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Supreme Court Interprets Scope of 'Child' under POCSO Act in Appeal Concerning Mentally Challenged Victim. Mental Age of Adult with Cerebral Palsy Considered for Applicability of Special Procedures under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012.

The case concerned a criminal appeal by the prosecutrix, a 38-year-old woman suffering from cerebral palsy (R. Hemiparesis), through her mother. An FI...

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Visually Disabled Candidate Denied Job Gets Relief: Supreme Court Orders Appointment in Coal India Case (2026 INSC 53) Procedural technicalities like “expiry of recruitment panel” cannot defeat justice.

Sujata Bora, a visually impaired candidate, applied for a Management Trainee post in Coal India in 2019 under the disability quota. She cleared the se...

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Bombay High Court Allows Second Appeal in Partition Suit — Declares Adopted Son's Alienations Not Binding on Widow's Share. Hindu Succession Act, 1956 Sections 14 and 6 applied to protect widow's pre-existing right of maintenance and partition.

The case involves a second appeal by the legal heirs of the original plaintiff, Housabai, against the judgment and decree of the 3rd Additional Distri...

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Supreme Court Affirms Interim Maintenance for Wife and Son in Matrimonial Dispute. Court Frames Guidelines on Maintenance Under Section 125 Cr.P.C. and Other Enactments to Ensure Uniformity and Consistency.

The case arises from an application for interim maintenance filed by the wife and minor son under Section 125 Cr.P.C. The wife left the matrimonial ho...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Sons' Appeal in Gond Tribal Inheritance Dispute. Daughters of deceased Gond father held entitled to equal share in intestate property under Hindu Succession Act, 1956, as alleged customary exclusion of daughters was not proved.

The case involves a dispute between brothers and sisters belonging to the Gond tribe over the inheritance of their deceased father Bapurao Kodape's pr...

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High Court of Bombay Issues Suo Motu Directions to State to Ensure Proper Care for Mentally Deficient Children in Homes. State’s Failure to Implement Juvenile Justice Act Provisions Prompted Mandatory Directions for Streamlined Recognition, Management Committees, and Mental Health Care.

This suo motu Public Interest Litigation was initiated by the High Court of Judicature at Bombay on the basis of a newspaper report dated 24 August 20...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Petition Challenging Online Submission of Form F and Installation of Silent Observer under PC&PNDT Act. Court Holds that Online Submission and Silent Observer Are Valid Measures to Curb Female Foeticide and Do Not Violate Privacy.

The writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution was filed by the Radiological & Imaging Association (State Chapter- Jalna) challenging two cir...