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The Supreme Court will hear an appeal by life-term murder convicts in a physical court.

After more than a year from the commencement of the COVID19 pandemic, the Supreme Court will hear an appeal against a trio's conviction and sentence of life in prison under…

Supreme Court grants relief to a bus driver after 26 years

4 Jul 20214 Jul 2021

Surendran, a bus driver in Kerala, hit a car, in 1995 and injured the car driver. He was accused for rash driving. Four years later, in 1999, the local Magistrate…

Mumbai lawyer held for attempt to murder of his wife

30 Mar 202130 Mar 2021

A lawyer from Mumbai, Ahamed Aasif Fakih, was held guilty by Thane court (Maharashtra) for attempting to murder his wife. For this, he is sentenced to ten years of rigorous…

Child abuse is unpardonable-High court

Court refuses to lower sentence awarded to teacher convicted of sodomising boy. An offence involving abuse of child victim is unpardonable, the Delhi high court remarked while refusing to lower…

Mother’s possess the power to understand the feelings of their child: Bombay High Court

While upholding the conviction of a person convicted for the rape of a minor girl, the Bombay High Court's Aurangabad Bench noted that a mother has "divine powers" to perceive…

Argentina legalizes abortion

After several years of pro choice advocates demanding for legalization of abortion, Argentina passed a law permitting abortions untill 14th week of pregnancy. The authority of Argentina enhanced the move…

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…

SC rejects the contention of physical disability of the accused as an excuse in rape case

In Seelan v. Inspector of police, the Supreme Court rejected the contention that “a man with one hand cannot rape.” On 16th December 2020, a man was accused for raping…

The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) said Prashant Bhushan’s conviction is against International Law

2 Sep 20202 Sep 2020

ICJ said Bhushan's conviction for criminal contempt of court by the Supreme Court of India is inconsistent with the freedom of speech and expression guaranteed by the International Covenant on…

The Uttar Pradesh Government has cleared the Uttar Pradesh prevention Of Cow Slaughter (Amendment) Ordinance,2020 which imposes stringent penalties for the offense of cow slaughter.

The penalties under the ordinance include one year to ten years and fines up to 5 Lakhs. Under the existing Ordinance, the maximum penalty is seven year's Imprisonment. Additional Chief…