Justified By Law

Justified by law, 'justified' according to Black's Legal Dictionary means: Done on adequate reasons sufficiently supported by credible evidence, when weighed by unprejudiced mind, guided by common sense and by correct rules of law. The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary assigns this meaning for 'justification': The showing in court that one had sufficient reason for doing that which he is called to answer; the ground for such a plea. Lexically, the sense is clear. An act is justified by law if it is warranted, validated and made blameless by law, Raj Kapoor v. Laxman, AIR 1980 SC 605 (960): (1980) 2 SCC 175: (1980) 2 SCR 512. (Indian Penal Code, s. 79)