Victim Girl & Man In Love & Living Together For 4 Years Won't Make POCSO Offence Compoundable Even If Girl Agrees To It: Madras High Court

In a significant ruling, the Madras High Court on Tuesday (16th March) held that once a victim girl gives a complaint about an offence under the POCSO Act, and the case is registered, it becomes an offence against State and the subsequent compromise won't take away the offence. Underlining that any offence committed under the POCSO Act is not compoundable offence, the Bench of Justice...

Telangana Lawyer Couple Murder Case: Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain PIL Seeking Investigation; Says Matter Pending In HC

The Supreme Court on Friday declined to entertain the plea seeking investigation by an Independent Investigation Agency into murder of a Telangana lawyer couple this year. A three judge Bench of CJI Bobde, Justices Bopanna and Justice Ramasubramanian has asked the petitioner to withdraw the plea and approach the High Court with the same prayer.During the hearing, a three-judge Bench led by...

Daughter Has Every Locus To Question Validity Of Father's Second Marriage: Bombay High Court

On Wednesday, the Bombay High Court authoritatively ruled that a daughter could present a petition challenging the validity of her parent(s)' second marriage. A Division Bench of Justices VG Bisht and RD Dhanuka interpreted clause (b) of the Explanation appended to Section 7 to hold that a daughter has every locus to bring in question the validity of her father's marriage. It...

Factors Which May Not Be Relevant To Determine The Guilt Of Accused Can Be Considered At The Stage Of Sentencing: Supreme Court

Factors which may not be relevant to determine the guilt of the accused can be considered at the stage of sentencing, the Supreme Court observed.In this case, the accused were convicted under Sections 344 and 366 of the Indian Penal Code for allegedly conspiring with the other accused to kidnap a minor girl. They were sentenced to undergo Simple Imprisonment for one year for offence under...

[LIVE NOW] Webinar On "The Errors Of Comedy: Satire's Shrinking Space"

Delhi High Court Women lawyers Forum is organising a WebinarOnThe Errors Of Comedy: Satire's Shrinking Space PanelArti Raghavan Radhika VazPritha Srikumar IyerYou Tube Link :...

Kerala High Court Directs CBI investigation into Walayar Rape And Death Cases

On Friday, the Kerala High Court ordered the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to take up investigation into Walayar rape and death cases A Single Bench of Justice VG Arun issued the Order after considering the State Government's recommendation for a probe by the central agency."There cannot be any further delay in commencing the investigation. Hence, the Central Bureau of...

Tea Garden Owners Free To Decide If They Want To Implement Govt's Order Increasing Assam Tea Workers' Wage: Gauhati High Court

The Gauhati High Court on Tuesday (16th March) granted interim relief to the Tea Estate owners in the State of Assam by giving them the 'liberty' to decide if they wish to comply with the State Government's last month Notification directing them to give enhanced wages to tea workers. Directing that no coercive be taken against Tea Garden owners/Companies, the Bench of Justice...

Delhi High Court Confers Senior Designation On 55 Advocates

The Delhi High Court on Friday conferred senior designation on 55 advocates.Read the list here :The applications for Senior Designation were called in early 2019 pursuant to the newly notified High Court of Delhi Designation of Senior Advocate Rules, 2018....

Delhi Court Reserves Order On Advocate Mehmood Pracha's Plea Against Police Raid Of His Office

A Delhi Court on Friday reserved orders on the application filed by Advocate Mehmood Pracha challenging the raids and seizure of data done by the Delhi police from his office.Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Pankaj Sharma of Patiala House Courts said that orders will be pronounced on Monday(March 22).Special Public Prosecutor Amit Prasad told the Court that the application filed by Pracha...

Court Cannot Appreciate Evidence While Deciding Bail Application: Jammu & Kashmir High Court

The Jammu and Kashmir High Court has held that a Court, while hearing application for bail, cannot appreciate the evidence that has been collected the prosecution against the accused. A Single Bench of Justice Puneet Gupta observed, "The court has been called upon to assess and appreciate the different angles of the prosecution case set up against the accused as is evident from...

P&H High Court [DB] Allows Registration Of Marriage Through VC Mode, Sets Aside Single Bench 'Judgment'

Overruling a Single-Bench Judgment, the Punjab & Haryana High Court last week allowed the registration of marriage of a couple through video-conferencing facility. The Bench of Justice Ritu Bahri and Justice Archana Puri was hearing a Letter Patent Appeal directed against Single Bench Judgment refusing to permit the couple to undergo e-registration of their marriage. The...

Stop Implementation Of WhatsApp's New Privacy Policy : Centre Tells Delhi High Court

Responding to a public interest litigation before the Delhi High Court, the Centre has sought for WhatsApp to be restrained from implementing its new privacy policy and terms of service dated 04.01.2021 from 08.02.2021 or any subsequent date pending adjudication on the case by the court.The Centre also stated in its reply that in discharge of its obligation imposed by the Supreme Court to...