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Bombay High Court Allows Writ Petitions Challenging Passport Impounding Orders — Violation of Natural Justice. Impounding under Section 10(3)(e) of Passports Act, 1967 set aside as no show cause notice or hearing was given.

The judgment concerns two writ petitions filed by individuals whose passports were impounded by the Passport Authority under Section 10(3)(e) of the P...

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Supreme Court Restores Conviction for Aggravated Penetrative Sexual Assault Under POCSO Act Despite Victim's Consent and Cohabitation. Consent of a Minor Is Irrelevant for Offences Under the POCSO Act and Section 376 IPC, and the High Court Exceeded Its Jurisdiction by Acquitting Based on Such Consent.

The Supreme Court of India dealt with a suo motu writ petition and a criminal appeal arising from a judgment of the Calcutta High Court. The backgroun...

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Supreme Court Allows Father's Appeal in Child Custody Dispute, Restores Family Court's Order Granting Permanent Custody. The Court held that the High Court erred in substituting a shared custody arrangement without adequate consideration of the children's welfare under the Guardian and Wards Act, 1890.

The case involves a custody dispute between a Colonel in the Indian Armed Forces (appellant) and his wife, a teacher (respondent), over their two mino...

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Bombay High Court Allows Adoption Agency to Continue Operations Pending Renewal of License — Best Interest of Child Paramount. Licensing Authority Cannot Refuse Renewal Based on Pending Criminal Proceedings Without Giving Opportunity of Hearing.

The petitioner, Snehalaya's Snehankur Adoption Centre, a licensed adoption agency, filed two writ petitions challenging the refusal of the Child Welfa...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal on Will Interpretation: Joint Tenancy Rejected, Per Stirpes Succession Affirmed. Will Construed to Give Foster Children Life Estate as Tenants in Common; Descendants Take Per Stirpes Under Hindu Law.

The dispute arose from the will of a childless Hindu lady who had brought up a boy, B, and a girl, K, as her foster children. By her will, after her d...