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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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High Court of Gujarat Enhances Compensation in Motor Accident Claim Case — Tribunal's Assessment of Income and Multiplier Found Erroneous. Claimants awarded enhanced compensation with 9% interest under Motor Vehicles Act, 1988.

The present appeal was filed by the original claimants, being the widow and children of the deceased Devabhai Mepabhai Bhuva, who died in a motor vehi...

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Supreme Court Directs Protection of Sacred Groves/Orans in Rajasthan as Deemed Forests Under Forest Conservation Act, 1980. Recognizes Ecological and Cultural Significance of Community-Conserved Forests and Balances Community Rights with Conservation Goals.

The Supreme Court of India was hearing an interlocutory application in the ongoing T.N. Godavarman Thirumulpad v. Union of India writ petition, which ...

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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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Bombay High Court Dismisses RTI Activist's Petition Seeking Income Tax Returns of Public Figure. Holds That Personal Information of Third Party Cannot Be Disclosed Unless Larger Public Interest Is Established Under Section 8(1)(j) of RTI Act, 2005.

The petitioner, Shailesh Gandhi, an RTI activist and former Central Information Commissioner, filed a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitut...

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High Court of Karnataka Adjudicates First Appeal Under Section 96 CPC in a Land Title and Possession Dispute Between Two Educational Trusts. The Appeal Arises from Dismissal of Suit for Declaration, Permanent and Mandatory Injunction by the Trial Court.

The dispute involved two educational trusts, the Golden Valley Educational Trust (plaintiff) and the Vokkaligara Sangha (defendant), over land granted...

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Bombay High Court Acquits Seven Accused in Murder Case Due to Inconsistent Evidence and Doubtful Identification. Conviction under Sections 326, 324 IPC Set Aside as Prosecution Failed to Prove Unlawful Assembly and Overt Acts Beyond Reasonable Doubt.

The case pertains to a criminal appeal filed by seven appellants who were convicted by the Additional Sessions Judge, Pusad, for offences under Sectio...

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Bombay High Court Acquits Accused in Murder Case Due to Unreliable Testimony of Interested Witnesses. Conviction under Section 302 IPC set aside as sole eyewitness was a close relative with contradictions, and other witnesses turned hostile.

The appellant, Manohar Gangaram Patil, was convicted by the Additional Sessions Judge, Brihan Mumbai, for the murder of his uncle, Kashinath Ramchandr...

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Bombay High Court Acquits Accused in Murder Case Due to Lack of Credible Evidence and Doubtful Circumstantial Links. Conviction under Section 302 IPC set aside as prosecution failed to prove motive and chain of circumstances beyond reasonable doubt.

The appellant, Chandrasen Maruti Dhotre, was convicted by the Sessions Judge, Sangli in Sessions Case No. 111 of 1999 for the murder of his brother-in...