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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 and the foetus shall be preserved. The Delhi High Court recently issued a series of directions to be followed by the authorities and doctors while dealing with survivors of sexual assault who are pregnant [Nabal Thakur …

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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 High Court has taken suo motu cognisance of the sexual assault on a three-year-old child allegedly by a cleaner in a school in South Delhi and directed the Education Department as well as Delhi Police to file …

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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 police officials. The Delhi High Court on Monday upheld a trial court order sentencing five Uttar Pradesh Police officers to ten years of imprisonment for the custodial death of a 26-year-old youth named Sonu. A …

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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 Allahabad High Court recently quashed a rape case filed by a woman against a man after noting that the first information report (FIR) lodged by her was false and that they have married each other …

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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 implicating a boy or man. The Allahabad High Court recently observed that genuine cases of sexual offences are now exception and prevailing trend primarily involves false allegations of rape [Vivek Kumar Maurya v State & Ors] …

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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 allow applications for recall of its judgments. The Supreme Court on Monday refused to interfere with a National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) order that had held that recall applications filed before it are maintainable. [Union …

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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 been provoked to attack her husband. The Supreme Court on Tuesday modified a murder conviction to that of culpable homicide not amounting to murder after noting that the weapon of attack was a stick, which the Court opined was …

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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. The Karnataka High Court recently reiterated that trial courts cannot impose a “special category sentence” or imprisonment for life without the possibility of remission or, in other words, imprisonment “till the last breath” of the …

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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 on protected characteristics. Discrimination can take many forms, like not getting selected at interviews, not being allowed certain services, or not getting opportunities or promotions. Calling out some scenarios and examples: A Hospital hires only …

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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 of facts while obtaining order, could lead to a miscarriage of justice,” the Court said. The Aurangabad bench of Bombay High Court recently month pulled up a sessions judge at Osmanabad for showing insubordination and …

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