Justice Kuldeep Tiwari Archives

‘Audi alteram partem cannot be used to cure self-suffered wound’; P&H HC refuses relief to electricity firm that overcharged residents

The Court held that the petitioner approached the Court raising hue and cry about the violation of the principle of natural justice with an oblique motive to create a defence at the appellate stage, immediately after the culmination of the proceedings before the Consumer Forum.

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‘Voluntarily accompanying accused in crowded place; no injury marks on body parts of victim’; Punjab and Haryana HC acquits rape accused in a POCSO case

The Court observed that the victim in her cross-examination had candidly spoken, that there was no talk between her and the accused regarding marriage proposal. Therefore, the sexual intercourse, if any, which occurred between them, is not a sequel of any allurement of marriage.