S.No. | List of Doctrines/Maxims | Meaning | Section Number |
1 | Generalia Specialibus Non Derogant | General things do not derogate special things | Section 5 |
2 | Crimen Trahit Personam | The crime carries the person | Section 177 |
3 | In limine | At the outset, on the threshold | Section 190 |
4 | Majus continet in se minus | The greater contains the less | Section 222 |
5 | In absentia | In the absence of the person involved | Section 273 |
6 | Nemobis punitur poreo dem delicto | No one can be punished twice for the same crime | Section 300 |
7 | Autrefois acquit and autrefois convict | A person has been previously acquitted/convicted in respect of the same offence. | Section 300 |
8 | Rule against Double Jeopardy | No person shall be prosecuted and punished for the same offence more than once. | Section 300 |
9 | Audi alteram partem | Accused gets a fair chance to defend himself. | Section 313 |
10 | Judex damnatur cum nocens absolvitor | Judge is condemned when guilty is acquitted | Section 319 |
11 | In camera | In private | Section 327 |
12 | Nemo debet esse judex in propria sua causa | No man can be a judge in his own case | Section 352 |