Subsequent Refusal To Marry After Sex Not Sufficient To Constitute Offence Of Rape: Kerala High Court

While granting bail to a Central Government Counsel in a sexual assault case, the Kerala High Court held that a subsequent refusal to marry or a failure to lead the relationship into a marriage is not sufficient to constitute the offence of rape even if the partners had indulged in a physical relationship.Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas observed that a sexual relationship between two willing...

Electricity Cannot Be Denied To Tenant Merely Because Landlord Refused To Issue No Objection Certificate: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that electricity is a basic amenity of which a person cannot be deprived. "Electricity cannot be declined to a tenant on the ground of failure/refusal of the landlord to issue no objection certificate. All that the electricity supply authority is required to examine is whether the applicant for electricity connection is in occupation of the premises in question",...

'A Proficient Advocate Must Be Physically Fit' : Supreme Court Enhances Motor Accident Compensation For Lawyer Who Suffered Disabilities

Observing that physical fitness is necessary for a proficient advocate and physical disabilities hamper the smooth functioniong of a lawyer, the Supreme Court recently granted relief to an advocate who had suffered 100% permanent disability due to an accident.The Court partly allowed his appeal by enhancing the compensation awarded by the High Court from Rs 23,20,000/- to Rs...

"No One To Police The Police": MP High Court Raps MP Police Over Failure To Trace Minor Girl Allegedly Raped & Killed

The Madhya Pradesh High Court recently came down heavily on the state police department for its callousness and failure in tracing an 11-year-old missing minor girl whose father had approached the High Court 5 years back in the year 2017.Deprecating the way state police handled the case, the bench of Justice Rohit Arya and Justice Milind Ramesh Phadke remarked that there was no one to Police...

Govind Pansare's Murder : Daughter Moves Bombay High Court Seeking Transfer Of Probe From SIT To Maharashtra ATS

The Bombay High Court on Thursday asked the Maharashtra Government to respond to an application to transfer slain communist leader Govind Pansare's murder investigation to the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad from the State SIT to find the real mastermind behind the murders. The application filed by the 82-year-old's daughter, Smita Pansare, states that nearly seven years after her...

Difference Between "Per Incurium" & "Sub Silentio" -Explainer

Those things which have been so often adjudged ought to rest in peace. This statement by the English jurist, Lord Coke succinctly summarizes the jurisprudential force of the doctrine of precedent. The doctrine of precedent occupies an important position in the organization of any judicial system. It implies that a decision by a court higher in the pyramid of judicial hierarchy, binds...

Karnataka HC Judge Gets Threat Of Transfer For Slamming Anti-Corruption Bureau Probe. [ Video]

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No Straws, No Bail, No Justice: Remembering Stan Swamy Who Died In Custody

"When each dissenter is put behind bars, a thorn each is removed from the flesh of the ruling class." – Late Father Stan Swamy

Something Amiss In Zubair Case; Worrying That Many Judges Are Scared To Grant Bail : Justice Deepak Gupta

Former Supreme Court Justice Deepak Gupta, in this interview with Manu Sebastian(Managing Editor of LiveLaw), shares his opinion about the case against fact-checker Mohammed Zubair and expresses concern about the worrying trend of Courts denying bail without proper...

Karnataka HC Judge Says He Was Threatened With Transfer For Slamming ACB Investigation

"I am going to protect the independence of the judiciary at the cost of my judgeship", the judge said.

500 Supreme Court Judgments of 2022 Part 4 (Citations 301 to 400)

See Also 500 Supreme Court Judgments of 2022 [Citations 1 to 100]500 Supreme Court Judgments of 2022 (Citations 101 - 200)500 Supreme Court Judgments of 2022 (Citations 201 - 300) Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012; Section 23 - Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973; Section 155(2) - Whether Section 155(2) Cr.P.C. will apply to the investigation of an offence...

Nabam Rebia Decision Should Be Reviewed As It Has Great Mischief Potential : PDT Achary

The law laid down by the Supreme Court in the 2016 case Nabam Rebia versus Deputy Speaker that a Speaker cannot initiate disqualification proceedings when a resolution seeking his removal is pending should be reviewed, said PDT Achary, former Secretary General of the Lok Sabha. Achary was speaking in an interview with Manu Sebastian, Managing Editor of LiveLaw, on the anti-defection law...