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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 Dismisses Wife's Appeal Against Divorce Decree in Cruelty Case Under Special Marriage Act. Marriage Dissolved on Ground of Cruelty Upheld as Family Court Correctly Appreciated Evidence of Cruelty Under Section 27(1)(d) of Special Marriage Act, 1954.

The present Family Court Appeal was filed by the appellant-wife against the judgment and decree dated 5/11/2024 passed by the Principal Judge, Family ...

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Supreme Court Partially Upholds Section 10(26AAA) of Income Tax Act, 1961 in Sikkim Tax Exemption Challenge. Gender-Based Proviso Denying Exemption to Sikkimese Women Marrying Non-Sikkimese Struck Down as Unconstitutional.

The judgment concerns a writ petition under Article 32 challenging the constitutional validity of Section 10(26AAA) of the Income Tax Act, 1961, which...

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Supreme Court Dissolves Marriage Under Article 142 Due to Irretrievable Breakdown Despite Wife's Opposition. Marriage Declared Emotionally Dead After 16 Years of Separation, with Husband Directed to Pay Rs. 25 Lakhs as Final Settlement Under Section 125 Cr.P.C.

The dispute involved a husband and wife who married under the Special Marriage Act, 1954, and later solemnized the marriage under Hindu rites. The hus...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Habeas Corpus Petition by Father for Custody of Minor Child in International Parental Abduction Case. Court holds that habeas corpus is not maintainable when custody is with lawful guardian and child's welfare requires stability.

The petitioner, Khaled Kamal Hussein Mohamed Kassem, an Egyptian national, filed a habeas corpus petition seeking the production and custody of his mi...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Jurisdiction of Civil Court in Possession Dispute Involving Family Members. Section 33 of Maharashtra Rent Control Act, 1999 Held Not to Bar Suit as Tenancy Question Not Directly Arising.

The appeal before the Division Bench of the Bombay High Court arose from an order of a learned Single Judge deciding a preliminary issue of jurisdicti...

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High Court of Bombay Heard Appeal Against Dismissal of Widow's Partition Suit. Court Examined Claim of Absolute Ownership Under Section 14(1) Hindu Succession Act and Entitlement Under Jamkhandi State Act.

The dispute pertained to the joint Hindu family estate of Sir Parshuram Bhau Patwardhan, the erstwhile ruler of Jamkhandi, who died in 1924. His secon...