Source: newindianexpress.com NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the Centre on a PIL seeking guidelines to protect the identity, reputation and integrity of those accused of sexual offences till the completion of the probe. A bench headed by Justice S A Bobde asked the government to respond to the PIL filed by
Source: hindustantimes.com The Kondhwa police lodged a case of cheating against two unidentified persons for siphoning off ā¹7.50 lakh from the bank account of a money transfer merchant in November last year. The cyber criminals siphoned off the money by hacking the money transfer software. According to police inspector (crime) MS Kumbhar, the offence took
Source: afternoonvoice.com Expressing concern over the misuse of the anti-dowry law by ādisgruntledā wives against her husbands and in-laws, the Supreme Court ruled that police cannot arrest accused in such cases āautomaticallyā and it must give reasons for taking such steps which would be judicially examined. In the recent past, many innocent men and their
Source: afternoonvoice.com TheĀ Supreme CourtĀ in the recent past proclaimed that the false complaints underĀ Section 498AĀ ofĀ Indian Penal CodeĀ against innocent were increasingly making the husband a victim. The Supreme Court also said that women were increasingly using the anti-dowry law to harass and create pressure against the husband and his relatives on mere lodging of a complaint. Citing
Source: barandbench.com The Supreme Court reaffirmed that wilful conduct that drives a wife to commit suicide or demand for dowry, both could attract conviction under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). The Supreme Court observed, “Conviction under Section 498A IPC is for subjecting a woman to cruelty. Cruelty is explained as any wilful
Source: indiatoday.in Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will be kept busy with court appearances in the coming days as he is facing multiple defamation cases across the country. Rahul Gandhi appeared on Thursday before a magistrate court in Mumbai and pleaded not guilty in a defamation case lodged against him by a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)
Source: hindustantimes.com A Mumbai court on Wednesday granted anticipatory bail to Kerala CPI(M) state secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnanās son Binoy Kodiyeri, who is an accused in a rape case filed by a former bar dancer under strict conditions. The Sessions court in Dindoshi directed him to appear before the investigating officer on every Monday and asked
Source: business-standard.com A six-year-old tribal girl was allegedly raped by a 50-year-old man when she was playing near her house in Nowrozabad area of Umaria district in Madhya Pradesh, police said on Friday. Shivnath Kulke has been arrested for allegedly raping the minor girl when she was playing in her neighbourhood in Kathautiya village under
Source – indianexpress.com The Supreme Court Wednesday questioned the Centreās contention that the penal provision on adultery should be retained to protect the sanctity of marriage. A five-judge bench, which is hearing petitions questioning the constitutionality of the provision that makes only men liable for the offence, asked what was the collective good in making
