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प्रश्न
The question consists of two statements, one labelled as principle and other as Fact. You are to exa.mine the principle and apply it to the given facts carefully and select the best option.
PRINCIPLE: Doctrine of Double Jeopardy: No person shall be prosecuted and punished for the same offence twice.
FACT: MaqbooI brought some gold into India witnout mal<ing any declaration to Custom department on the airport. The custom authorities confiscated the gold under the Sea Customs Act. Maqbool was later charged for having committed an offence under Foreign Exchange Regulation Act.
पर्याय
He cannot be prosecuted because it would amount to double jeopardy
He can be prosecuted bceause confiscation of goods by customs authorities does not amount to prosecution by the Court
None of the above
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उत्तर
He can be prosecuted because confiscation of goods by customs authorities does not amount to prosecution by the Court
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संबंधित प्रश्न
In this Question, the problem consists of a set of rules and facts. Apply the specified rules to the set of facts and answer the question.
Rules:
A. A minor is a person who is below the age of eighteen. However, where a guardian administers the minor's property the age of majority is twenty-one.
B. A minor is not permitted by law to enter into a contract. Hence, where a minor enters into a contract with a major person, the contract is not enforceable. This effectively means that neither the minor nor the other party can make any claim on the basis of the contract.
C. In a contract with a minor, if the other party hands over any money or confers any other benefit on the minor, the same shall not be recoverable from the minor unless the other party was deceived by the minor to hand over money or any other benefit. The other party will have to show that (he minor misrepresented her age, he was ignorant about the age of the minor and that he handed over the benefit on the basis of such representation.
Facts Ajay convinces Bandita, a girl aged 18 that she should sell her land to him. Bandita's mother Chaaru is her guardian. Nonetheless Bandita, without the permission of Chaaru, sells the land to Ajay for a total sum of rupees fifty lakh, paid in full and final settlement of the price. Chaaru challenges this transaction claiming that Bandita is a minor and hence the possession of the land shall not be given to Ajay. Thus Ajay is in a difficult situation and has no idea how to recover his money from Bandita.
Ajay can be allowed to recover the money only if he can show that:
The Contract Act of 1872 was enacted on
The Indian Contract Act came into force on:
.................. is forbidden by law.
An agreement consists of reciprocal promises between at least
An implied contract is one which comes into existence on account of
A promises to deliver his watch to B and, in return, B Promise to pay a sum of ` 2,000. There is said to be a/ an
Acceptance takes place as against the proposer, when
A contract is made where:
From the four answers given, shade the appropriate answer.
A contract contravening public policy is void. There cannot be a general definition of public policy. Which of the following is a correct derivation from the above?
