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Textbook on Indian Penal Code

Textbook on Indian Penal Code

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  • Author(s): K.D. Gaur
  • Publisher: Universal LexisNexis
  • Edition: 8 Ed Rp 2024
  • ISBN 13 9789395116596
  • Approx. Pages 1564 + Contents
  • Format Paperback
  • Approx. Product Size 24 x 16 cms
  • Delivery Time Normally 7-9 working days
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Description
Text Book on "the Indian Penal Code by Professor K D Gaur, a distinguished scholar and an eminent jurist of International repute, is a classic work in criminal law. It has been adjudged as the best text book on the subject. The present edition of this critical and comprehensive study of the Indian Penal Code has been extensively revised and updated. With the help of examples, illustrations and elucidatory notes complex subjects have been explained in a simple style so that readers could grasp the subjects easily. Excellent annexures dealing with rights of accused, victims of crime and guidelines to effective study and understanding of criminal law has enhanced the worth and utility of the book. The cases that uphold the concept of right to compensation to the victims of rape, including foreign nationals; accountability of public servants and ministers for arbitrary exercise of discretionary powers; personal liability for contempt of court; absolute liability against environmental and hazardous crimes; State accountability for police crimes, custodial death, atrocities on women and human rights violations; manufacturer's liability for criminal negligence etc., have been elaborately discussed. Crime against women like bride burning, dowry death and sexual harassment at workplace have also been incorporated. Worldwide trend to abolish death sentence and legalize Physician Assisted Suicide (PAS), euthanasia and mercy killing in the context of Common Cause v UOI (2018) recognizing passive euthanasia with safeguards; case of Navtej Singh v UOI (2018) decriminalizing homosexuality under section 377 IPC conferring consensual sex between two individuals of the same sex legal; right to life of the unborn vis-a-vis women's right to privacy to seek termination of pregnancy, are some of the fascinating topics that form a part of the book. The case of National Legal Service Authority in which the Supreme Court has recognized members of T.G. Community as "Third Gender" and conferred all legal and constitutional rights under Articles 14,19 and 21 of the Constitution have also been discussed in detail.
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 Table of Contents
Chapter I     :    Introduction
Chapter II    :    General Explanations
Chapter III   :    Of Punishments
Chapter IV   :    General Exceptions
Chapter V    :    Of Abetment
Chapter VA  :    Criminal Conspiracy
Chapter VI    :    Of Offences Against the State
Chapter VII   :    Of Offences Relating to the Army, Navy and Air Force
Chapter VIII  :    Of Offences Against the Public Tranquillity
Chapter IX    :    Of Offences by or Relating to Public Servants
Chapter IXA  :    Of Offences Relating to Elections
Chapter X      :    Of Contempt of the Lawful Authority of Public Servants
Chapter XI     :    Of False Evidence and Offences Against Public Justice
Chapter XII    :    Of Offences Relating to Coin and Government Stamps
Chapter XIII   :    Of Offences Relating to Weights and Measures
Chapter XIV   :    Of Offences Affecting the Public Health, Safety, Convenience, Decency and Morals
Chapter XV    :    Of Offences Relating to Religion
Chapter XVI   :    Of Offences Affecting the Human Body
Chapter XVII  :    Of Offences Against Property
Chapter XVIII :    Of Offences Relating to Documents and to Property Marks
Chapter  XIX  :    Of the criminal breach of Contracts of Service
Chapter XX    :    Of Offences Relating to Marriage
Chapter XXA  :    Of Cruelty by Husband or Relatives of Husband
Chapter XXI   :    Of Defamation
Chapter XXII  :    Of Criminal Intimidation, Insult and Annoyance
Chapter XXIII :    Of Attempts to Commit Offences
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Author Details
K.D. Gaur
, B.Sc., LL.M. ( Allahabad), Ph.D.(London) LL.D. (London), Visharad Fellow, Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, U.G.C. Emeritus Fellow Faculty of Law, Lucknow University, Lucknow

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