Notice to Centre on court-monitored probe in alleged suicide due to “harassment”: SC
Supreme Court: The Bench comprising of CJ Dipak Misra and AM Khanwilkar and Dr DY Chandrachud, JJ., sought centre’s response on the
Suicide
Husband acquitted of charges under Section 498-A IPC on grounds of parity with co-accused
Bombay High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Manish Pitale, J., acquitted the appellant-husband who was convicted by the trial court
NHRC: Notice issued to Centre and Maharashtra Govt over suicide of 639 farmers in Maharashtra between March to May, 2018
National Human Rights Commission: NHRC has taken suo motu cognizance of media reports that the Government of Maharashtra in the State Assembly
Clear mens rea to commit the offence is a sine qua non for conviction under Section 306 IPC
Bombay High Court: A Division Bench comprising of P.N. Deshmukh and M.G. Giratkar, JJ. allowed an application for quashing an FIR lodged
Assignment of work, by itself, is not a ground to make superior officer liable under Section 306 IPC
Supreme Court: Uday U. Lalit, J. speaking for himself and Arun Mishra, J., delivered the judgment of the vacation bench holding that
Seeking financial help from wife does not by itself amount to cruelty
Bombay High Court: A criminal appeal preferred by the appellant against the order of his conviction and sentence passed by the trial
‘Live link’ between the act of appellant and the act of deceased is necessary for conviction under Section 306 IPC
Chhattisgarh High Court: The appellant was acquitted of the charges under Section 306 IPC by a Single Judge Bench comprising of Ram
No prosecution for attempt to commit suicide: Person shall be presumed to be under severe stress
Enacting the new Mental Healthcare Act, 2017, Parliament has decriminalised the attempt to commit suicide. A person attempting to commit suicide shall
Ordinary tantrums and discord or differences in domestic life does not amount to cruelty as envisaged under Section 498-A IPC
Bombay High Court: While allowing the application for suspension of sentence of the applicant/accused under Sections 498-A and 306 read with Section
In order to convict a person for abetment of suicide, there has to be a clear mens rea to commit an offence
Supreme Court: Dealing with the scope of Section 306 IPC, the Court said that in order to convict a person under Section
Ruchika Girhotra Case: S.P.S. Rathore’s conviction upheld; sentence mitigated due to old age
Supreme Court: In the Ruchika Girhotra case, the Court reduce the sentence of S.P.S. Rathore to the period already undergone by him
State is not responsible for a person’s suicide due to hike of fees charged by Private Schools
Madras High Court: In the matter where the deceased had killed one of his children before committing suicide due to the exorbitant
Presumption of abetment of suicide in dowry death cases where cruelty has been established, can be revoked only in rare cases
Supreme Court: Hearing the appeal by the husband and the in-laws of the victim of dowry death against the order of the
CONDEMNING THE SHRINKING DEMOCRATIC SPACES IN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
Reported by Sonali Charak
Interpretation of word ‘sasuralwale’ to include ‘husband’ in case of dowry death
Chhattisgarh High Court: While holding that the word ‘sasuralwale’ includes husband and relatives of husband normally residing under same roof, a bench
Conviction under Section 302 IPC of a person who survived a suicide pact, improper
Supreme Court: In a one of a kind case where the deceased and the accused had a suicide pact, in which the