Immunity
Legal definition for Indian law research
Definition
Immunity, exemption, not likely to be affected.
Immunity in short is no liability. It is an immunity from the legal power of some other person. The correlative of immunity is disability, Shanti Kumar R Chanji v. House Insurance Co. Ltd., AIR 1974 SC 1719 (1722).
Immunity, is -- 'freedom or exemption from penality, burden or duty'. Immunity from prosecution under section 64 mean freedom from punishment during a proceeding instituted and carried on by law, Jasbir Singh v. Vipin Kumar Jaggi, AIR 2001 SC 2734. [See Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (61 of 1985), s. 64]
Means any exemption from a duty, liability, or service of process, esp., such an exemption granted to a public official, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 752.
Is an exemption or freedom from general obligation, duty, burden or penalty, Raja Ram Pal v. Hon'ble Speaker, Lok Sabha, (2007) 3 SCC 184.
Immunity in short is no liability. It is an immunity from the legal power of some other person. The correlative of immunity is disability, Shanti Kumar R Chanji v. House Insurance Co. Ltd., AIR 1974 SC 1719 (1722).
Immunity, is -- 'freedom or exemption from penality, burden or duty'. Immunity from prosecution under section 64 mean freedom from punishment during a proceeding instituted and carried on by law, Jasbir Singh v. Vipin Kumar Jaggi, AIR 2001 SC 2734. [See Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (61 of 1985), s. 64]
Means any exemption from a duty, liability, or service of process, esp., such an exemption granted to a public official, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 752.
Is an exemption or freedom from general obligation, duty, burden or penalty, Raja Ram Pal v. Hon'ble Speaker, Lok Sabha, (2007) 3 SCC 184.
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