News Update Special POCSO Court acquitted rape accused and directed his release from jail after 1 year 1 Nov 2020 Special POCSO Court judge Priti Kumar (Ghule) in Mumbai acquitted a 24 years old Nashik resident who was accused of charges of rape and kidnapping. The prosecutrix after one year…
News Update Fake Twitter Handle of Actress Ravina Tandon used to defame Mumbai Police 1 Nov 2020 A First Information Report FIR has been filed by bollywood actress Raveena Tandon against an unknown person for creating a fake Twitter profile in her name. The twitter handle was…
News Update Supreme Court has held that depression cannot be considered as unsound mind under section 84 of IPC 1 Nov 2020 The petition was filed by an ex-army officer who was dismissed by the Lucknow bench of the Armed Forces Tribunal in 2018 after attacking his senior officer with stones. The…
News Update New Zealand votes for legalising euthanasia but not marijuana 1 Nov 2020 In a binding referendum, the New Zealanders voted to legalise euthanasia. However, they rejected a measure to legalise marijuana in preliminary findings. New Zealanders strongly supported the measure of euthanasia…
News Update Officers Designated U/s 53 NDPS Act Are ‘Cops’ Says Supreme Court 31 Oct 2020 The Supreme Court by 2:1 has held that the officials who are contributed with powers under section 53 of the NDPS Act are "cops" inside the importance of section 25…
News Update FIR need not be an encyclopedia, only reporting of crime is required: Karnataka High Court 31 Oct 2020 On November 20, 2018, the sister of the deceased (Keshava) reported to the police that her brother-in-law Govindaraju informed her that Keshava had been assaulted near Hennur Bande. She went…
News Update Married daughter of a deceased employee should be granted job on compassionate grounds 31 Oct 2020 Facts The father of the applicant, Mamta Devi, died on May 8, 2019. He was working as a Class IV employee at the District Ayurvedic Office, Kullu. Besides her, her…
News Update Police Presence During Test Identification makes statements by Identifiers fall within the ban of Section 162 CrPc: Supreme Court 30 Oct 2020 When the Test identification parades are held in police presence, the resultant communications tantamount to statements made by the identifiers to a police officer in course of investigation and they…
News Update Mumbai court grants bail to Shirish Pattanshetty, owner of the Fakt Marathi channel in fake TRP case. 30 Oct 202030 Oct 2020 Shirish Pattanshetty owner of the Fakt Marathi channel,was given bail by a Mumbai Court, in the fake TRP Case. Additional Sessions Judge PR Sitre has granted bail to Pattanshetty on…
News Update Gujarat HC Initiates Suo Motu Matter For Expeditious Disposal of Cases Against MPs/MLAs 30 Oct 2020 A division bench of the Gujarat High Court comprising Justices RM Chhaya and Vaibhavi D. Nanavati have registered a suo motu case to monitor expeditious disposal of criminal proceedings pending…
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