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Case BriefsHigh Courts

‘Minor wife’s stay at Girls Care Home not detrimental’; Patna High Court denies custody to husband

“If the girl is not a major and has eloped with a person and expresses fear of life if her custody is given back to her parents, then the Court shall send her to appropriate shelter home where her interest could be best taken care of till she becomes a major.”

Published on January 22, 2024January 30, 2024By Editor
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rajasthan high court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

Rajasthan High Court commutes death penalty of a man convicted for rape and murder of 4 and a half-year old girl

“The Trial Court has rightly convicted the accused and we do not find any illegality in the impugned judgment of conviction and therefore, the same deserves to be upheld.”

Published on August 17, 2023August 23, 2023By Editor
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delhi high court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

Delhi High Court takes suo motu cognizance of sexual assault on 3-year-old girl child by school cleaner in South Delhi

“The counsel for the respondent was directed to take all necessary measures to protect the identity and right to privacy of the girl child and that the media acts in compliance with Section 23 of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012.”

Published on August 11, 2023August 18, 2023By Simranjeet
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Madras High Court
Case BriefsHigh 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.

Published on August 6, 2022August 12, 2022By Editor
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Can a girl be treated as property and given in donation? Bom HC addresses in light of “Daanpatra” executed by father of a daughter

Bombay High Court: Vibha Kankanwadi, J., while directing Child Welfare Committee, Jalna to hold an inquiry on an expeditious basis in respect

Published on January 25, 2022February 4, 2022By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Bom HC | Whether adoption can be restricted only to children in conflict with law, or in need of care and protection, or who are orphaned, abandoned or surrendered under provisions of JJ Act and Adoption Regulations? Elaborate report

Bombay High Court: Manish Pitale, J., while stressing upon the concept of adoption expressed that: The practice of adoption has been prevalent

Published on July 1, 2021July 9, 2021By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

A girl child would need her biological mother more than the father

Chhattigarh High Court: A Division Bench of the High Court recently decided a case filed under Section 47 of the Guardians and

Published on November 18, 2017December 18, 2017By Saba
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