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Bombay High Court Allows Minor Rape Victim to Terminate Pregnancy Beyond 20 Weeks Under MTP Act. Mental Trauma and Tender Age Justify Termination Despite Gestational Age Exceeding Statutory Limit.

The petitioner, a minor girl aged 14 years and 6 months, through her father, filed a writ petition seeking permission to undergo medical termination o...

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Gujarat High Court Quashes Preventive Detention Order for Lack of Material Showing Disturbance to Public Order. Detention under Gujarat Prevention of Anti-social Activities Act, 1985 set aside as mere registration of FIRs does not establish that the detenue's activities affected public order.

The petitioner, Vicky Bhanubhai Varvadiya (Devipujak), through his brother Rahul Bhanubhai Varvadiya (Devipujak), challenged the legality and validity...

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Gujarat High Court Quashes Preventive Detention Order for Dangerous Person Due to Lack of Material on Public Order Disturbance. Detention under Section 2(c) of Gujarat Prevention of Anti-social Activities Act, 1985 set aside as order passed mechanically without application of mind.

The petitioner, Vicky Bhanubhai Varvadiya (Devipujak), through his brother Rahul Bhanubhai Varvadiya (Devipujak), challenged the preventive detention ...

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Supreme Court Allows Appeal of School Management Against Reinstatement of Teacher Accused of Sexual Misconduct with Students. Departmental Inquiry Not Dependent on Criminal Trial Outcome.

The Supreme Court allowed the appeal filed by the Secretary, Lucy Sequeira Trust and another, the management of a school, against the judgment of the ...

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Bombay High Court Allows Appeal and Grants Bail to Accused in POCSO and SC/ST Act Case on Grounds of Completed Investigation and Custody Period. Court Holds That Filing of Charge-Sheet and No Apprehension of Tampering Justifies Bail Under Section 14-A of SC/ST Act.

The case involved an appeal under Section 14-A of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, against the reje...

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Bombay High Court Acquits Appellant in Murder Case Due to Lack of Circumstantial Evidence and Unreliable Witnesses. Conviction under Sections 363 and 302 IPC set aside as prosecution failed to prove chain of circumstances beyond reasonable doubt.

The appellant, Barkya @ Vishwas Ananda Patil, was convicted by the Additional Sessions Judge, Islampur, for the murder of a 12-year-old boy, Kuldeep, ...

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Bombay High Court Allows Custody of Minor Victim to Parents in Immoral Trafficking Case — Designated Court's Order Rejected. Parents' Custody Application Granted Subject to Conditions; Court Holds That Natural Parents Are Best Custodians Unless Found Unfit.

The petitioners, Sunita Devi Samarjit Singh and Samarjeet Patiram Singh, are the parents of a minor girl (referred to as Victim-XYZ) who was rescued b...