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Child Sexual Abuse Cases Under The POCSO Act Cannot Be Dismissed Through A Compromise Between The Involved Parties: Allahabad High Court

Case Title: Sanjeev Kumar vs State A single bench of Justice Samit Gopal of the Allahabad High Court while hearing a plea challenging summons and...

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Supreme Court Sentenced A Man To 30 Years Of Rigorous Imprisonment For Raping A 7-Year-Old Girl In Temple

A division bench of Justices CT Ravikumar and Rajesh Bindal of the Supreme Court sentenced a man to 30 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping a 7-year-old girl...

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Himachal Pradesh HC Has Ruled That A Case Under The POCSO Act Can Be Quashed To Maintain The Marital Harmony Of The Accused And...

Case Title: Ranjeet Kumar v. State of Himachal Pradesh A Division Bench of Justices Tarlok Singh Chauhan and Satyen Vaidya of Himachal Pradesh High Court while allowing a petition...

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Delhi High Court Upholds Acquittal Of A Muslim Man Who Was Accused Of Raping His 15-Year-Old Wife

Case Title: State vs Mohd Kayum A division bench of Justice Suresh Kumar Kait and Justice Neena Bansal Krishna of Delhi High Court while upholding...

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16-Year-Old Girl Is Capable To Make Decision About Sexual Intercourse, Meghalaya HC quashed a case against a boyfriend who is convicted for rape

Case Title: John Franklin Shylla vs State of Meghalaya A division bench of Justice W Diengdoh of Meghalaya High Court while quashing the proceedings against...

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Madhya Pradesh HC Urges Central Government To Reduce The Age Of Consent For Sex From 18 to 16 Yrs

Case Title: Rahul Chandel vs State A single bench of Justice Deepak Kumar Agarwal of Madhya Pradesh High Court urged the Central government to reduce the...

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“Guru Or Teachers Are Considered As God In This Country”: Karnataka High Court

Case Title: C Manjunath vs State of Karnataka A single bench of Justice Umesh M Adiga of Karnataka High Court while denying bail to a...

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POCSO Act Has Been enacted To Protect Children From Sexual Assault, Not To Punish Minors In Romantic Or Consensual Relationship: Bombay High Court

Justice Anuja Prabhudessai of Bombay High Court, while granting bail to a 22-year-old who is accused of kidnapping and raping of a minor, said that...

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Aadhar Card Is Not A Proof For Presuming And Determining The Age Of A Minor Rape Survivor: Madhya Pradesh High Court

Case Name: Manoj Kumar Yadav vs State of Madhya Pradesh The single bench Judge, Justice Vivek Agarwal of Madhya Pradesh High Court while dismissing the...

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Using Physical Violence Or Corporal Punishment On Students In The Name Of Discipline Is Inhumane And Unacceptable In Education: Chhattisgarh High Court

Case Title: Sister Mercy vs State of Chhattisgarh A division bench of Chief Justice Ramesh Sinha and Justice Ravindra Kumar Agrawal of the Chhattisgarh High...

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SC Rejected PIL Restraining Use Of Body Parts As Political Party Symbols

A Bench of Chief Justice of India, DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Justice PS Narasimha of the Supreme Court dismissed a PIL petition (Public Interest Litigation)...

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Kerala High Court Has Granted Bail To A Woman Who Was Accused Of Throwing Her Newborn From A Balcony

The single bench of Justice CS Dias of Kerala High Court granted bail to a woman who is accused of throwing her new born...