Suicide Archives

Andhra Pradesh High Court | Mere allegations of pressure or harassment at workplace will not suffice to attract ingredients of S. 306 IPC; Proof of instigation and abetment is necessary

Andhra Pradesh High Court: Subba Reddy Satti J. granted anticipatory bail to the Chief Executing Officer (applicant-accused) as on perusal

Case Briefs High Courts

Madras High Court condemns a scornful society that sees misfortune with the birth of a girl child and reduces punishment in the instance of ‘Nalla Thangal Syndrome’

Madras High Court: In a case where a mother administered poison to her daughters and she survived but the daughters died, D.

Case Briefs High Courts

Tripura High Court | Mere presence of the accused person and last seen of the offence cannot draw an inference to committing of the crime ; Conviction reversed

Tripura High Court: The Division Bench of Amarnath Goud and Arindam Lodh, JJ. allowed an appeal which was filed against

Case Briefs High Courts

All HC | Biggest jolt for any married woman that her husband is being shared by some other lady or he is going to marry some other lady: Court dismisses discharge application of husband accused of abetting suicide of wife

Allahabad High Court: Rahul Chaturvedi, J., noted that a lady soon after coming to know that her husband got married in clandestine

Case Briefs High Courts

Person tries to commit suicide after being subjected to severe mental stress, which is a punishable offence: Is there any provision which can save her from penal provision? Ker HC decides

Kerala High Court: Expressing that, Criminal prosecution followed by conviction and imposing substantive sentences and fines on those convicted of suicidal behaviours

Case Briefs High Courts

[S. 304 B IPC] An order of acquittal is not to be set aside lightly; Chh HC observes in a case where daughter in law committed suicide in unnatural circumstances

Chhattisgarh High Court: A Division Bench of Arvind Singh Chandel and Sanjay K. Agrawal, JJ. dismissed the acquittal appeal being devoid of

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AP HC | If the de facto complainant feels insulted as he was beaten in front of public and if he takes a hasty decision to commit suicide; will the accused be held responsible in the eyes of law?

Andhra Pradesh High Court: Cheekati Manavendranath Roy J. partly allowed the petition by quashing FIR for the offence punishable under Section 306

Case Briefs High Courts

Employer setting big targets, not granting leave and not accepting resignation would be acts in normal course of business: Bom HC grants anticipatory bail to employer accused of abetting suicide committed by employee

Bombay High Court: Sarang V. Kotwal, J., addressed a matter wherein an employer was accused of abetting the suicide of an employee.

Case Briefs High Courts

J&K HC | Dowry Prohibition Act vis-a-vis J&K Dowry Restraint Act; HC blurs the line between the two

Jammu and Kashmir High Court: In a case alleging dowry death, Rajnesh Oswal, J., clarified the scope and applicability of Jammu and

Case Briefs High Courts

Del HC | Husband, his family harass wife for dowry leading to her committing suicide. Can settlement between accused and wife’s father be accepted? Court decides

Delhi High Court: Mukta Gupta, J., decided whether a settlement of parties wherein an accused and his family members who subjected his

Case Briefs High Courts

Sikk HC | Does dismissal of the writ petition in limine act as res judicata against the proceedings before the NHRC? Court answers in suicide case of undertrial

Sikkim High Court: Bhaskar Raj Pradhan, J., dismissed a writ petition filed by the State seeking a writ for setting aside the

Case Briefs High Courts

Insisting to repair a car borrowed by a friend who met with an accident: Can this be intentionally aiding and abetting to suicide? Madras HC decides

Madras High Court: V Bharathidasan, J., held that, Mere harassment without any mens rea which lead to the suicide would not amount

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Karnataka High Court calls person committing suicide a ‘weakling’! Don’t diminish the gravity of mental health issues, says SC

“How an individual copes up with a threat- both physical and emotional, expressing (or refraining to express) love, loss, sorrow and happiness, varies greatly in view of the multi-faceted nature of the human mind and emotions.”

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

CAT| When subjective satisfaction of dispensing with the inquiry is not supported by any independent material, dispensing with holding the inquiry would be illegal

“If a preliminary inquiry could be conducted, there may not be any reason as to why formal departmental inquiry could not have been initiated against the delinquent.”

Case Briefs High Courts

Law on Custody | Husband alleged to have been cause of wife’s death who committed suicide. Will this be a consideration for granting custody to father of corpus? All HC elaborates

Allahabad High Court: Dr Yogendra Kumar Srivastava, J., decided an issue with regard to the habeas corpus petition for custody of a

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Reprimand for indiscipline does not amount to abetment of suicide of a “hypersensitive” student: SC

‘Spare the rod and spoil the child’ an old saying may have lost its relevance in present days and Corporal punishment to the child is not recognised by law but that does not mean that a teacher or school authorities have to shut their eyes to any indiscipline act of a student.

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Stalker consumes poison in front of a girl’s house. Can she be tried for abetment of suicide? SC answers

‘Abetment’ involves mental process of instigating a person or intentionally aiding a person in doing of a thing.

Case Briefs High Courts

Wife commits suicide after speaking to husband on mobile phone, husband suspicioned to have instigated wife| Read whether Del HC grants bail to husband

Delhi High Court: Mukta Gupta, J., decided a bail matter wherein the husband suspicioned to have instigated the wife to commit suicide.

Case Briefs High Courts

Ori HC | “Suicidal ideation and behaviors in human beings are complex and multifaceted”; What is the scope of bail in cases involving S. 306 IPC? HC examines

Orissa High Court: S. K Panigrahi, J., allowed the bail application and remarked “There is no answer as to why suicides occur

National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission

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NCDRC | In a case of death insurance claim, can police investigation be replaced by private agency investigation engaged by insurance company? Commission spells out

National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC): Dinesh Singh (Presiding Member) addresses matter regarding claiming of insurance cover. Instant appeal was filed under