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The Court stated that extraordinary situations require extraordinary measures. In this unique case, where the petitioner had to avail both maternity and medical leave in the same year, the general rule of termination for exceeding one year’s leave cannot be rigidly applied.
“The liberty granted to the accused through bail orders remained illusory as he continued to languish in jail, and the separate bail bonds liable to be executed by the sureties required them to travel to various Magistrate Courts all over the State.”
“The victim tried hanging herself due to the trauma caused because of the accused’s attempt to commit penetrative sexual assault. He brought her down, but when she started shouting, he smothered her which led to her brain death.”
“A business failure could not lead to an assumption of commission of the offence of cheating, as the primary ingredient for such an offence was a dishonest or fraudulent intention from the very beginning.”
“The prosecution could not convince the Court that the custodial interrogation of the accused was necessary but opined that he must subject himself to interrogation for the purpose of completing the investigation under a limited custody”
“Neither in the arrest intimation nor in the arrest memo is there anything to indicate that the grounds for arrest were communicated to the accused.”
“The fundamental right to have access to courts of law is enabled largely through advocates. If advocates are attacked for drafting complaints, the rule of law will suffer.”
“Though an attempt was made to portray the incidents that led to the registration of the crime as one having transnational ramifications based upon the affidavit of the State Government filed in the Supreme Court, this Court is of the view that the circumstances do not persuade this Court to rely on the said averment to direct a CBI investigation”
A second-year student studying in College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences in Pookode, Wayanad was found hanging in the hostel due to alleged torture and ragging.
“The essence of the offence of abetment of suicide is not what the deceased felt but what the accused intended.”
DCDRC directed compensation of Rs. 7 Lakhs for causing hardship and mental agony to Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas, due to deficient services on part of Qatar Airways in 2018 when he had planned a trip to Scotland with his friends.