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Mere Scolding Of Student Not Abetment Of Suicide : Supreme Court Discharges Teacher In S.306 IPC Case
The Supreme Court recently discharged a teacher who had been accused of abetment to suicide after a student died by suicide following a scolding by the teacher. The Court said that no mens rea can be attributed to the accused as “no normal person could have imagined that a scolding, that too based on a complaint by a student, would result in such tragedy due to the student so scolded...
Divorced Wife Remaining Unmarried Entitled To Maintenance Reflective Of Standard Of Life She Had During Marriage: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court, in a recent ruling has enhanced the permanent alimony payable to the wife to ₹50,000 per month, nearly doubling the amount previously awarded by the Calcutta High Court, to ensure that she can live with the standard of living she enjoyed during the marriage and which reasonably secures her future.The Court observed that the appellant-wife, who has remained unmarried and...
No Temporary Injunction Can Be Granted In Appeal Against Rejection Of Plaint : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court recently observed that there ought to be a subsisting plaint to seek an injunction order. The Court added that an injunction order loses its validity upon rejection of the plaint and would be back in operation only when the plaint is restored/revived.The bench comprising Justices BV Nagarathna and SC Sharma heard the case where the Respondent, along with an appeal against...
POSH Act : States/UTs File Affidavits In Supreme Court Regarding Compliance With Directions To Form LCC, District Officers Etc
Pursuant to a series of orders from the Supreme Court seeking compliance with its December 3, 2024, directions for effective compliance with the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 (POSH Act), finally, all the States and Union Territories filed their affidavit of compliance. A bench of Justice BV Nagarathna and Justice Satish Chandra...
Supreme Court Adopts State's Guidelines On UP Gangster Act In Judgment, Directs Authorities To Strictly Follow Them
The Supreme Court in a recent judgment adopted the guidelines framed by the State of UP regarding the invocation of the Uttar Pradesh Gangsters and Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act, 1986.These guidelines were framed by the State following the nudge by the Court in the case Gorakh Nath Mishra v. State of Uttar Pradesh.While considering another case related to the SHUATS University...
Failure To Prove Motive Not Fatal To Prosecution Case Based On Circumstantial Evidence : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Friday (May 30) upheld the conviction of an individual accused of committing murder, noting that the prosecution's case rested on circumstantial evidence, where proof of motive need not be strictly proved, and the prosecution case cannot be discarded just because motive was not established. The Court added that when the case rested on circumstantial evidence, then...