counseling Archives

Sensitive heart & alert mind necessary in sexual abuse cases; Delhi High Court deprecates Trial Court’s public disclosure of child rape victim’s sensitive counselling session details

Delhi High Court observed that the child who was being examined in the case at hand was in the category of a child witness who is vulnerable and a victim of sexual assault by her own father, and it was not a new phenomenon in criminal jurisprudence.

Case Briefs High Courts

Delhi High Court emphasizes on the importance of husband’s/father’s obligation towards estranged wife/child; Upholds maintenance decree granted by Family Court

The malafide intentions of an estranged husband is to depress his income as much as possible, for sadistic pleasure, of seeing the agony of someone, who has no choice, but to be dependent on him, may be dictated by egoistic propensity to also possibly teach his wife a lesson for not falling in line with whatever be his dictates.

Case Briefs High Courts

Calcutta HC directs DGP to transfer cases involving trafficking of women particularly minors for sexual exploitation to Anti Human Trafficking Unit noting indifferent attitude

Calcutta High Court: The Division Bench of Ananya Bandyopadhyay and Joymalya Bagchi, JJ. rejected a bail application in the matter of trafficking.