Nirbhay – Page 38 – Lawcutor

Holding hand of minor to express love, inadvertent physical touch without sexual intent not assault under POCSO

The Bombay High Court recently held that merely holding or touching hand to express love towards a minor without sexual intent does not amount to offence of sexual assault under…

Jammu and Kashmir High Court directs doctors to end two-finger test in rape cases

The Jammu and Kashmir High Court has strictly asked health professionals in the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh to stop the practice of two-finger test on rape…

Allahabad High Court reunites interfaith couple in Etah

The Allahabad high court reunited an interfaith couple and quashed a first information report (FIR) lodged over the alleged abduction of the woman for marriage. A FIR was filed against…

Petition in Supreme Court seeks independent, regulatory media tribunal

A petition seeking the creation of an independent, regulatory Media Tribunal for the expeditious hearing of complaints lodged by viewers against media corporations, has been filed in the Supreme Court.…

Indian Singers Rights Association vs Dharma Productions[CS(COMM) 562/2020]

BackgroundIndian Singers Rights Association in its plea has submitted that the defendant (Dharma Production) commercially utilized three performances of the members of the plaintiff society i.e. performers’ rights in ‘Ae…

Delhi High Court directs SDMC and ASI to look into illegal construction near Qutub Minar

The Delhi High Court has directed the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) and the zonal deputy commissioner of the South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) to look into the matter of…

Bombay HC awards 20 years of imprisonment to school teacher under POCSO Act

According to the prosecution, on December 2nd, 2017, one of the three victims informed her mother about intermittent sexual assaults being committed by the teacher, Gopal Janbandu on her and…

Bombay HC reduces punishment to life imprisonment for man who assaulted his pregnant wife and relatives with a knife

According to the prosecution, the incident took place on October 24, 2015, at Walkhed. Krishna Pawar, a 35-year-old labourer from Jalna district used to suspect his wife’s character and harass…

PIL in Supreme Court seeks establishment of Special Anti-Corruption Courts

A PIL has been filed in the Supreme Court which seeks to establish special anti-corruption courts in every district, to decide cases related to various economic offences like money-laundering and…

28 Yrs Later, Father, Nun Found Guilty in Murder of Sister Abhaya

In 1992, Sister Abhaya, a Class 12 student, was found dead inside a well at the Pious X Convent in Kerala. Initially, the case was ruled as a suicide by…