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The question for consideration of Court in the case was, whether the ‘pressing of breast’ and ‘attempt to remove salwar’ would fall within the definition of ‘sexual assault’ as defined under Section 7 and punishable under Section 8 of the POCSO Act.
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The Benefit of Probation Under PO Act isn’t Excluded by the Provisions of the Mandatory Minimum Sentence Prescribed for Offences Under IPC: SC
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‘Malice’ is not a ground to challenge a law made by legislature, observed the Apex Court while upholding the constitutional validity of Sections 3, 4 and 10 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Act 2020.
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A ‘consensual affair’ is not a defence against the charge of kidnapping a minor, observed the Apex Court while disposing an appeal filed by one Anversinh whose conviction under Sections 363 and 366 of the Indian Penal Code was upheld by the Gujarat High Court.
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The prescription of higher educational qualification for promotion to a post cannot be held as violative of Article 14 and 16: SC
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Media Trial During Criminal Investigation Obstructs with the Administration of Justice and Therefore Amounts to ‘Contempt of Court’: Bombay HC
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The division bench of Chief Justice Dipankat Dutta and Justice GS Kulkarni of Bombay High Court gave a list of guidelines in a 251-paged verdict on a bundle of PILs relating to ‘media trials’ in the Sushant Singh Rajput death case.
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WhatsApp messages will have no evidentiary value unless they are certified as per Section 65B of the Indian Evidence Act held the Punjab and Haryana High Court
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Same-Gender Sexual Harassment Complaints Maintainable Under Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace Act, 2013 held by Calcutta High Court
Read more Primary Agricultural Credit Societies Entitled to Deductions u/s 80P of the IT Act, Even if Giving Loans to Their Members for Non-Agricultural Activities: SC
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