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Introduction Here is the simplistic hierarchy of the Courts. (JMFC stands for Judicial Magistrate of First Class) Not so serious cases are tackled by Lower courts. Serious cases are tackled by Sessions court.  We humans are not Gods. Courts are presided by humans and its possible that they can make a mistake. They should be remedy to people when courts commits  mistake. One of such remedy is Appeals. Remember this one, you don't have right of Appeal in all the cases even if you feel Court had committed some mistake. Criminal Procedure Code gives a right to appeal in specific circumstance.  CrPC provides circumstance when you CANNOT appeal. Apart from CrPC, constitution also have certain provisions related to Appeal. Specific laws like NIA Act, UAPA Act etc have provided separate procedure of Appeal.   In this post we will cover below things When you CANNOT appeal ? Who can appeal and for What purpose ? Appeals to Sessions Court Appeals to High Court Appeals to Suprem...

Introduction Forms of punishments have evolved a lot. Really a lot. Earlier, in middle ages,retributive punishment was a norm. We had blood code in Europe, we had harsh punishments in India under Islamic law. With development, so did the methods of punishment changed. Now more importance is given to reformative and correctional method. Today prisoners of crime are treated as Human being and not as an animal which was the case earlier. These reformative and correctional method have produced a great deal of results. If you ask yourself a question "Which countries have lowest crime rates ?", obvious answer is Nordic countries (Sweden,Norway etc). These countries have been employing these kind of punishment, and it had produces a great result. Parole is one of the correctional method. What does this really mean ? Meaning of Parole Oxford dictionary defines it as  the temporary or permanent release of a prisoner before the expiry of a sentence, on the promise ...