rehabilitation

Case BriefsHigh Courts

Bom HC | Negligent approach of Govt & a cascading effect: Mere right of rehabilitation will be equivalent to right of ownership? Detailed report on how slum dwellers encroached public land and claimed their right

Bombay High Court: While emphasizing the aspect of encroachment of public land, the Division Bench of Dipankar Datta, CJ and G.S. Kulkarni,

Case BriefsTribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

CESTAT | Whether the service tax can be demanded on the construction of houses for rehabilitation of poor people under JNNURM? Tribunal answers

Customs, Excise and Services Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT): The Coram of Anil Choudhary (Judicial Member) and P. Anjani Kumar (Technical Member) allowed

Op EdsOP. ED.

Branding as criminal or accentuating rehabilitation: Does State’s responsibility end with conviction

by Abhishek Goyal*

Case BriefsHigh Courts

Cal HC | Court commutes Death Penalty to Life Sentence as potential of rehabilitation remains

Calcutta High Court: A Division Bench of Joymalya Bagchi and Suvra Ghosh, JJ., has recently observed in a case of rape and

Case BriefsHigh Courts

Bom HC | Mahul Inhabitable | Residents to be shifted and no new residents to be accommodated at Mahul

Bombay High Court: The Division Bench of Pradeep Nandrajog, CJ and Bharati Dangre, J. while hearing a writ petition concerning the health

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NHRC issues notice over reported gang-rape of abuse survivor from Bihar shelter home

The National Human Rights Commission has taken a suo-moto cognizance of media reports that an 18-year-old survivor from the Muzaffarpur girls’ shelter

Case BriefsHigh Courts

Bom HC | Acid Attack Case: Attacker’s conviction upheld but death penalty commuted holding him to be of young age and not beyond reformation

Bombay High Court: A Division Bench of B.P. Dharmadhikari and Prakash D. Naik, JJ. allowed an appeal by a convict who was

Case BriefsSupreme Court

Probability of reform and rehabilitation and not its possibility or impossibility to be considered before awarding death sentence: SC

“While the crime is important, the criminal is equally important insofar as the sentencing process is concerned.” -Madan B. Lokur, J. Supreme

Case BriefsForeign Courts

60 years of punishment a “Methuselah” sentence, contrary to the objective of sentencing i.e. rehabilitation

High Court of South Africa, Kwazulu-Natal Division: This appeal was filed before a 3-Judge Bench comprising of Henriques, Lopes, and D Pillay,

Case BriefsHigh Courts

Sections 194-L or 194-LA of IT Act had no application in case of rehabilitation of encroaching squatters; no TDS applicable

Bombay High Court: A Division Bench comprising of S.C. Dharmadhikari and B.P. Colabawalla, JJ. dismissed an appeal filed under Section 260-A of

Case BriefsSupreme Court

Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Ji Shrine | Rehabilitation plan of mule owners to be considered in totality: SC

Supreme Court: The Bench comprising of Madan B.Lokur and Deepak Gupta, JJ, addressed the matter in regard to the rehabilitation plan of

Cabinet DecisionsLegislation Updates

Cabinet approves the Trafficking of Persons (Prevention, Protection and Rehabilitation) Bill, 2018

The Union Cabinet has approved the Trafficking of Persons (Prevention, Protection and Rehabilitation) Bill, 2018 for introduction in Parliament. The Bill broadly has

Supreme Court

Union Government asked to take steps for rescue and relief of people affected by Kashmir valley floods

Supreme Court: Considering the massive floods in Kashmir Valley which have created horror by affecting more than 400 villages with five lakh