Immunity

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....

privileges and immunities clause

privileges and immunities clause often cap P&I&C 1 : a clause in Article IV of the U.S. Constitution stating that the citizens of each state of the U.S. shall be entitled to all the privileges and immunities of citizens of the other states 2 : a clause in Amendment XIV to the U.S. Constitution stating that no state shall make or enforce any law that abridges the privileges or immunities of the citizens of the U.S. called also privileges or immunities clause ...

legislative immunity

legislative immunity see immunity ...

Immunity from prosecution

Immunity from prosecution, the phrase 'immunity from prosecution' in s. 64 would mean 'Freedom from punishment during a proceeding instituted and carried on by law', Jasbir Singh v. Vipin Kumar Jaggi, AIR 2001 SC 2734 (2742): (2001) 8 SCC 289. [NDPS Act, 1985 (61 of 1985), s. 64]...

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Immunity

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transactional immunity

sovereign immunity

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