In sexual assault cases, the woman has a right to say yes or no to being a mother, the Court said while considering a plea to terminate the pregnancy of a 12-year-old rape victim. A woman cannot be forced to give birth to the child of a man who had sexually assaulted her, the Allahabad …
The Madras High Court recently held that even if a marriage was not legal due to the existence of a first marriage, the second wife and the children born out of the second marriage will be entitled to maintenance under Section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. “This Court is of the clear view …
The criminal case was closed by a local court following the death of the accused. The District Legal Services Authority then suggested that the plea before the High Court seeking compensation, can be dismissed. The Madras High Court recently awarded compensation of ₹ 14 lakh to a minor, mentally challenged rape survivor even though a …
A division bench of Justices AS Bopanna and MM Sundresh observed that only remedies under the SARFAESI Act can be availed against an order passed under Section 14 of the SARFAESI Act. The Supreme Court on Thursday held that a magistrate’s order under Section 14 of the Securitization and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of …
The Court took note of the petitioner’s submission that if this is a case of premature delivery and not pregnancy termination, she may get the benefit of a circular permitting Ayurvedic doctors to perform deliveries. The Punjab and Haryana High Court recently granted interim anticipatory bail to an Ayurveda gynaecologist accused of performing an unauthorized …
The Court noted that the couple had entered into a live-in relationship agreement, and had also filed a joint petition for police protection as an interfaith couple The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted bail to a man accused of kidnapping and raping his live-in partner after he counter-alleged that the case against him was a …
“When a lawyer is going to prison to meet his client, it is the duty of the officers of the jail to give respect to the lawyer and allow him to do his official/professional duty without any delay”, the Court said. The Kerala High Court recently took strong objection to prison authorities standing in the …
A bench led by Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee highlighted that for survivor-children, it is difficult to imagine that their accounts of the crime are conjured and repeated. The Meghalaya High Court recently held that lack of witnesses in sexual assault cases under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offence Act (POCSO Act) will not be …
A bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Rajesh Bindal issued notice on the plea. The Supreme Court recently agreed to hear a plea regarding whether the prosecution under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act (NI Act) requires the signatory of the cheque to be made a party to the case [Priyom Condiments Pvt Ltd …
The Court said that if the PoSH Act is limited only to the people working in the same departments, it would strike at the very root of the statute, its ethos and philosophy. The Delhi High Court recently held that the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 (PoSH Act) is applicable even …
