Source:-https://www.theindianwire.com Nisar Ahmed Haji Sayed Bilal, a victim in the Malegaon blast case, appeal to the Bombay High Court in a plea filed by Lieutenant Colonel Prasad Purohit, one of the accused in the case. The Bench of Justices SS Shinde and MS Karnik found that if the action was approved, there would be no
Source: indiatoday.in he viscera report of the mob lynching victim Tabrez Ansari came as a surprise to the administration. The report revealed that Tabrez Ansari did not consume poison but died of a cardiac arrest. Tabrez Ansari was injured in a physical assault by the crowd that caused a mental trauma which led to his
Source: afternoonvoice.com The Supreme Court in the recent past proclaimed that the false complaints under Section 498A of Indian Penal Code against innocent were increasingly making the husband a victim. The Supreme Court also said that women were increasingly using the anti-dowry law to harass and create pressure against the husband and his relatives on mere lodging of a complaint. Citing
Source:barandbench.com The Bombay High Court recently ruled in favour of the autonomy of adult victims rescued from immoral trafficking, observing that such persons cannot be forced to live in a correction home against their wishes. A Single Judge Bench of Justice SS Shinde made the observation while ordering the release of a 22-year-old woman. The woman
Source: thehindu.com The Delhi High Court has upheld the life imprisonment awarded to a man for raping his 15-year-old daughter noting that the testimony of the victim by itself was sufficient. The man was caught when his sister noticed an unusual bulge in his daughter’s belly and decided to get her checked. The minor was
Source: tribuneindia.com The Punjab and Haryana High Court recently directed the States of Punjab, Haryana and the Union Territory of Chandigarh to initiate criminal proceedings against consumers of “narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances” to eradicate the menace in the case of “Surmukh Singh versus State of Punjab”. But any interpretation of the order without distinguishing
Source: barandbench.com The Delhi High Court has held that unless it is proved that a witness harbours some enmity against the accused or he wished to implicate him falsely, such witness would be treated as an independent witness. Interested witness, on the other hand, suggests that a witness ought to have had some animus against
Source: freepressjournal.in Mumbai: Opposing the petitions filed by two death row prisoners, the Maharashtra government on Thursday told the Bombay High Court to strike a balance between the rights of the convicts, the family of the victim and also the collective conscience of the society. The duo have urged the HC to commute their death
Source: republicworld.com In a major update in the fight to get justice for acid attack victim Preeti Rathi, souces have reported on Thursday that the family of the victim is reportedly going to approach the Supreme Court against the order of Bombay High Court which reversed the judgement of a trial court, commuting the death
