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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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Bombay High Court Quashes Preventive Detention Order Under MPDA Act Due to Non-Application of Mind to Bail Conditions. Detenu Granted Bail in One Case and Remanded in Another, Yet Detaining Authority Failed to Consider Likelihood of Release and Continued Dangerous Activity.

The petitioner, Mohammed Asif @ Mental Abdul Sattar Shaikh @ Mohd. Asif @ Mental Abdul Sattar Khan, challenged a preventive detention order dated 15.1...

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Supreme Court Hears Public Interest Litigation on Unregulated Stem Cell Therapies for Autism Spectrum Disorder. Court Examines Legality Under Drugs Act and Lays Down Permissibility of Such Therapies in Clinical Trial Settings Only.

This Public Interest Litigation was filed by Yash Charitable Trust and others before the Supreme Court, raising concerns about the rampant promotion a...

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Bombay High Court Awards Compensation to Widow and Children for Death of Patient in Mental Hospital Due to Negligence. State Held Vicariously Liable for Failure to Provide Adequate Staff and Security at Yerwada Mental Hospital.

The petitioners, the widow and two children of a deceased man, filed a writ petition seeking compensation from the State of Maharashtra and its office...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Writ Petition Seeking Suspension of Sentence on Medical Grounds for Convicted Murderer. Court holds that mere medical condition does not warrant temporary release when the convict is already receiving adequate treatment in hospital under police escort.

The petitioner, Smt. Jaya Talakhsi Chheda, was convicted by the Sessions Judge at Greater Bombay on 31 July 2013 for offences under Sections 120B, 302...