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Not Reporting Child Sex Abuse A Crime, Headmaster To Be Tried: Supreme Court
The court set aside orders of the trial court and the Gauhati High Court that had discharged the headmistress from prosecution for allegedly failing to report the complaint of an eight-year-old student.
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Can You Lose Pension Over Absence From Work? Orissa High Court Draws The Line
The legal dispute dates back to disciplinary proceedings initiated against a railways employee after he remained away from duty.
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Hour Before Vijay's Karur Visit, Madras High Court's Big Decision On Jobs Row
The High Court was hearing a public interest litigation seeking to restrain Vijay and the TVK from offering jobs to victims' families and directing the CBI to examine whether such appointments could affect the fairness of the probe.
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Bombay High Court Grants Interim Relief To Preity Zinta In Deepfake Battle
The court found that a prima facie case had been established and granted interim relief in her favour.
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"Serious Blot On Civilised Society": Bombay High Court On Manual Scavenging
The Aurangabad bench of the high court held the state responsible for ensuring Rs 30 lakh compensation reaches the victims' families.
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Child Marriage Ban Applies To All Religions: Allahabad High Court
It made clear that no personal law, including Muslim personal law, can violate the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act or bypass the POCSO Act.
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Spouse Can Seek Call And Hotel Records To Prove Adultery: Supreme Court
The case stems from a divorce petition filed by the wife, who accused her husband of cruelty and adultery.
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"Your Life, Your Choice": Bombay High Court Protects Woman Fleeing Forced Marriage
Bombay High Court affirms adult woman's right to decide marriage and residence.
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Taj Mahal Or Tejo Mahalaya? High Court Issues Notice To Centre On Petition
Lower courts had earlier rejected calls for a scientific evaluation and physical survey of the Taj's premises.
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Gujarat Court Upholds Death Sentence For 38 In 2008 Ahmedabad Blasts Case
On July 26, 2008, a series of 21 bomb blasts ripped through Ahmedabad in a span of 70 minutes, killing 56 persons and injuring 200 others.
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Man Who Killed Wife Gets Reduced Sentence Over Her '1,000 Husbands' Remark
A Division Bench of Justice Vivek Agarwal and Justice Avanindra Kumar Singh partly allowed the appeal filed by Shiva, who had been convicted by a Chhindwara trial court for killing his pregnant wife, Kiran.
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"Judges Cannot Be Threatened For Their Verdicts": Madhya Pradesh High Court
Calling the threats a direct attack on the justice delivery system, a Division Bench of Justice Vivek Agarwal and Justice Avnindra Kumar Singh observed that a judicial officer cannot be threatened merely because a section of society disagrees with a court verdict.
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'Trying To Turn Citizens Into Slaves": Bombay High Court On Political Activist's City Ban
Bombay High Court judge Justice Jamdar criticised Mumbai Police for using externment orders to suppress dissent and reminded them of citizens' constitutional rights.
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No MBBS Degree For Student Till Fees Traced To Maoist Group Repaid: Court
A Division Bench held that while educational certificates generally cannot be withheld over fee disputes, this case stood on a completely different footing because the fee paid had been seized by the National Investigation Agency as alleged proceeds of crime.
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Trees Cut, Ponds Destroyed In Key Kerala Reserve, High Court Takes Note
The environmental damage centres on nearly 300 acres of cardamom patta land at Goodanpara Estate, where forest officials say large-scale tree cutting and excavation were carried out under the guise of developing cardamom plantations.
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Not Reporting Child Sex Abuse A Crime, Headmaster To Be Tried: Supreme Court
The court set aside orders of the trial court and the Gauhati High Court that had discharged the headmistress from prosecution for allegedly failing to report the complaint of an eight-year-old student.
-
Can You Lose Pension Over Absence From Work? Orissa High Court Draws The Line
The legal dispute dates back to disciplinary proceedings initiated against a railways employee after he remained away from duty.
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Hour Before Vijay's Karur Visit, Madras High Court's Big Decision On Jobs Row
The High Court was hearing a public interest litigation seeking to restrain Vijay and the TVK from offering jobs to victims' families and directing the CBI to examine whether such appointments could affect the fairness of the probe.
-
Bombay High Court Grants Interim Relief To Preity Zinta In Deepfake Battle
The court found that a prima facie case had been established and granted interim relief in her favour.
-
"Serious Blot On Civilised Society": Bombay High Court On Manual Scavenging
The Aurangabad bench of the high court held the state responsible for ensuring Rs 30 lakh compensation reaches the victims' families.
-
Child Marriage Ban Applies To All Religions: Allahabad High Court
It made clear that no personal law, including Muslim personal law, can violate the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act or bypass the POCSO Act.
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Spouse Can Seek Call And Hotel Records To Prove Adultery: Supreme Court
The case stems from a divorce petition filed by the wife, who accused her husband of cruelty and adultery.
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"Your Life, Your Choice": Bombay High Court Protects Woman Fleeing Forced Marriage
Bombay High Court affirms adult woman's right to decide marriage and residence.
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Taj Mahal Or Tejo Mahalaya? High Court Issues Notice To Centre On Petition
Lower courts had earlier rejected calls for a scientific evaluation and physical survey of the Taj's premises.
-
Gujarat Court Upholds Death Sentence For 38 In 2008 Ahmedabad Blasts Case
On July 26, 2008, a series of 21 bomb blasts ripped through Ahmedabad in a span of 70 minutes, killing 56 persons and injuring 200 others.
-
Man Who Killed Wife Gets Reduced Sentence Over Her '1,000 Husbands' Remark
A Division Bench of Justice Vivek Agarwal and Justice Avanindra Kumar Singh partly allowed the appeal filed by Shiva, who had been convicted by a Chhindwara trial court for killing his pregnant wife, Kiran.
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"Judges Cannot Be Threatened For Their Verdicts": Madhya Pradesh High Court
Calling the threats a direct attack on the justice delivery system, a Division Bench of Justice Vivek Agarwal and Justice Avnindra Kumar Singh observed that a judicial officer cannot be threatened merely because a section of society disagrees with a court verdict.
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'Trying To Turn Citizens Into Slaves": Bombay High Court On Political Activist's City Ban
Bombay High Court judge Justice Jamdar criticised Mumbai Police for using externment orders to suppress dissent and reminded them of citizens' constitutional rights.
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No MBBS Degree For Student Till Fees Traced To Maoist Group Repaid: Court
A Division Bench held that while educational certificates generally cannot be withheld over fee disputes, this case stood on a completely different footing because the fee paid had been seized by the National Investigation Agency as alleged proceeds of crime.
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Trees Cut, Ponds Destroyed In Key Kerala Reserve, High Court Takes Note
The environmental damage centres on nearly 300 acres of cardamom patta land at Goodanpara Estate, where forest officials say large-scale tree cutting and excavation were carried out under the guise of developing cardamom plantations.
