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Anticipatory bail plea can be moved again only on change in facts or circumstances of case: Kerala High Court
Even though there is no absolute embargo in filing a plea for pre-arrest bail after it has been dismissed once,…
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Kerala to include POCSO Act awareness in school curriculum: SCERT tells Kerala High Court
The Court was considering a case that it had kept open to assess and rectify the specific issue of cases…
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Criminal Procedure (Identification) Act: Kerala High Court says Magistrate can order accused to give handwriting sample even if no arrest
As per Section 5 of The Criminal Procedure (Identification) Act, a Magistrate can order an accused person to furnish a…
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Mob lynching to be made offence punishable with death penalty under new law which seeks to replace IPC
As per Section 101(b) of the proposed law, each individual in a group involved in mob lynching will face the…
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Bombay High Court asks if State can frame guidelines against harassment of LGBTQIA+ persons by family, police
In response, the Advocate General of Maharashtra said that he would get instructions on whether a committee can be formed…
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NCLAT Chennai stays NCLT Bengaluru order admitting plea for insolvency process against Cafe Coffee Day
The case involves the question whether a moratorium on insolvency proceedings during the COVID-19 pandemic would be applicable in CCD’s…
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News Women filing false POCSO, SC/ST Act cases to grab money from State, ruin image of innocent people: Allahabad High Court
While granting anticipatory bail to a rape accused, the Court called for criminal action to be taken against the complainant…
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Bilkis Bano case: Reintegration of convicts into society is a constitutional right, says Supreme Court
A bench of Justices BV Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan today concluded hearing the arguments of the petitioners who have challenged…
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Preventive detention law cannot be used as punitive tool or substitute for criminal trial: Kerala High Court
“What cannot be achieved through a trial cannot be achieved through preventive detention,” the Court said while setting aside a…
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Delhi High Court issues directions to be followed by doctors, police while dealing with pregnant sexual assault survivors
The Court ordered that the survivors must be presented for termination of pregnancy within 24 hours of orders being passed…
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Delhi High Court takes suo motu cognisance of sexual assault on 3-year-old in South Delhi school
The Court ordered the Education department and the Delhi Police to file an action report in the matter. The Delhi…
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Delhi High Court upholds conviction of Uttar Pradesh Police officers in custodial death case; refuses to accept suicide theory
A 26-year-old youth named Sonu died in police custody in 2006, a day after he was picked up by the…
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Allahabad High Court imposes ₹10k costs on woman who filed false rape case against man and later married him
The Court said that the rising trend of women filing false rape cases against men must be addressed sternly. The…
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Genuine cases of sexual offences are now exception; law is heavily biased against men: Allahabad High Court
The Court remarked that, since girls/women have upper hand when it comes to protection of law, they succeed easily in…
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NCLAT can recall its judgments: Supreme Court affirms appellate tribunal ruling
The Court upheld a five-member coram ruling of the NCLAT Delhi that held that the appellate tribunal can entertain and…
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Stick is not a deadly weapon: Supreme Court reduces jail term of wife accused of beating husband to death
The Court took into consideration the fact that the incident took place during an altercation, and the wife may have…
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Trial courts cannot award sentence of life imprisonment “till last breath”: Karnataka High Court
The Court clarified that it is only the Supreme Court and the High Courts that can impose special cateogry sentence….
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Direct vs indirect workplace discrimination
Direct discrimination These are scenarios when an individual or a group of individuals at the workplace face discrimination directly based…
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Bombay High Court pulls up sessions judge for granting bail in violation of High Court order
“The present case is an example as to how insubordination and judicial impropriety coupled with fraud upon court by suppression…
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