Odisha POCSO Court Sentences Youth To 30 Years' Rigorous Imprisonment For Rape Of 2-Year-Old Girl

A Special Court in Odisha, constituted under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (the 'POCSO Act'), has recently convicted a 24-year-old man for committing aggravated penetrative sexual assault and rape on a 2 and ½-year-old girl and sentenced him to undergo rigorous imprisonment for 30 years.While finding the accused guilty of the heinous offence, Saroj Kumar Sahoo,...

Rajasthan Govt Forms Panel Led By Former SC Judge Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai To Draft Uniform Civil Code

Rajasthan Government has constituted a high-level committee to prepare the draft of the Rajasthan Uniform Civil Code, 2026 (RUCC), to be headed by the former Supreme Court Judge Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai. Additional Chief Secretary (Home) shall serve as the Member-Secretary of the Committee. The announcement was made by the Cabinet Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Law & Legal...

Bengaluru Court Re-Issues Non Bailable Warrant Against Actor Prakash Raj Accused Of Holding Multiple Voter-IDs

A Bengaluru Court has re-issued a non-bailable warrant against actor Prakash Raj over allegations that he holds multiple voter ID cards in four states including Karnataka.As per a PTI report, the NBW was re-issued on June 12 based on petition by advocate K Dilip Kumar.As per reports, the private complaint alleges that the actor held voter ID cards in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Telangana...

Child's Future Not Safe With Mother Who Fails In “Pious Duties” Towards Husband: Pune Court

A woman is expected to keep her marriage vows, care for her husband physically and emotionally, pray for him and seek his good and in case she does not perform these 'pious' duties towards her husband, then future of their child is 'unsafe' with her, held a Pune Family Court recently.In-charge Family Court Judge Ganesh Ghule passed an order on May 16 granting the custody of a minor boy to...

Tata Harrier Owner Gets Relief In Consumer Case : Tata Motors Asked To Replace Defective Car Or Refund 21.4 Lakh

"A consumer buys a premium vehicle for comfort and safety, not to make repeated trips to the repair workshop," the Court observed.

Hyderabad Court Grants Interim Bail To Bandi Bageerath In POCSO Case To Appear For Exams

A Hyderabad Court has granted interim bail to Bandi Sai Bageerath, son of Minister of State for Home Affairs and BJP leader Bandi Sanjay Kumar. Bageerath has been booked in a POCSO case for allegedly sexually assaulting a minor girl. As per a PTI report, a city court granted him interim bail till June 25 to enable him to write his BBA exams.Earlier, Bageerath had moved the high court...

NALSA Organises Mega Awareness Programme In Srinagar; Justice Vikram Nath Calls For Strengthening Women's Access To Justice

The National Legal Services Authority (NALSA), in collaboration with the Jammu & Kashmir State Legal Services Authority (J&K SLSA), organised a Mega Awareness Programme on “Empowering Women and Strengthening Institutional Legal Support” at Srinagar on Friday.The programme was attended by Justice Vikram Nath, Judge of the Supreme Court of India and Executive Chairman of NALSA;...

High Court Advocates' Association Seek Elevation Of Telangana Origin Advocates As Judges

The Telangana High Court Advocates' Association organized a protest on Wednesday (June 17) seeking consideration of names of State origin advocates for elevation as judges. President of the Association S Surender Reddy, Vice President DL Pandu, Secretary P Shravan Kumar Goud, Joint Secretary P Krishna Keertana, as well as senior members of the bar participated in the protest. The protest...

How Can CID Question Lawyer On Case Being Argued By Him? Kalyan Bandopadhyay Writes To Calcutta HC Bar Association Over Cop's Call

Senior Advocate Kalyan Bandopadhyay has written to the Secretary of the Bar Association of the Calcutta High Court alleging that an officer of the West Bengal CID contacted him seeking permission to interrogate him in connection with a criminal case in which he had appeared as counsel before the High Court.In his letter, Bandopadhyay urged the Bar Association to take appropriate steps...

Kerala Court Refuses To Refer Nivin Pauly's 'Ramachandra Boss & Co' & 'Malayali From India' Film Disputes To Arbitration

The Munsiff Court, Ernakulam on June 12 rejected a petition filed by producer Listin Stephen and M/s Magic Frames seeking to refer to arbitration the disputes raised by Nivin Pauly and M/s. Pauly Junior Pictures LLP relating to the films 'Ramachandra Boss & Co' and 'Malayali From India'.Sri. Nanda Krishna M., I Additional Munsiff dismissed Stephen's petition filed under Section 8 of...

Bengaluru Court Passes John Doe Order Restraining Publication Of Content Against Andhra Deputy CM Pawan Kalyan Over Land Grab Allegations

A Bengaluru Court passed a John Doe order restraining publication and broadcasting of allegedly defamatory content against Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister and Actor Konidala Pawan Kalyan over allegations of land encroachment. The court, in its order dated June 11, modified its earlier interim order dated June 10 to specifically include a list of impugned content sources. The court has...

Conviction Cannot Be Denied Merely Because DNA Test Was Not Conducted: Srinagar Court Convicts Railway Staff In Minor's Rape After 14 Years

A Srinagar Court Court held that the lapse or omission to carry out DNA profiling, by itself, cannot be permitted to decide the fate of trial for the offence of rape, and that the testimony of a prosecutrix in a sexual offence case stands on a higher footing and, if found trustworthy and reliable, does not require corroboration as a matter of rule, while convicting a railway employee...