[ad_1] The Delhi police moved the Delhi High Court on Thursday against the discharge of Congress leader Shashi Tharoor in the case of his wife Sunanda Pushkar's death, more than 15 months after a city court let him off, and sought condonation of delay in filing the revision petition. The...
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[ad_1] New Delhi, "The criminal justice system of ours can itself be a punishment", the Supreme Court has observed while discharging three accused in an alleged abetment of suicide case which was registered way back in 2008 in Punjab. The apex court observed that the appeals, arising out of the...
‘Criminal justice system itself can be a punishment’, SC discharges accused in abetment to suicide case, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms
[ad_1] The Supreme Court has discharged three accused in an alleged 2008 abetment to suicide case in Punjab, saying "the criminal justice system of ours can itself be a punishment".A bench comprising justices S.K. Kaul and Abhay S. Oka said: "The criminal justice system of ours can itself be a...
Consensual sex with married woman on false promise of marriage no ground for rape, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms
[ad_1] The Kerala High Court has ruled that consensual sex with a married woman on the basis of false promise of marriage will not amount to rape since such a promise is not enforceable under law.The court recently gave this ruling in a case where it was considering a petition...
Investment fraud accused can’t seek bail under Criminal Procedure Code, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms
[ad_1] Bail petitions under section 438 or 439 of the Criminal Procedure Code are not maintainable when Karnataka Protection of Interest of Depositors (KPID) in Financial Establishments Act 2004, a special enactment, is invoked against an accused, the high court observed in a recent judgment."The only remedy available is to...
Hc Orders Trial Under Sec 130 Of Ipc, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms
[ad_1] The Gujarat high court has quashed a sessions court’s order discharging 24 prisoners, who were jailed in the 2008 serial blasts case, from a particular charge of aiding ‘state prisoners’ and ‘prisoners of war’ in escaping from the prison in connection with digging 213-foot tunnel in Sabarmati Central Jail...
Accused can’t be freed of rape charge for no mention at FIR stage, says Delhi HC, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms
[ad_1] A rape accused can’t be discharged of the offence merely because the survivor had not levelled the allegation at the FIR stage. Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma said the survivor’s statement before a magistrate disclosing the offence of rape should be sufficient to frame rape charges under Section 376 of...
Married woman alleges rape on false promise of marriage; HC quashes case against accused, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms
[ad_1] The Kerala High Court has quashed the rape case against a 25-year-old man who was accused of sexual assault on the false promise of marriage by a married woman who was estranged from her husband, saying that a promise to wed an already married woman was not enforceable under...
SC agrees to form constitution bench to hear pleas against polygamy, ‘nikah-halala’, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms
[ad_1] The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to reconstitute a constitution bench to hear a clutch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the practice of polygamy and 'nikah-halala' among Muslims.On August 30, a five-judge constitution bench comprising justices Indira Banerjee, Hemant Gupta, Surya Kant, M.M. Sundresh, and Sudhanshu Dhulia...
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[ad_1] A man, who had sex with a married woman, cannot be prosecuted on a complaint alleging that he had sex by promising to marry her, as the woman is already married, reiterated the high court.Justice Kauser Edappagath was considering a petition filed by a 25-year-old man from Kollam challenging...