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‘S.115(1) of Mental Healthcare Act overrides S.309 IPC’; Bombay HC quashes FIR u/s 309 IPC against woman who attempted to commit suicide under stress

Section 115 of the Mental Healthcare Act, 2017 stated that a person who tried to commit suicide, enjoyed a statutory presumption about mental stress and having regard to such presumption, is excluded from being put on trial.

Case Briefs High Courts

[IIT Delhi students’ death] ‘Faculty/staff of IIT shall counsel students to give their best without succumbing to pressures/stress of performing better’: Delhi HC

“The Court deeply discourages the growing trend of pressurizing young minds to perform the best in every aspect of life, leading them to take unfortunate steps.”

Case Briefs High Courts

“Rise of the pseudo-therapists on public domain who are but camouflaged instagram influencers, needs to be regulated”; Karnataka HC expresses concern

Karnataka High Court: While deliberating over the instant petition seeking quashment of chargesheet filed against a “wellness therapist” under the