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Rape Violates Victims Soul, But Society Blames Survivor & Makes Her Life A Living Hell: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has observed that rape is not merely a physical violation, but can also amount to a violation of the victim's "soul", as the trauma transcends physical boundaries and enters the psychological and mental realm.Justice Vimal Kumar Yadav made the observation while dealing with the State's appeal against the acquittal of a man accused of raping a woman in 2006.The Court...

Subsequent Marriage As Adults Cant Retrospectively Legalise Sexual Intercourse With Minor: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that a subsequent marriage between a woman and the accused on attaining majority cannot retrospectively legalise sexual intercourse that allegedly took place when she was a minor, observing that an enduring relationship cannot retrospectively supply legal consent.Justice Sanjeev Narula made the observations while refusing to quash a POCSO case against a man...

Digital Arrest Fraud: Delhi High Court Says Tracing Those Who Receive And Dissipate Funds As Important As Identifying Callers

The Delhi High Court has observed that in cases involving digital arrest frauds, identifying persons who receive, move or dissipate the cheated funds is as important as identifying those who directly communicate with the victim.Justice Sanjeev Narula made the observation while dealing with an anticipatory bail plea filed by one Himanshu in connection with an alleged Rs. 2.65 crore...

Indian Youth Congress Moves Delhi High Court Against Denial Of Permission To Protest Against CEC Gyanesh Kumar At Jantar Mantar

Indian Youth Congress has moved the Delhi High Court challenging the refusal of permission to hold a protest, demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar at Jantar Mantar.The plea has been filed by IYC President Uday Bhanu Chib. He has challenged the Delhi Police's order passed on October 01 rejecting the plea to hold the protest. The plea argues that the police...

Magistrate Must Examine Complainant, Witnesses Before Hearing Accused On Cognizance Of Private Complaint: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that under Section 223(1) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), a Magistrate must first examine the complainant and the witnesses present on oath, unless such examination is exempted by law, before issuing notice to the accused and granting an opportunity of being heard on the question of taking cognizance.The Division Bench of Justices Navin Chawla...

Delhi High Court Praises Young Counsel For Being Thoroughly Prepared, Says Seniors Should Encourage Juniors To Argue

The Delhi High Court has praised a young counsel for being “thoroughly conversant” with the case file and record, observing that junior lawyers should be prepared to argue matters while senior counsel should not discourage them from presenting cases. A division bench of Justice C. Hari Shankar and Justice Nivedita Anil Sharma made the observations while dismissing a petition filed by the...

Public Suffering Due To Authorities Failure To Implement SC Directions On Stray Dogs: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has observed that the public is suffering as government authorities are apparently not taking care to strictly implement the Supreme Court's directions concerning stray dogs.Justice Girish Kathpalia made the observation while hearing a plea filed by one Aditya Vikram Bohra seeking quashing of an FIR registered against him under Section 325 of the Bharatiya Nyaya...

Father-In-Law Not Liable Under Domestic Violence Act For Failing To Control Adult Son: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that a father-in-law cannot be held liable under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, merely because he did not control the conduct of his adult son.“A father cannot be made liable under the DV Act merely because he did not control the conduct of his adult son,” Justice Madhu Jain observed.The Court made the observations while dismissing...

[JEE Mains] Sympathy Cant Substitute Prescribed Eligibility Criteria For IIT Admissions: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that sympathy or possible academic hardship cannot substitute the prescribed eligibility criteria for admission to the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs).Justice Jasmeet Singh dismissed a plea moved by a JEE aspirant seeking admission to IIT Delhi on the basis of alleged errors in the evaluation of her JEE Main 2025 examination.The Court observed that the...

Mere Adverse Orders, Procedural Irregularities Cannot Establish Judicial Bias To Transfer Trial: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has observed that adverse judicial orders and alleged procedural irregularities, by themselves, cannot constitute legally sustainable grounds for transferring a criminal trial on the allegation of bias.Justice Prateek Jalan was dealing with a petition filed by a complainant seeking transfer of a rape case registered in 2021 from the court of the Additional Sessions...