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Pulling the dupatta of a girl amounts to offence under S. 354 IPC; Bombay Special Court directs compensation of Rs 15000 to the minor victim

    POCSO Special Court, at Fort, Gr. Bombay: In a case where charge sheet is filed against the accused for offences

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Kerala High Court explains scope of grant of anticipatory bail in offences under SC/ST Act; true import of ‘knowing’ or ‘knowledge’ under Section 3(2)(va) of the Act

    Kerala High Court: In an appeal relating to the grant of anticipatory bail for the commission of offences under Sections

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Allahabad High Court convicts former UP MLA Mukhtar Ansari for threatening jailer

Allahabad High Court: In an appeal filed under Section 378 of Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) against the judgment passed by the

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Allahabad High Court grants bail to POCSO accused without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case

Allahabad High Court: In a bail application filed by the applicant charged under Sections 376-A, 376-B, 354 of Penal Code, 1860 (IPC),

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Journalist Siddique Kappan gets bail after 23 months in prison; cannot leave Delhi for 6 weeks: Supreme Court 

The Kerala journalist was arrested under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act on his way to Hathras, Uttar Pradesh to report on the alleged gang-rape of a Dalit woman, who later died in the Hospital.

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Madras High Court | Teachers directing their students to study well is part and parcel of teaching and would not amount to abetment to suicide

    Madras High Court: In a case related to allegation of murder and rape of a 12th standard school-girl, G.K.Ilanthiraiyan, J.

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The Fundamental Tussle between Bails and Fundamental Rights: Analysing the Vijay Chaudhary Judgment and Determining a Way Forward

by Swarnendu Chatterjee†

Cite as: 2022 SCC OnLine Blog Exp 66

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2022 SCC Vol. 7 Part 4

    Constitution of India — Arts. 300-A and 31 — Expropriation of private property by State — Compensation — Entitlement: State

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2022 SCC Vol. 7 Part 3

    Advocates Act, 1961 — S. 16 — Procedure for designation of Senior Advocates: Clarification of Guidelines prescribed for Supreme Court

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The Law of Weights, Measures and their Declaration on Products

by Samir Malik† and Mahip Singh Sikarwar††

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Rape on the pretext of marriage| Madhya Pradesh High Court astonished by social differentiation still being created on caste-creed basis; denies bail to differently abled person apprehending tampering of witness

Madhya Pradesh High Court: Vivek Agarwal, J. dismissed a bail application of an applicant who was in custody since 29-06-2022 for the

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Andhra Pradesh High Court | Mere allegations of pressure or harassment at workplace will not suffice to attract ingredients of S. 306 IPC; Proof of instigation and abetment is necessary

    Andhra Pradesh High Court: Subba Reddy Satti J. granted anticipatory bail to the Chief Executing Officer (applicant-accused) as on perusal

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Madras High Court condemns a scornful society that sees misfortune with the birth of a girl child and reduces punishment in the instance of ‘Nalla Thangal Syndrome’

Madras High Court: In a case where a mother administered poison to her daughters and she survived but the daughters died, D.

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Charge-sheet and documents adduced prima facie point towards guilt; Allahabad High Court denies bail to journalist Siddique Kappan [Hathras gang-rape row]

Allahabad High Court: Krishan Pahal, J. dismissed the bail application of Siddique Kappan, the journalist who was arrested along with three others

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Madras High Court directs State Police to alter FIR and add Ss. 417 and 420 IPC on alleged concealment of impotency by husband pre-marriage

    Madras High Court: V Sivagnanam J. directed the State police to add the offences under Sections 417 and 420 Penal

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Sexual assault on minors traumatic, destroys personality: Patna High Courts upholds father’s conviction for raping his minor daughters for 6 years

Patna High Court: The Division Bench of A.M. Badar and Rakesh Kumar Verma, JJ., while dismissing an appeal observed that a sexual

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Punjab and Haryana High Court dismisses the order of the Magistrate; Only Juvenile Justice Board to pass orders where there is ‘Juvenile in conflict with law’

Punjab and Haryana High Court: While dealing with an issue on joint proceedings, Vinod S. Bhardwaj, J., held that a proceeding where

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Jharkhand High Court | Upheld the decision of trial court; Accused convicted for dowry death

Jharkhand High Court: Navneet Kumar, J., upheld the conviction of the appellant- accused guilty of killing his wife within a few years

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Law of Obscenity and Freedom of Expression: Where to Draw the Line

by Raj Krishna* and Rahul Singh**

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Madras High Court deprecates the practice of implicating Advocates as accused along with their clients for offences allegedly committed by clients

Advocates, in addition to being professionals, are also officers of the courts and play a vital role in the administration of justice.