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Allahabad High Court Quashes POCSO Case Against 'Happily-Married' Couple
Quashing criminal proceedings under the POCSO Act, the Allahabad High Court has observed that forcing a happily-married couple to face trial merely to record a hostile testimony would be an "irony of fate" and an "instrument of harassment".
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Supreme Court Warns Against Vindictive Use Of Criminal Law To Settle Scores
Criminal law cannot become a platform for initiation of vindictive proceedings to settle personal scores and vendettas, the Supreme Court on Monday said, as it deprecated the recent trend where the judicial system is being misused
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Court Relief For Sonia Gandhi Over 'Name In Voter List Before Citizenship' Row
A Delhi court has dismissed a petition seeking criminal proceedings against senior Congress leader Sonia Gandhi over allegations that her name was added to the electoral rolls before she acquired Indian citizenship.
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Top Court Deletes Observation Against Allahabad High Court After Chief Justice BR Gavai's Intervention
The Supreme Court on Friday deleted its observations criticising Allahabad High Court judge Prashant Kumar for allowing criminal proceedings in a civil dispute case, making it clear that its intention was not to embarrass or cast aspersions on him.
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"How Do You Know China Grabbed 2,000 Km Land?" Supreme Court Raps Rahul Gandhi
Rahul Gandhi was given a sharp rebuke by the Supreme Court Monday even as it stayed proceedings in a criminal defamation case - arising from comments about the Indian Army made during his pan-India 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' - against the Congress MP.
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Telangana Minister Konda Surekha To Face Criminal Charges In Ex-Minister KTR Defamation Case
The Nampally Court, after reviewing preliminary evidence, determined there was sufficient prima facie material to proceed with the case.
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Supreme Court Stays Trial In 2 Cases Involving Azam Khan's Son Abdullah
The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed an order of the Allahabad High Court directing Rampur's MP-MLA court to proceed with the trial in two cases linked to former MLA and senior Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan's son Mohammad Abdullah Azam Khan.
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Big Setback For Jacqueline Fernandez In Rs 200 Crore Money Laundering Case
In a big setback for Bollywood actress Jacqueline Fernandez, the Delhi High Court on Thursday refused to quash criminal proceedings against her in connection with a Rs 200 crore money laundering case, involving alleged conman Sukesh Chandrasekhar.
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"Judges Tied Themselves In Knots": Harish Salve On Cash Row Judge Case
Former Solicitor General of India Harish Salve has said that while the judges have "tied themselves up in knots" over the case of Justice Yashwant Verma, the "elephant in the room" was how such a situation came to pass
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Supreme Court Refuses To Quash FIR Against Ex Judge Accused Of Raping Minor Daughter
Calling it "shocking", the Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to quash the criminal proceedings against a former judicial officer accused of sexually abusing his minor daughter.
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Supreme Court Relief For BJP's CT Ravi Over Remark About Woman Minister
The Supreme Court on Monday stayed trial proceedings against Karnataka BJP MLC CT Ravi, who faced criminal charges for sexist comments targeting Congress leader Laxmi Hebbalkar inside the Council building in December last year.
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"Will Destroy Marriage Sanctity...": Why Court Junked Rape Case Against Man
The Rajasthan High Court quashed a rape case against a man after he married the woman he allegedly assaulted; charges were dropped after the court said criminal proceedings against him would 'destroy the sanctity of marriage'.
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"Won't Allow Anyone To...": Top Court Warns Rahul Gandhi For Savarkar Remarks
The Supreme Court on Friday warned Rahul Gandhi against making adverse remarks about freedom fighters as it stayed a trial court summons over remarks about VD Savarkar.
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Supreme Court Extends Stay On Defamation Case Proceedings Against Arvind Kejriwal, Atishi
The Supreme Court on Thursday extended its interim order staying the proceedings of the criminal defamation case against current and former Chief Ministers of Delhi, Atishi and Arvind Kejriwal.
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Long-Standing Consensual Adulterous Relationship Does Not Amount To Rape: High Court
The court quashed the criminal proceedings against a man from Moradabad who was accused of raping a woman on the pretext of a promise to marry her.
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Allahabad High Court Quashes POCSO Case Against 'Happily-Married' Couple
Quashing criminal proceedings under the POCSO Act, the Allahabad High Court has observed that forcing a happily-married couple to face trial merely to record a hostile testimony would be an "irony of fate" and an "instrument of harassment".
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Supreme Court Warns Against Vindictive Use Of Criminal Law To Settle Scores
Criminal law cannot become a platform for initiation of vindictive proceedings to settle personal scores and vendettas, the Supreme Court on Monday said, as it deprecated the recent trend where the judicial system is being misused
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Court Relief For Sonia Gandhi Over 'Name In Voter List Before Citizenship' Row
A Delhi court has dismissed a petition seeking criminal proceedings against senior Congress leader Sonia Gandhi over allegations that her name was added to the electoral rolls before she acquired Indian citizenship.
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Top Court Deletes Observation Against Allahabad High Court After Chief Justice BR Gavai's Intervention
The Supreme Court on Friday deleted its observations criticising Allahabad High Court judge Prashant Kumar for allowing criminal proceedings in a civil dispute case, making it clear that its intention was not to embarrass or cast aspersions on him.
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"How Do You Know China Grabbed 2,000 Km Land?" Supreme Court Raps Rahul Gandhi
Rahul Gandhi was given a sharp rebuke by the Supreme Court Monday even as it stayed proceedings in a criminal defamation case - arising from comments about the Indian Army made during his pan-India 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' - against the Congress MP.
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Telangana Minister Konda Surekha To Face Criminal Charges In Ex-Minister KTR Defamation Case
The Nampally Court, after reviewing preliminary evidence, determined there was sufficient prima facie material to proceed with the case.
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Supreme Court Stays Trial In 2 Cases Involving Azam Khan's Son Abdullah
The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed an order of the Allahabad High Court directing Rampur's MP-MLA court to proceed with the trial in two cases linked to former MLA and senior Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan's son Mohammad Abdullah Azam Khan.
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Big Setback For Jacqueline Fernandez In Rs 200 Crore Money Laundering Case
In a big setback for Bollywood actress Jacqueline Fernandez, the Delhi High Court on Thursday refused to quash criminal proceedings against her in connection with a Rs 200 crore money laundering case, involving alleged conman Sukesh Chandrasekhar.
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"Judges Tied Themselves In Knots": Harish Salve On Cash Row Judge Case
Former Solicitor General of India Harish Salve has said that while the judges have "tied themselves up in knots" over the case of Justice Yashwant Verma, the "elephant in the room" was how such a situation came to pass
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Supreme Court Refuses To Quash FIR Against Ex Judge Accused Of Raping Minor Daughter
Calling it "shocking", the Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to quash the criminal proceedings against a former judicial officer accused of sexually abusing his minor daughter.
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Supreme Court Relief For BJP's CT Ravi Over Remark About Woman Minister
The Supreme Court on Monday stayed trial proceedings against Karnataka BJP MLC CT Ravi, who faced criminal charges for sexist comments targeting Congress leader Laxmi Hebbalkar inside the Council building in December last year.
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"Will Destroy Marriage Sanctity...": Why Court Junked Rape Case Against Man
The Rajasthan High Court quashed a rape case against a man after he married the woman he allegedly assaulted; charges were dropped after the court said criminal proceedings against him would 'destroy the sanctity of marriage'.
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"Won't Allow Anyone To...": Top Court Warns Rahul Gandhi For Savarkar Remarks
The Supreme Court on Friday warned Rahul Gandhi against making adverse remarks about freedom fighters as it stayed a trial court summons over remarks about VD Savarkar.
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Supreme Court Extends Stay On Defamation Case Proceedings Against Arvind Kejriwal, Atishi
The Supreme Court on Thursday extended its interim order staying the proceedings of the criminal defamation case against current and former Chief Ministers of Delhi, Atishi and Arvind Kejriwal.
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Long-Standing Consensual Adulterous Relationship Does Not Amount To Rape: High Court
The court quashed the criminal proceedings against a man from Moradabad who was accused of raping a woman on the pretext of a promise to marry her.
