Naina Mathur is a Final-Year Law Student and is doing her Bachelor's Degree in Law and in Business Administration.

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00:00 Introduction

00:17 What is the difference between legal and medical insanity?

03:00 What are the criteria to determine that someone is legally insane?

05:40 Unsoundness of mind

09:45 Intoxication and Insanity

10:45 If someone has been intoxicated without their knowledge or consent and committed an offence, can they plead a defence?

11:46 Could you share any vivid example of an accused who got criminal insanity?

12:51 What is the punishment given to someone, who pleads to legal insanity, and has committed an offence?

16:06 Is it necessary that you need to have a mental disorder to be declared legally insane?

18:30 If I don't have a mental disorder and say, I commit an offence, can I plead insanity?

21:17 How does a magistrate determine if the accused suffers from a mental condition?

22:20 If I'm the accused, could I also call upon my psychiatrist to testify on my behalf?

24:16 What is your specialisation and how can one contact you? 

24:47 Is insanity produced by drugs a valid defence?

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