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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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Bombay High Court Quashes FIR Against Journalists in Sedition Case for Reporting on Alleged Corruption. Reporting of public interest matters does not constitute sedition under Section 124A IPC unless there is incitement to violence or public disorder.

The case involves nine criminal writ petitions filed by journalists and media persons (Sudheer Rikhari, Nikhil Vasudevan, Subhanshu Singh, Sumant Bala...

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High Court of Karnataka Acquits Accused in POCSO and Rape Case Due to Inconsistent Evidence. Conviction under Section 376 IPC and Section 5(n) read with Section 6 of POCSO Act set aside as prosecution failed to prove guilt beyond reasonable doubt.

The appellant, Eshwar, was convicted by the LIV Additional City Civil and Sessions Judge, Bengaluru, in Special C.C. No. 597/2014 for offences under S...

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Bombay High Court Grants Pre-Arrest Bail to Accused in SC/ST Atrocities Case Due to Lack of Prima Facie Intent to Humiliate on Caste Basis. Alleged Casteist Abuse 'Mangte' Not Sufficient to Attract Section 3(1)(w) of SC & ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 Without Evidence of Public View or Intent.

The present appeal was filed by Nitin Sampatrao Maske and Baliram Ganesh Raut against the order of the Sessions Court rejecting their application for ...

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Madras High Court Acquits Accused in POCSO Case Due to Inconsistent Dying Declarations. Conviction under Section 6 of POCSO Act and Section 363 IPC set aside as the dying declarations were contradictory and lacked corroboration.

The appellant, M. Vigneshwaran, was convicted by the Special Court under POCSO Act for penetrative sexual assault and kidnapping of a 17-year-old girl...

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Bombay High Court Quashes Criminal Proceedings Against Doctor for Minor Deficiencies Under PCPNDT Act. Minor Lapses in Record-Keeping Do Not Warrant Prosecution Under Sections 23 and 28 of the Pre-conception and Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act, 1994.

The petitioner, Dr. Sai Shiradkar, a medical practitioner running Suyog Hospital in Nanded, filed a criminal writ petition under Articles 226 and 227 ...

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High Court of Karnataka Dismisses Husband's Appeal for Divorce on Grounds of Cruelty and Desertion — Allegations Not Proved Under Section 13(1)(i-a)(i-b) of Hindu Marriage Act, 1955. Wife's temporary stay at parental home and filing of maintenance petition do not constitute cruelty or desertion.

The appellant-husband, Shri Amit, filed a petition under Section 13(1)(i-a) and (i-b) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, seeking dissolution of his marr...

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High Court of Karnataka Quashes FIR Against Doctors in SC/ST Atrocities Case — Allegations of Caste-Based Discrimination Found to be Vague and Lacking Specific Intent. Court holds that mere use of caste name without intent to insult does not attract provisions of SC/ST Act.

The judgment pertains to two criminal petitions filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC) by Dr. Raghavendra B. Nayak and...