Juvenile To Be Tried As Adult Can Seek Benefit Of Juvenile Justice Act: High Court
Merely because a juvenile is directed to be tried as an adult in a case does not mean he or she can be denied the benefit of provisions of the JuveniRead More…
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Killing a sleeping person hours after fight is ‘murder’ and not ‘culpable homicide not amounting to murder’: Bombay High Court
Killing a sleeping person hours after picking a fight with him, will fall under the ambit of the graver offence of murder under the Indian Penal CodeRead More…
On Practice Of Anticipatory Bails By High Courts, A Supreme Court Rap
The Supreme Court has criticised the practice of High Courts to grant anticipatory bail to accused in criminal cases on the ground that no custodial Read More…
[Section 498A IPC] Married woman made to do household work for family not cruelty: Bombay High Court
The Aurangabad Bench of Bombay High Court recently opined that if a married lady is asked to do household work for family, the same cannot be equatedRead More…
Initiating criminal case with ulterior motive in backdrop of civil dispute is abuse of process: Bombay High Court
The Aurangabad Bench of Bombay High Court last week quashed and set aside a first information report (FIR) against an accused after discovering thereRead More…
Child Sexual Assault Convict, Out On Probation, Sent To Jail 7 Years Later
The Delhi High Court has sent behind bars a man, who was convicted of sexually assaulting a four-year-old girl but was released on probation by a triRead More…
Delhi HC denies bail to woman’s mother, grandmother accused of assaulting woman’s husband, chopping off his private parts
The Delhi High Court recently refused to grant bail to a woman’s mother and grandmother accused of abducting and attacking the woman and her newly weRead More…
NEET PG: Karnataka High Court Quashes Reduction In Seats For In-Service Doctors
The High Court of Karnataka quashed the state government notification issued on October 6, 2022, by which seats earmarked for in-service candidates fRead More…
Calling Husband “Womaniser, Alcoholic” With No Proof Is Cruelty: High Court
The Bombay High Court has said defaming husband and calling him a womaniser and alcoholic without substantiating the allegations amount to cruelty, aRead More…
Madhya Pradesh High Court says rape convict kind enough to leave survivor alive; reduces life sentence to 20 years’ jail
The Indore bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court recently reduced the life sentence of a rape convict to 20 years’ rigorous imprisonment consideringRead More…