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Bombay High Court Allows Minor Rape Victim to Terminate Pregnancy Beyond 20 Weeks Under MTP Act. Mental Trauma and Tender Age Justify Termination Despite Gestational Age Exceeding Statutory Limit.

The petitioner, a minor girl aged 14 years and 6 months, through her father, filed a writ petition seeking permission to undergo medical termination o...

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Supreme Court Upholds Rights of Trafficking Victims, Issues Guidelines for Rescue and Rehabilitation. Court Holds That State Must Take Reasonable Measures to Safeguard Right to Rehabilitation Under Article 21.

This Miscellaneous Application arose from a prior disposed Public Interest Litigation regarding human trafficking. The petitioner sought enforcement o...

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High Court of Bombay Enhances Compensation for 100% Disabled Claimant in Motor Accident Case — Traumatic Paraplegia Victim Awarded Enhanced Compensation with Interest. Claimant's permanent disablement due to road accident led to enhancement of compensation under Section 166 of Motor Vehicles Act, 1988.

The judgment arises from two appeals against the award of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Mumbai, in Claim Application No.164 of 2005. The claiman...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Conviction of School Bus Attendant for Repeated Penetrative Sexual Assault on 4-Year-Old Student. Failure of School Authorities to Report Offence Under POCSO Act Criticized.

The appellant, Amol Maruti Sherkar, was a bus attendant employed by Sinhgad Institute, Pune, and was convicted under Section 4 of the Protection of Ch...

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Supreme Court Heard Appeal by Disabled Advocate Challenging Inadequate Compensation for Human Rights Violations During Arrest and Incarceration. High Court Enhanced Compensation and Issued Directions for Police Sensitization and CCTV Monitoring.

The appellant, an advocate with 70% loco-motor disability (Becker Muscular Dystrophy) and autism, was arrested on 29.02.2020 based on an FIR for IPC o...

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Bombay High Court Allows Termination of Pregnancy for Deaf-Dumb-Mentally Challenged Rape Victim Under Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971. The court directed termination of pregnancy based on expert committee report that continuation would cause severe mental trauma and risk to life.

The petitioner, a minor deaf-dumb-mentally challenged girl, was raped by an unknown person, resulting in pregnancy of 18-19 weeks. Her mother filed a ...

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Supreme Court Allows Appeals in Section 498A Jurisdiction Case, Holding That Courts at Wife's Parental Home Have Jurisdiction. The court ruled that cruelty under Section 498A IPC is a continuing offence and its consequences ensue at the parental home, conferring jurisdiction under Section 179 CrPC.

The case involves a group of appeals concerning the jurisdictional issue under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the Code of Criminal Pr...

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Supreme Court Allows Wife's Complaint at Parental Home in Section 498A IPC Case — Jurisdiction Based on Continuing Offence and Consequences Under CrPC Sections 178 and 179.

The case involved a group of appeals concerning the jurisdictional issue under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) read with Sections 177, 178...