Punishing An Adolescent Boy Who Enters Into A Relationship With A Minor Girl Was Never The Objective Of POCSO Act: Madras High Court

"Punishing an adolescent boy who enters into a relationship with a minor girl by treating him as an offender, was never the objective of the POCSO Act," observed the Madras High Court on Wednesday. The remarks were made while highlighting rampant misuse of the POCSO Act by families for prosecuting the partner of their teenage daughters. A Single Bench of Justice N....

Successive Anticipatory Bail Applications Ought Not To Be Entertained On Specious Ground Of 'Changed Circumstances' : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court, in an order passed on Thursday, observed that successive anticipatory bail applications ought not to be entertained.In this case, the first and second anticipatory bail applications moved by the accused was dismissed by the High Court. The third bail application was allowed observing that six months have passed from the date of dismissal of earlier anticipatory...

Breaking- Practice Of Publishing Names Of Accused On Flysheet Boards Without Proclamation Violates Human Dignity & Right To Privacy:Allahabad High Court

Allahabad High Court has held that the practice of putting names of the accused persons on the flysheet board without issuance of proclamation under sec. 82 of Cr.P.C. is derogatory to the concept of human dignity and privacy enshrined under Art. 21 of the Constitution.The judgment was delivered by a Division Bench comprising of Justice Pankaj Naqvi and Justice Vivek Agarwal. Justice...

Supreme Court Sets Aside Conviction Of A Man Accused In A 1983 Murder Case Allowing His Plea Of Juvenility

The Supreme Court set aside concurrent conviction in a murder case after it found that the accused was juvenile (17 years and 1 month) on the date of incident (01.08.1983).The Trial Court judgment convicting Yogendra Yadav in a murder case was upheld by the Allahabad High Court in 2019, by dismissing the appeal he had filed in the year 1985. Before the Supreme Court, as the accused raised...

Supreme Court Issues Notice On Plea Against Assam NRC Coordinator's Directions To Re-verify Final NRC List

The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to the Assam NRC State Coordinator, Hitesh Dev Sarma, on a plea seeking the directions issued by him for unilaterally deleting names from the final National Register for Citizens, Assam which was published on 31st August, 2019. A Bench headed by Chief Justice of India SA Bobde heard the submissions of Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal, who appeared...

TRP Scam Case : Bombay High Court Extends Interim Protection For Arnab Goswami, Republic TV Employees Till February 12

The Maharashtra Government once again assured the Bombay High Court on Friday that it would not take any coercive steps against news anchor Arnab Goswami and other employees of ARG Outlier Media, which runs Republic TV, in the TRP Scam case, till February 12. Interim relief has been extended following this statement. The division bench will now hear writ petitions filed by ARG...

Mirzapur Series Row: Allahabad High Court Stays Arrest Of Producers Farhan Akhtar & Ritesh Sidhwani

The Allahabad High Court on Friday (29th January) stayed the arrest of 'Mirzapur Series' producers Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani. While staying the arrest, the Bench of Justice MK Gupta and Justice Subhash Chand also issued a notice to the state government and the complainant in the matter seeking their reply.FIR against "Mirzapur2" Series - Allahabad High Court stays the arrest...

"Why FIR Was Not Registered Immediately": Delhi High Court Grants Bail To Man Accused Of Raping 2 ½ years Old Child Citing 8 Hours Delay In Filing FIR

The Delhi High Court recently granted bail to a man accused of raping a minor girl aged two and a half years, citing 8 hours delay in filing of FIR. "The prosecutrix being 2 ½ years old, due to which her statement was not recorded, however, without commenting on the merits of the prosecution case and keeping in view the fact that there is a delay of 8 hours in registration of FIR, I...

Supreme Court Grants Permission For Felling Of Trees In The Taj Trapezium Zone To Ensure Construction Of A Railway Line

The Supreme Court has on Friday granted permission for felling of 4108 trees for construction of a third railway line between Mathura and Jhansi, that goes through the Taj Trapezium Zone. The Court found it appropriate to allow felling of these trees as laying down of the track is relevant to deal with hour long delay caused due to unavailability of railway tracks.A three-judge Bench of CJI...

"These Women Served Nation, Why Push Them To Litigation Cycle Again": Supreme Court Urges Centre To Resolve Differences in Permanent Commission Matter

The Supreme Court on Friday observed that once the proceedings have been disposed off by way of a final judgement and order, a miscellaneous application for its implementation is not maintainable.The bench headed by Justice DY Chandrachud was hearing an application for directions, in pursuance of its March 17, 2020 verdict in Annie Nagaraj's case holding that serving women Short...

'UAPA Rightly Invoked' : Delhi Court Denies Bail To Student Activist Devangana Kalita In Riots Conspiracy Case

The Karkardooma Court (Delhi) on Thursday (28th January) dismissed the Bail application moved by Pinjra Tod Activist Devangana Kalita while noting that the provisions of UAPA have been rightly invoked against in connection with Delhi Riots case. The Additional Sessions Amitabh Rawat dismissed her application while taking into account that as per the investigation, there was a...

Supreme Court Adjourns Contempt Case Against Kunal Kamra

The Supreme Court on Friday adjourned the criminal contempt case initiated against comedian Kunal Kamra over his tweets criticizing the Judiciary, for two weeks.A bench led by Justices Ashok Bhushan allowed the Petitioner's request to adjourn the matter, so as to enable him to respond to Kamra's counter affidavit.The Advocate on Record appearing for the petitioner told the Supreme Court that...