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Del HC | Alt News co-founder alleged to have harassed a minor girl on Twitter: HC directs no coercive action to be taken

Delhi High Court: Yogesh Khanna, J., held that no coercive action shall be taken against the co-founder of ALT News with regard to

Published on September 10, 2020September 18, 2020By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Tri HC takes suo-motu cognizance on reports of minor girl being pushed into flesh trade outside State; Co-operative efforts of agencies resulted in bringing the girl back to Tripura

Tripura High Court: A Division Bench of Akil Kureshi, CJ and S. Talapatra, J., initiated suo motu petition with regard to report wherein

Published on July 21, 2020July 24, 2020By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Ker HC | Rape accused freed as prosecution fails to prove act committed without victim’s consent

Kerala High Court: P.B. Suresh Kumar, J.,  overturned the conviction of a rape accused by giving him benefit of doubt. Case of the

Published on July 10, 2020July 18, 2020By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

P&H HC | Courts should abstain from introducing personal ideas related to social morality

Punjab and Haryana High Court: While deciding the instant petition filed by a runaway couple seeking protection from arrest and bodily harm

Published on May 28, 2020June 12, 2020By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Bom HC | 16 year old girl, victim of rape, allowed for medical termination of 24 weeks pregnancy; In case child born is alive, all necessary facilities to save its life shall be taken

Bombay High Court: S.C. Gupte, J., allowed medical termination of 24 weeks pregnancy of 16 year old girl victim of rape & sexual

Published on May 11, 2020May 22, 2020By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Ker HC |  No pre-arrest bail for offence against the minor girl; even if custodial interrogation of applicant unwarranted

Kerala High Court: Raja Vijajayaraghavan, J. rejected an application for pre-arrest bail on the ground that victim was a minor girl. An

Published on May 30, 2019June 14, 2019By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Sikkim HC | Conviction under POCSO Act maintained on failure of rebutting presumption of culpable mental state

Sikkim High Court: A Bench of Vijay Kumar Bist, C.J., and Meenakshi Madan Rai, J., dismissed an application filed against the judgment of

Published on March 20, 2019March 26, 2019By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Petition for termination of 28 weeks old pregnancy of a minor girl rejected: Punjab and Haryana High Court

Punjab and Haryana High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Rakesh Kumar Jain, J., refused to grant permission to terminate pregnancy

Published on September 5, 2018September 5, 2018By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Nothing other than “death sentence” is the punishment for gruesome murder of a child only to satisfy lust

Madhya Pradesh High Court: While dismissing the appeals filed in regard to the commitment of heinous crime of gang rape and murder,

Published on May 11, 2018June 19, 2018By Saba
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Breaking| Asaram to undergo life imprisonment in 2013 rape case

Self-styled Godman Asaram has been found guilty of the rape of a 16 year old girl in 2013 by the Special Trial

Published on April 25, 2018April 26, 2018By Saba
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Consent for sexual intercourse, of a girl aged 14 years is immaterial and it is rape under POCSO Act

Karnataka High Court: While deciding a criminal petition filed under Section 439 of CrPC, a Single Judge Bench of Budihal R.B., J.

Published on October 14, 2017October 27, 2017By Saba
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