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Suicide

Case BriefsHigh Courts

Del HC | Mere bickering doesn’t constitute offence under Ss. 304-B and 498-A IPC; in laws living in separate house discharged

Delhi High Court: Sanjeev Sachdeva, J., allowed a petition filed by in-laws of the deceased (wife) against the order of the trial court

Published on March 15, 2019March 16, 2019By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

P&H HC | Proof of direct or indirect acts of incitement to the commission of suicide required to prove abetment of suicide

Punjab and Haryana High Court: The Bench of Arvind Singh Sangwan, J. set aside an order framing charges under Sections 306 and

Published on February 19, 2019February 20, 2019By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Repeated attempts by wife to commit suicide amounts to extreme cruelty; divorce granted

Delhi High Court: A Division Bench comprising of G.S. Sistani and Jyoti Singh, JJ. dismissed an appeal against the judgment of Family Court

Published on November 30, 2018December 1, 2018By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Husband acquitted from charge of abetting wife’s suicide on absence of instigation or provocation

Calcutta High Court: A Division Bench comprising of Md. Mumtaz Khan and Jay Sengupta, JJ. partly allowed the appeal of the appellant-husband

Published on September 5, 2018September 19, 2018By Bhumika Indulia
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Hot Off The PressNews

Notice to Centre on court-monitored probe in alleged suicide due to “harassment”: SC

Supreme Court: The Bench comprising of CJ Dipak Misra and AM Khanwilkar and Dr DY Chandrachud, JJ., sought centre’s response on the

Published on August 14, 2018August 14, 2018By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Husband acquitted of charges under Section 498-A IPC on grounds of parity with co-accused

Bombay High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Manish Pitale, J., acquitted the appellant-husband who was convicted by the trial court

Published on August 4, 2018August 8, 2018By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsTribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

NHRC: Notice issued to Centre and Maharashtra Govt over suicide of 639 farmers in Maharashtra between March to May, 2018

National Human Rights Commission: NHRC has taken suo motu cognizance of media reports that the Government of Maharashtra in the State Assembly

Published on July 18, 2018By Saba
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Clear mens rea to commit the offence is a sine qua non for conviction under Section 306 IPC

Bombay High Court: A Division Bench comprising of P.N. Deshmukh and M.G. Giratkar, JJ. allowed an application for quashing an FIR lodged

Published on July 11, 2018July 19, 2018By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsSupreme Court

Assignment of work, by itself, is not a ground to make superior officer liable under Section 306 IPC

Supreme Court: Uday U. Lalit, J. speaking for himself and Arun Mishra, J., delivered the judgment of the vacation bench holding that

Published on June 28, 2018June 29, 2018By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Seeking financial help from wife does not by itself amount to cruelty

Bombay High Court: A criminal appeal preferred by the appellant against the order of his conviction and sentence passed by the trial

Published on June 5, 2018June 25, 2018By Saba
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

‘Live link’ between the act of appellant and the act of deceased is necessary for conviction under Section 306 IPC

Chhattisgarh High Court: The appellant was acquitted of the charges under Section 306 IPC by a Single Judge Bench comprising of Ram

Published on April 19, 2018May 30, 2018By Saba
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Legislation UpdatesStatutes/Bills/Ordinances

No prosecution for attempt to commit suicide: Person shall be presumed to be under severe stress

Enacting the new Mental Healthcare Act, 2017, Parliament has decriminalised the attempt to commit suicide. A person attempting to commit suicide shall

Published on April 11, 2017July 10, 2017By SM
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Ordinary tantrums and discord or differences in domestic life does not amount to cruelty as envisaged under Section 498-A  IPC

Bombay High Court: While allowing the application for suspension of sentence of the applicant/accused under Sections 498-A and 306 read with Section

Published on February 3, 2017February 28, 2017By Saba
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Case BriefsSupreme Court

In order to convict a person for abetment of suicide, there has to be a clear mens rea to commit an offence

Supreme Court: Dealing with the scope of Section 306 IPC, the Court said that in order to convict a person under Section

Published on December 3, 2016January 4, 2017By Prachi Bhardwaj
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Case BriefsSupreme Court

Ruchika Girhotra Case: S.P.S. Rathore’s conviction upheld; sentence mitigated due to old age

Supreme Court: In the Ruchika Girhotra case, the Court reduce the sentence of S.P.S. Rathore to the period already undergone by him

Published on September 23, 2016September 30, 2016By Prachi Bhardwaj
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Case BriefsHigh CourtsUniversities and Educational Institutions

State is not responsible for a person’s suicide due to hike of fees charged by Private Schools

Madras High Court: In the matter where the deceased had killed one of his children before committing suicide due to the exorbitant

Published on June 27, 2016August 20, 2016By Sucheta
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Case BriefsSupreme Court

Presumption of abetment of suicide in dowry death cases where cruelty has been established, can be revoked only in rare cases

Supreme Court: Hearing the appeal by the husband and the in-laws of the victim of dowry death against the order of the

Published on June 10, 2016August 20, 2016By Sucheta
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Law School NewsOthers

CONDEMNING THE SHRINKING DEMOCRATIC SPACES IN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

Reported by Sonali Charak

Published on January 25, 2016February 9, 2016By Sucheta
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High Courts

Interpretation of word ‘sasuralwale’ to include ‘husband’ in case of dowry death

Chhattisgarh High Court: While holding that the word ‘sasuralwale’ includes husband and relatives of husband normally residing under same roof, a bench

Published on March 11, 2015October 14, 2015By Sucheta
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Supreme Court

Conviction under Section 302 IPC of a person who survived a suicide pact, improper

Supreme Court: In a one of a kind case where the deceased and the accused had a suicide pact, in which the

Published on September 16, 2014October 14, 2015By Sucheta
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