Landmark case · Law of Crimes · Semester 2

State of Maharashtra v. Mayer Hans George

AIR 1965 SC 722 · Supreme Court of India

Where a statute creates a grave social offence in absolute terms, mens rea may be excluded if that is the clear implication of the language and object.

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Nature of crime, elements of liability and territorial application — Unit I, Law of Crimes.

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