Section 6 IPC – Definitions in the Code to be understood subject to exceptions. 6. Definitions in the Code to be understood subject to exceptions.—Throughout this Code every definition of an offence, every penal provision, and every illustration of every…
Section 5 IPC – Certain laws not to be affected by this Act. 5. Certain laws not to be affected by this Act.—Nothing in this Act shall affect the provisions of any Act for punishing mutiny and desertion of officers,…
Section 4 IPC – Extension of Code to extra-territorial offences. 4. Extension of Code to extra-territorial offences.—The provisions of this Code apply also to any offence committed by—1[(1) any citizen of India in any place without and beyond India;(2) any…
Section 3 IPC – Punishment of offences committed beyond, but which by law may be tried within, India. 3. Punishment of offences committed beyond, but which by law may be tried within, India.— Any person liable, by any [Indian law],…
Section 2 IPC – Punishment of offences committed within India. 2. Punishment of offences committed within India.—Every person shall be liable to punishment under this Code and not otherwise for every act or omission contrary to the provisions thereof, of…
Section 1 IPC – Title and extent of operation of the Code. Section 1 – Title and extent of operation of the Code.- This Act shall be called the Indian Penal Code, and shall 1 [extend to the whole of…
Chisholm v. Georgia, 2 Dallas (2 U.S.) 419 (1793) Facts—A South Carolina citizen who was the executor of the estate of a merchant who had sold goods during the Revolutionary War to Georgia, for which he had not been compensated,…
Sprietsman v. Mercury Marine, 537 U.S. 51; 123 S. Ct. 518; 154 L. Ed. 2d 466 (2002) Facts—Sprietsman’s wife was killed in a boating accident on a lake between Tennessee and Kentucky. He sued Mercury Marine, the manufacturer of the…
Pennsylvania v. Nelson, 350 U.S. 497; 76 S. Ct. 477; 100 L. Ed. 640 (1956) Facts—An acknowledged member of the Communist Party, Steve Nelson was convicted in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, of violation of the Pennsylvania Sedition Act. He was sentenced…
Southern Pacific Co. v. Arizona, 325 U.S. 761; 65 S. Ct. 1515; 89 L. Ed. 1915 (1945) Facts—The Arizona Train Limit Law required that any person or corporation operating within the state a railroad train with more than fourteen passenger…