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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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Supreme Court Validates Sub-Classification of Scheduled Castes in Landmark Judgment. Upholding Equality Within Equality: Supreme Court Endorses State's Power to Sub-Classify Scheduled Castes for Targeted Reservation.

The Supreme Court of India, in a significant ruling, has upheld the constitutionality of sub-classifying Scheduled Castes for the purpose of reservati...

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High Court of Karnataka Reserved Judgment on Quashing of Criminal Proceedings in Matrimonial Disputes Involving IPC and Dowry Prohibition Act Offences. Cross-Complaints Alleging Cruelty and Theft Filed by Husband and Wife Respectively Under Section 498A IPC and Section 3 of Black Magic Act, 2017.

The matter comprises three interconnected petitions before the High Court of Karnataka arising out of a matrimonial dispute. In Criminal Petition No.9...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Acquittal of Accused in Dowry Death Case Due to Lack of Evidence of Cruelty and Abetment. Allegations of Demand for Delivery Expenses and Harassment Not Proven Beyond Reasonable Doubt Under Sections 498-A, 306 IPC and Dowry Prohibition Act.

The State of Maharashtra appealed against the judgment and order dated 19.03.2008 passed by the learned Sessions Judge, Chandrapur in Sessions Case No...

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Bombay High Court Allows Plaintiff's Suit for Declaration and Possession in Property Identity Dispute. Plaintiff Established Use of Name Pushpa/Pushpalata Interchangeably and Held to Be True Owner of Flat Under Cooperative Society Share Certificate.

This suit involved a dispute between two sisters-in-law over the ownership of a residential flat in Mumbai. The plaintiff, Pushpalata Sohanlal Sharma,...

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High Court of Karnataka Allows DNA Test in Partition Suit to Determine Paternity Under Order 26 Rule 10-A CPC. The court upheld the appellate court's order for DNA testing to establish the relationship between the parties in a partition suit.

The petitioner, Sri Hanumappa, filed a writ petition challenging an order dated 13.1.2014 passed by the Senior Civil Judge at Hiriyur in R.A.No.11/201...