR ABHILASH KALLA

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    closest to you don’t always agree with your decisions. Like Samia‚ I am a very kind-hearted person‚ but the society I live in does not limit me to my actions. If I knew that I wrongfully accused someone of something‚ I would confront them and apologize for my accusations. Throughout my life growing up I have been accused wrongfully on a number of things like stealing money that showed up in the end and saying something I never said. It really hurt when you say you didn’t do or say something and no one

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    book ‘The Count of Monte Cristo’ the main character Edmond Dantes had to go to the jail without any reasons. He was wrongfully imprisoned for so many years and he couldn’t see any of hope of being free. While reading this book‚ I thought of many things that I could do if I was Edmond. First‚ I would make rejection to the person who is in charge of the prisoners. If I was wrongfully imprisoned‚ I have to prove that I am not the one who has done something shameful. But in this case‚ Edmond was going

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    do we kill people who kill people to show that killing people is wrong?” (Drehle‚ 2015‚ pg. 6). The death penalty should be illegal because life in prison is a worse punishment and easier on families‚ it uses up more time and money‚ people are wrongfully accused sometimes‚ and lethal injection does not always result in an immediate death. The death penalty should be outlawed because life in prison is worse than death. The life of a prisoner in one Supermax prison in Colorado consists of 23

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    trial but that does not mean Tom Robinson wins. Tom Robinson does not have a fair trial because of his race. Boo Radley is a man who stays in the house and is called a “malevolent phantom”. Boo radley was wrongfully accused of doing stuff that he shouldn’t be doing. Even though they are both wrongfully accused but only one of them got the penalty of death. Tom Robinson portrays the mockingbird because the mockingbird represents innocence. It is a sin to kill a mockingbird because all

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    is to protect a person’s interest in their land. A private nuisance is an unlawful interference with a person’s use or enjoyment of their land (which includes houses and buildings attached to it). Interference can take either one of two forms: • wrongfully allowing noxious (harmful) things to escape

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    disproportion of incarceration of blacks is the result of “the war on drugs” and “tough on crime” initiatives that were established in the 80’s. The aggressive law enforcement strategies of The Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986‚ disproportionately arrested‚ convicted‚ and incarcerated millions of blacks for relatively minor nonviolent drug offenses as compared to white offenders. The dramatic escalation of incarceration for drug offenses was accompanied by profound racial disparities. Blacks were incarcerated

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    of Goods Act 1957‚ where under a contract of sale the property in the goods has passed to the buyer and the buyer wrongfully neglects or refuses to pay for the goods according to the terms of the contract‚ the seller may sue him for the price of the goods. Section 55(2)‚ where under a contract of sale the price is payable on a day certain irrespective of delivery and the buyer wrongfully neglects or refuses to pay such price‚ the seller may sue him for the price although the property in the goods has

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    a punishment for a crime.” This was amendment gave the slaves the right to volunteer to serve a slave master. It also meant that no slave could be forced into slavery except for commiting a crime. The states began to take advantage of that buy wrongfully charging blacks to force them to work on lines. These lines where a variety of things like digging ditches for railroads and other public transportation ways. The 13th amendment did pave the way for freedom of choice for African Americans. It also

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    Journal 1 - Who is and Who isn’t a Status Indian? The Indian Act of 1876 had many different parts to it and how it affected the lives of First Nations people very negatively. The notion to shift from a matrilineal society to a patrilineal society affected how the First Nations women were viewed. This shift in power meant change for the women with their status as First Nation because if they married a European settler they and their future children would lose status‚ while a European woman who marries

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