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Grave Deficiency: Delhi High Court Issues Notice On PIL Seeking To Fill Up Staff Vacancies In City Prisons

A Kerala court has awarded life imprisonment to Thodupuzha resident Rose Mary @ Kuttiyakka for causing the death of her newborn baby by strangulation in 2014.Smt. Ash K. Bal, I Additional Sessions Judge, Special Court under POCSO Act and Children's Act, Thodupuzha found her guilty of murder under Section 302 IPC.The prosecution case was that the accused, who was living separately from her husband for the last several years, gave birth to a baby boy in secret and with the intention and...

Delhi Court Convicts Man For Insulting Womans Modesty By Questioning Her Childs Paternity

A Delhi court has convicted a man for insulting a woman's modesty by asking her “kaun se wale papa?” (which father?) after she told her crying three-year-old daughter, “dekho papa aa gaye, don't cry.”Judicial Magistrate First Class Moksha Bains of Tis Hazari Courts held that the remark, in the circumstances in which it was made, carried a sexually derogatory insinuation concerning...

Supreme Court Dismisses Review Petition Against Former Kerala Minister Neelalohithadasan Nadars Acquittal In Sexual Harassment Case

The Supreme Court recently dismissed a review petition challenging its January order upholding the acquittal of Dr. A. Neelalohithadasan Nadar, former Forest Minister of Kerala, accused of outraging the modesty of a woman Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer.A bench comprising Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice Sandeep Mehta dismissed the review petition in chambers, which challenged its January 27 order wherein the bench said that it has no good grounds to interfere with the Kerala High Court's...

Kerala Court Issues Contempt Notice To MLA Najeeb Kanthapuram For Allegedly Obstructing Advocate Commissioner

A Kerala court on Tuesday (September 29) issued notice to Perinthalmanna MLA Najeeb Kanthapuram under Contempt of Courts Act for obstructing the proceedings of a court-appointed advocate commissioner, who had arrived to take possession of a house.Smt. Saritha Raveendran, Chief Judicial Magistrate, Manjeri issued the show cause notice to the MLA and posted the case to be called on October 9:“Issue show cause notice to the alleged contemnor Sri.Najeeb Kanthapuram MLA, Perinthalmanna Constituency...

Antilia Bomb Scare Case: Special Court Criticises NIA For Incompetence, Questions Why Statements Of Ambani Family Not Recorded

While ordering release of controversial cop Sachin Waze in the Antilia Bomb Scare Case, a special court on Tuesday (September 29) criticised the National Investigation Agency (NIA) for its 'incompetence' in handling the case by waiting for a 'Shubh Muhurat' to record statements of Industrialist Mukesh Ambani and his family members, whom the agency claims, the accused wanted to...

CM Marriage Remark, Messi Row: Kerala Court Dismisses Anto Augustines Pre-Arrest Bail Pleas After Police Says No Arrest Now

A Kerala Court has dismissed the anticipatory bail pleas preferred by Reporter TV Managing Director Anto Augustine in the two separate crimes registered against him.One of the FIRs was for his alleged remark about Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan having contracted a second marriage. The other crime was registered for allegedly defrauding the government in a failed attempt to bring the...

Prima Facie Case Made Out: Bengaluru Court Denies Bail To IAS Officer Gyanendra Kumar Gangwar In KPSC Recruitment Scam

A Bengaluru Sessions Court on Friday (September 25) denied bail to IAS officer Gyanedra Kumar Gangwar booked for alleged irregularities in the recruitment of 400 veterinary officers in the Animal Husbandry and Fisheries Department, conducted by the Karnataka Public Service Commission (KPSC). Gangwar who was the former controller of examination KPSC argued that there was no direct nexus...

CJI Surya Kant Inaugurates Victim Rights Centre In Patna; Says Justice Must Reach Citizens

The Chief Justice of India, Justice Surya Kant, on Friday inaugurated the Victim Rights Centre at the Bihar State Legal Services Authority (BSLSA), Patna. Described as the first single-window model for victims of crime, the Centre aims to help victims access compensation, legal aid, medical assistance, counselling, protection and rehabilitation through a single point of contact.At the...

Delhi Court Issues Notice To Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh On Women Wrestlers Appeal Against Acquittal In Sexual Harassment Case

A Delhi Court on Monday issued notice on an appeal filed by four women wrestlers challenging the acquittal of BJP leader and former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) Chief Brij Bhushan Singh in a sexual harassment case.The wrestlers, in their appeal, have also challenged the acquittal of co accused Vinod Tomar in the case.Special Judge Dig Vinay Singh of Rouse Avenue Courts has now listed...

Delhi Court To Hear On Monday Women Wrestlers Appeal Against Acquittal Of Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh In Sexual Harassment Case

A Delhi Court on Saturday adjourned to Monday an appeal filed by four women wrestlers challenging the acquittal of BJP leader and former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) Chief Brij Bhushan Singh in a sexual harassment case.The wrestlers, in their appeal, have also challenged the acquittal of co accused Vinod Tomar in the case.Special Judge Dig Vinay Singh of Rouse Avenue Courts, who...