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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...

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Supreme Court Allows State Appeal in Police Constable Dismissal Case — Reinstates Dismissal Despite Criminal Acquittal. Standard of Proof in Disciplinary Proceedings is Preponderance of Probabilities, Not Beyond Reasonable Doubt.

The appeal arises from a judgment of the Division Bench of the Rajasthan High Court which set aside the dismissal of the respondent, a police constabl...

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Madras High Court Dismisses State's Appeal, Upholds Quashing of Compulsory Retirement of Tahsildar; Official Acted on Superior Officers' Written Instructions, Not Guilty of Misconduct.

The intra-court appeal arose from a writ petition where a single judge of the Madras High Court set aside the punishment of compulsory retirement impo...

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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 Allows Convict's Writ Petition for Premature Release Under Remission Rules - State Directed to Reconsider Application for Release After 14 Years of Imprisonment. Life Convict's Application for Premature Release Was Arbitrarily Rejected Without Proper Consideration of Remission Policy.

The petitioner, Bhima S/o Rangnath Adagale, a life convict serving sentence in Central Prison, Aurangabad, filed a Criminal Writ Petition before the B...

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High Court of Karnataka Dismisses PIL Challenging Constitutionality of Section 394(1) CrPC for Lack of Distinction Between Pre- and Post-Death Acquittal in NI Act Cases. The court held that the provision is not unconstitutional and the petition lacked merit.

The petitioner, G Varadaraju, an 89-year-old individual appearing in person, filed a writ petition under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of I...