Category: Indian Penal Code

Source: thehindu.com In a major relief to MDMK chief Vaiko, the Madras High Court on July 18 suspended the one-year jail term awarded to him by a lower court in a 2009 sedition case. Justice P.D. Audikesavalu, before whom the appeal filed by Vaiko came up, suspended the sentence imposed by a special court on

Source: news18 Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala, which recently witnessed an alarming spurt in the number of black magic cases, is gearing up to bring in a legislation to curb “inhuman” practices and exploitation in the name of superstition. The Kerala Prevention and Eradication of Inhuman Evil Practices, Sorcery and Black Magic Bill, 2019 has been submitted to

Source: ndtv.com New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry has entrusted an eight-member sub-committee with the task of drafting a central law to check violence against doctors and other medical professionals, a long-standing demand of the medical fraternity. The sub-committee has been directed to draft the law by July 17, officials said. The panel comprises officials from

Sources: thehindu.com Bench agrees to examine TN government’s plea against the stay order of the Madras High Court, and issues notice to the magazine and its editor R. Gopal seeking their response. The Supreme Court on Friday stayed further proceedings in the Madras High Court related to a plea by Tamil magazine Nakkheeran and its editor challenging

Source: indiatoday.in n a speedy judgment, a Bhopal court on Thursday awarded death sentence to a 35-year-old man for raping and killing a minor girl last month. Special Judge (for POCSO cases) Kumudini Patel pronounced the punishment to Vishnu Bamora on two separate offences under Indian Penal Code Sections 302 (murder) and 376-AB (raping a

Source: thehindu.com A local court in Ahmedabad on Tuesday re-issued summons to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, asking him to appear before it on August 9 in a defamation case filed against him by a BJP municipal councillor for a remark against BJP president Amit Shah. Mr. Gandhi had referred to Mr. Shah as a “murder

Source: hindustantimes.com A 45-year-old man died after an unidentified vehicle hit him when he was crossing a road in Manesar on Sunday evening. The police said that the man, identified as Mohammed Fahim Ansari, was from Bihar and lived in Manesar, where he used to work with a private company. The incident took place around

Source: indiatoday.in Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will be kept busy with court appearances in the coming days as he is facing multiple defamation cases across the country. Rahul Gandhi appeared on Thursday before a magistrate court in Mumbai and pleaded not guilty in a defamation case lodged against him by a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)

Source: hindustantimes.com A Mumbai court on Wednesday granted anticipatory bail to Kerala CPI(M) state secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan’s son Binoy Kodiyeri, who is an accused in a rape case filed by a former bar dancer under strict conditions. The Sessions court in Dindoshi directed him to appear before the investigating officer on every Monday and asked

Source: moneycontrol.com Citing recent cases of violence against doctors, the Indian Medical Association (IMA) on July 1 asked the government to declare hospitals as “safe zones” and asserted that exemplary punishment for perpetrators of such acts should be a component of the central law. On National Doctors’ Day, the IMA organized a mass awareness programme