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Courts must scrutinize 498 A complaints to discern between clever drafting and truth; Delhi High Court quashes complaint

Where the wife is set to implicate the entire family of the husband in a criminal case, it is to be expected that through her lawyer she would get a complaint properly drafted making some specific allegations against each of the family members.

Case Briefs High Courts

Delhi High Court | Statement made under Sec 164 CrPC disclosing commission of rape is sufficient to frame charges under Sec 376 IPC

Delhi High Court: In a case where revision petition was filed against the order passed by the Trial Court by

Case Briefs High Courts

Rape, Murder of Ragpicker: Merely because crime is heinous and brutal, it won’t be just to get carried away sans any legal proof to substantiate charges [Detailed decision of Bom HC]

Bombay High Court: The Division Bench of Sadhana S. Jadhav and Prithviraj K. Chavan, JJ., while addressing an alleged rape and murder

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20-year-old Manipur Girl, subjected to racial discrimination & brutally attacked by some locals in Gurugram; Victim was called “Corona”: NHRC takes suo moto cognizance

The National Human Rights Commission, has taken suo motu cognizance of media reports that a 20-year-old girl hailing from Manipur, was subjected

Case Briefs High Courts

Del HC | [Maintenance] Provisions of S. 125 CrPC are for the welfare of neglected wives, children and parents

Delhi High Court: Manoj Kumar Ohri, J., while addressing the present petition against the order of family Court wherein the petitioner’s maintenance

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NHRC issues notices to DGP, Assam and Mizoram over physical assault and lathi charge on journalists

National Human Rights Commission: The NHRC has issued a notice to the Directors General of Police, Assam and Mizoram calling for a