Justice Sanjay A. Deshmukh

Dalit Law Student's Custodial Death
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“In respect of offences that occur against a person in police custody or custodial death, the stand to be taken by this Court should be different. Being the protectors of the constitutional rights of a citizen, who by virtue of the order passed in a judicial process, is in the custody, then if his constitutional rights are violated by an officer or any other citizen in jail, then at this prima facie stage, we say that the Court’s interference is required.”

compromise rape
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“Compromises in heinous crimes are not in the interest of the society since it will then be easy for the accused persons to get the consent of such informants by putting pressure or using money power.”

girls transfer observation home
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“The education was being given to the girls in the observation homes which was their right being a citizen of the country, but their transfer from the place where they grew up till the age of 18 years was to be weighed carefully keeping in mind the interest of the girls.”

Tipu Sultan Chowk
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“All the persons including the persons attached to political party were required to obtain construction permission under the local bylaws of the local municipal authority. A public square (chowk), road or place could not be named by the MLA on his own.”

consensual adolescent relationship
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“If the Courts started accepting that a major boy of age 25 years on-wards took away the girl who was a minor and then came with the defence of adolescent love, then it would not be a good sign from the legal point of view, because particular Acts were legislated with certain aims and objects.”

misuse of S.498-A IPC
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“The Court observed that the police does not take proper precautions and appropriate investigation when it came to offences under Section 498-A IPC and called their attitude of proceeding with investigation with presumptions/prejudicial mind, ‘dangerous’.”

Preeti Rathi Acid Attack case
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Every prisoner should follow the rules and regulations of the prison and carrying prohibited items with him inside the prison will make him ineligible for transfer to an open prison.

Bombay High Court
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“Even though every citizen is duty bound to help the police, that does not mean that refusal of the same shall be considered as an offence in all situations.”

Bombay High Court
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“To prove an offence under Sections 3(1)(r) and 3(1)(s) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, a particular community shall be targeted, or a particular member of a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe shall be targeted.”

Bombay High Court
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The copy pasting of statements may unnecessarily give advantage to the accused persons, because of which the seriousness of the genuine case may vanish.

Bombay High Court
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Respondent 2 stated that the notice which her husband, Applicant 1 had given on 28-12-2023, stated that Talaq-e-Ahsan i.e., one pronouncement of Talaq, was given to her.

Bombay High Court
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The applicant is made an accused as it is alleged that he made a speech and because of the said speech, co-accused persons, i.e., his party workers/followers got excited and pelted stones at a bus.

Bombay High Court
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The allegations submitted by Respondent 2 cannot amount to cruelty under Section 498-A of Penal Code, 1860 as each person shall act in his own way and the said act independently shall amount to cruelty.