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Supreme Court Quashes POCSO Case Against Teacher for Lack of Sexual Intent; Corporal Punishment Alone Cannot Constitute Sexual Assault

Apex Court Sets Aside High Court Order, Holds That Inappropriate Conduct and Physical Beating by Teacher Do Not Attract Section 10 of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012

Allahabad HC directs removal of all remaining encroachments at Lucknow court premises

UP govt seems determined to use Goonda Act as tool of harassment: Allahabad HC

SC to hear on Sep 15 IAS officer's plea to quash cognisance order in money laundering case

Delhi HC protects personality rights of journalist Rajat Sharma

Allahabad High Court Directs Strict Age Verification in Marriage Registration to Prevent Child Marriages

High Court Grants Protection to 20-Year-Old Woman's Right to Pursue Jain Diksha, Rejects Parental Interference

MP HC refuses to quash FIR against four in Damoh school hijab case

Magistrate cannot take cognisance twice in same case: Allahabad HC

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Man shot dead in Bihar's Sitamarhi district; locals vandalise police vehicles

Leader of the Opposition in the Bihar Assembly, Tejashwi Yadav, highlighted the incident to say that "law and order has collapsed under the Samrat Choudhary-led state government".

Sep 12

Palghar hospital violence: MLA's son, 13 others arrested; HC slams lax, 'ridiculous' probe

On the intervening night of September 5 and 6, Sena workers barged into Relief Hospital at Palghar where a few injured 'Govindas' who had participated in the Dahi Handi celebrations had been admitted. Claiming that the hospital was charging exorbitant fees, they allegedly vandalised the property, threatened the doctors, assaulted staff members and forcibly took away one of the injured persons from the ICU.

Sep 11

Haryana: Man sentenced to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment in female student abduction case

According to a police spokesperson, a 15-year-old schoolgirl from a village did not return home after going to school in 2023. Based on her family's complaint, a case was registered at the Nuh Women's Police Station.

Sep 11

Three men accused of obstructing officials during encroachment removal acquitted

Ad-hoc Sessions Judge RM Rathod acquitted Pradip Kacher Patil (61), Purushottam Kacher Patil (56), and Ravindra Kashinath Patil (65) in the case, which stemmed from an incident that took place in November 2014 during removal of an encroaching container at Kasarvadavali.

Sep 11

Gurugram court convicts man for raping minor, hands him 20-year sentence

The case dates back to April 2023, when a complaint was registered at the Sector 14 police station here regarding the rape of the minor, they said, adding that a case was registered under the relevant sections of the IPC.

Sep 11

Man held in Mumbai mall entry case fabricated PMO ID card using AI tools: Police tell court

The submission was made before Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (Esplanade Court) D S Khedekar at the end of the police remand of the primary accused Rohan Parikh (24) and his associate Dilip Kunde (49).

Sep 11

Saif Ali Khan attack: Court says Bangladeshi man to face trial, denies his request to plead guilty

Khan was repeatedly stabbed with a knife inside his 12th floor apartment in upscale Bandra on January 16 last year. Mohammad Shariful Islam was arrested two days after the incident and is currently in judicial custody.

Sep 11

Hospital violence: Charges framed by Kalyan court against Sena corporator Mhatre, others

On July 6, Mhatre, a corporator of Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation, and co-accused Ramesh Pawar, Pramod Nikam, Akshay Karande and Sadhana Karande allegedly assaulted doctors and other staff at the Shastri Nagar Hospital in Dombivali West over purported delay in the treatment Sadhana's pregnant daughter.

Sep 11

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Supreme Court Quashes POCSO Case Against Teacher for Lack of Sexual Intent; Corporal Punishment Alone Cannot Constitute Sexual Assault

Apex Court Sets Aside High Court Order, Holds That Inappropriate Conduct and Physical Beating by Teacher Do Not Attract Section 10 of Protection of Ch...

SC to hear on Sep 15 IAS officer's plea to quash cognisance order in money laundering case

Singhal, a former Jharkhand mines department secretary, was ...

Supreme Court Mandates Urgent Implementation of Nutritional Labelling on Packaged Foods

Front-of-Package Labelling to Combat Health Risks from High-...

CIDCO fined Rs 10k by NGT for delay in flamingo flight pattern report with regard to NMIA ops

The NGT Western Zonal Bench, comprising Justice Dinesh Kumar...

SC refuses to set aside appointment of MDU assistant professor, orders verification of PhD degree

The top court said the degree was not an essential qualifica...

High Courts

Allahabad HC directs removal of all remaining encroachments at Lucknow court premises

The court had further directed that if notices could not be served, they should be published in a Hindi and an English daily, giving the affected persons at least 10 days to respond. To ensure that judicial work was not disrupted, the court permitted the demolition exercise to be carried out on Sundays as well.

UP govt seems determined to use Goonda Act as tool of harassment: Allahabad HC

Delhi HC protects personality rights of journalist Rajat Sharma

Allahabad High Court Directs Strict Age Verification in Marriage Registration to Prevent Child Marriages

High Court Grants Protection to 20-Year-Old Woman's Right to Pursue Jain Diksha, Rejects Parental Interference

MP HC refuses to quash FIR against four in Damoh school hijab case

Magistrate cannot take cognisance twice in same case: Allahabad HC

Punjab and Haryana HC dismisses AAP leader Deepak Singla's bail plea in money-laundering case

10-day alcohol ban during Ganesh festival in Pune curtailed to 2 days after HC rebuke

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When the Tenant Dies, Who Inherits the Tenancy?

The Court recognised the tenancy rights of the deceased tenant's maternal aunt's daughter (commonly referred to as Mausi-ki-Ladki), who had continuous...

Voyage From A Dominion State to Sovereign Democratic Republic

Driven by these continuous struggles and changing global dy...

Fair Trial

Section 314 Criminal Procedure Code provides that any party ...

Intervention Of Third Parties Including Defacto Complainant In Criminal Proceedings

The basic distinction drawn in the statute by introducing th...

Voice of Dissent under the Shadow of LATHI and Rule of Law

The true test of any democracy is not how it treats those wh...

Hierarchy Of Revenue Officers Under Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887

Financial Commissioner shall control all revenue officers in...

Consumer Laws

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Delhi consumer commission orders bank to pay Rs 49,600 over failed Rs 10,000 ATM transaction

The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission also directed the bank to pay Rs 29,600 as compensation for delayed reversal of the failed transac...

EPFO ordered to pay 6 Percent interest for 35-day delay in settling claim

The EPFO argued that he had not submitted the required joint...

CCI Dismisses Abuse of Dominant Position Allegations Against Vygon India Pvt. Ltd.

Competition Commission of India finds no prima facie case un...

Insurer can't reject claim if alcohol habit disclosed before policy purchase: Consumer commission

The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (Nagpur)...

Hospital 'callous, insensitive' for delaying newborn's discharge over insurance: Consumer panel

The State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (SCDRC), in...

Taxation Laws

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ITAT Delhi Bench Upholds Taxation of Excess Share Premium on CCPS Issued by OYO to Holding Company; Rejects Disallowance of Management Fees

Tribunal rules tax authorities cannot revalue shares when valuation done by registered valuers per Rule 11UA; clarifies payments to joint venture for ...