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Sub standard quality of testimony of victim, absence of scuffle injuries: Bombay High Court acquits rape, POCSO accused

The Nagpur Bench of Bombay High Court, on January 15, acquitted a 26-year-old accused charged under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO Act) for the offence of…

UP Police filed an FIR against “The Wire” for promoting fake news

An FIR against The Wire's founding editor Siddharth Varadarajan has been reported by the UP Police for his tweet regarding a report on The Wire in which the family of…

Supreme Court to decide filing period of chargesheet in matter of Default Bail

In this case, the accused had been booked under Section 3 of the Official Secrets Act, 1923, for allegedly leaking information to the Chinese Agents. The offence which was alleged…

Rehearing of Appeal on Questions of Law as well as Fact in the Jurisdiction of Appellate Court mentioned u/s 96 of CPC : SC

In the case of Manjula vs. Shyamsundar [CIVIL APPEAL NO. 6744 of 2013], supreme court observed that an appellate court's jurisdiction u/s 96 of cpc, involves a rehearing of appeal…

Pune Commercial Court Reject Cutis Biotech Plea on “Covishield” Trademark

In Cutis Biotech v. Serum Institute of India Pvt. Ltd., Commercial Suit No.1/2021 (CNR No. : MHPU010001072021 ), a commercial court of Pune refused to pass interim injunction (II) to restrain the Serum Institute of India(SII)…

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…

Poland Implements near-total ban on Abortion

Following the controversial decision by the Constitutional Court of Poland, amid the huge protests Poland implemented a near-total ban on abortion. The Constitutional Court ruled in October that a 1993…

Tablighi Jamaat case: SC questions Centre if it can keep control on inflammatory TV shows

The SC on Thursday asked the Centre about its powers under the Cable TV Networks (Regulation) Act 1994 that enable it to regulate broadcast content on electronic media which has…

PIL filed in Delhi High Court for removal of Protestors by deploying paramilitary forces

A public interest litigation (PIL) for the eviction of people sitting on roads "under the robes of Kisaan Protest" was moved before the Delhi High Court. The petitioner, Dhananjai Jain,…

Virat kohli receives legal notice from Kerala High Court

Indian Cricket team Captain Virat Kohli has been reportedly served a legal notice by Kerala High Court for promoting online rummy. Besides Indian Cricketer Kohli, the high court has handed…