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Case BriefsSupreme Court

“Disproportionately light punishment humiliates the victim”; Navjot Singh Sidhu to undergo one-year rigorous imprisonment in 1988 road rage case: SC

Supreme Court: Allowing the review petition in the 34-year-old road-rage case involving cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu that resulted into the death of

Case BriefsForeign Courts

Whether unavailability of ‘self-induced intoxication’ as a defence in cases of assault, withstands the challenge of constitutionality? SC of Canada answers  

Supreme Court of Canada: The instant matter revolved around a challenge to the constitutionality of Section 33.1 of the Criminal Code which

Case BriefsHigh Courts

Teacher administering moderate and reasonable force to enforce discipline in classroom, can be exposed to criminal prosecution? Kerala HC answers

Kerala High Court: While explaining that inflicting corporal punishment on a Child by a parent or teacher is forbidden, Dr Kauser Edappagath,

Case BriefsHigh Courts

Wife subjected husband to humiliation by publicly calling him impotent and abusing him resulting in assault by husband: Husband will be convicted for murder or culpable homicide? Bom HC analyses

Bombay High Court: The Division Bench of Sadhana S. Jadhav and Prithviraj K. Chavan, JJ., modified the conviction of a husband who

Case BriefsHigh Courts

Kar HC | Bail rejected as the Court cannot decide whether it attracts the offence under Ss. 302 of IPC or 304 Part-II IPC at this stage

Karnataka High Court: H.P Sandesh, J. rejected bail as at this stage no offence can be attracted and the same is left

Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Necessary to read mind of offender and not consider offence devoid of emotions”: Bom HC acquits accused of offence under S. 302 IPC rather convicts under S. 304 Part I IPC

Bombay High Court: Convicting a person under Section 304 Part I of Penal Code, 1860 Division Bench of Sadhana S. Jadhav and

Case BriefsForeign Courts

Is tour operator liable for rape of tourist by hotel employee? Read UKSC’s ruling on how to interpret package travel contract

Supreme Court of the United Kingdom (UKSC): Bench of Lord Hodge, Lord Llyod-Jones, Lady Arden and Lord Kitchin, while unanimously allowing the

Case BriefsSupreme Court

Ocular evidence to be disbelieved only when medical evidence rules out all possibilities of ocular evidence being true: Supreme Court reiterates

Supreme Court of India: The Division Bench of Navin Sinha and R. Subhash Reddy, JJ., reiterated the value of ocular evidence while

Case BriefsHigh Courts

Madras HC | Sons turning turtle after giving undertaking to vacate their father’s premises is Contempt of Court: Read synopsis of Court’s opinion

Madras High Court: The Division Bench of P.N. Prakash and R. Pongiappan, JJ., addressed a contempt petition filed under Section 10 of

Case BriefsHigh Courts

Bom HC | Wife, a chattel? On refusing to make tea, husband assaults wife with a hammer. HC observes ‘imbalance of gender – skewed patriarchy’

Bombay High Court: Revati Mohite Dere, J., while addressing a very significant issue of assault, expressed that: “There is imbalance of gender

Case BriefsSupreme Court

Is active involvement in the commission of offence a pre-condition for common intention? SC answers

Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of RF Nariman, Navin Sinha and Indira Banerjee, JJ has held that it is not necessary that

Case BriefsHigh Courts

All HC | In rape/sexual assault cases, evidence of the victim alone is sufficient for conviction or corroborative witnesses is a necessity? Explained

Allahabad High Court: Suresh Kumar Gupta, J., while addressing the present jail appeal held that, “…in cases involving sexual assault/rape, it is

Case BriefsHigh Courts

Bom HC | Cardinal principle of sentencing policy is that sentence imposed should reflect crime committed in consonance with the gravity of offence

Bombay High Court: A Division Bench of S.S. Shinde and M.S. Karnik, JJ., partly allowed an appeal by reducing the sentence of the

Case BriefsHigh Courts

Coronavirus |Del HC | Bail granted to person accused of molesting and assaulting two women resident doctors of Safdarjung Hospital accusing them of spreading COVID 19

Delhi High Court: Rajnish Bhatnagar, J. while conducting a hearing through Video Conferencing, addressed a very pertinent matter with regard to bail of

Case BriefsHigh Courts

Cal HC | Statutory presumption under S. 29 POCSO Act cannot be applied where prosecution fails to establish primary facts constituting the offence 

Calcutta High Court: A Division Bench of Abhijit Gangopadhyay and Joymalya Bagchi, JJ. allowed an appeal and set aside the conviction and

Case BriefsForeign Courts

SA HC | Assault with intent to cause grievous bodily harm is not always accompanied by violence; accused not to be sent to correctional facility

South Africa High Court, Free State Division, Bloemfontein: A Division Bench of S. Chesiwe and P.E. Molitsoane, JJ. set aside the order

Case BriefsHigh Courts

Ker HC | Assault on an injured person not pre-meditated; bail application granted 

Kerala High Court: B Sudheendra Kumar J., allowed a bail application and relieved the accused person from the custody.  In the instant

Case BriefsHigh Courts

Utt HC | Physically assaulting husband’s mother also amounts to ‘mental cruelty’ and is a legitimate ground for divorce

Uttaranchal High Court: A Division Bench of Sudhanshu Dhulia and R.C. Khube, JJ. entertained an appeal filed against the impugned judgment and

Case BriefsHigh Courts

Act affecting public order must affect the community at large; detenue under Gujarat Prevention of Anti Social Activities Act released

Gujarat High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of S.H. Vora, J., allowed a petition against the detention orders passed under Gujarat

Case BriefsTribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

NHRC issues notice to Delhi Govt and Police Commissioner, Delhi over sexual assault of minor in a government school

National Human Rights Commission: NHRC has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report that a six year old girl, studying in