22 April 2024


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J&K&L HC: No Vicarious Liability Under Criminal Law Unless Strictly Mandated by Statute - 08.08.2022

Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has held that in criminal law, there is no concept of criminal vicarious liability and only if there is a statute which makes a person vicariously liable for the acts of another person that such a person can be prosecuted for a criminal offence.

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