The question (6 marks)
Write a note distinguishing a crime from a civil wrong, and explain with statutory support the meanings the law attaches to the words offence, person and remedy. (6 marks)
MU Module II, head 2.1; pack ch. 02, legal concepts and the General Clauses Act 1897.
Plan your answer on paper before you look at the authorities — issue first, then the rule, then apply it to these facts.
It tests Unit 2 · Legal Concepts, Reading Judgments and Trials of Legal Writing and Legal Language.
Authorities you will need
- General Clauses Act 1897, ss. 3(2), 3(38), 3(42) and 26
- Municipal Council, Ratlam v Vardichand
- Code of Criminal Procedure, s. 133; Indian Penal Code, s. 188
- Constitution of India, articles 32 and 226
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