Moral Policing, POCSO & the Rule of Law
Watch Law Made Easy by SCC Times new episode which examines the legal framework under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, the Protection
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“Rarest of the Rare”: Death penalty to 9 Police Officials in Sathankulam Custodial Deaths Case
The court held that the case was a clear instance of abuse of authority and fell within the category of the rarest of the rare cases.
Confinement within a room suffices for wrongful confinement, physical restraint not required: Delhi High Court
“Pertaining to the allegations of wrongful confinement as well as voluntary hurt by way of beatings, the statement of prosecutrix in the FIR is clear and specific that the same was done by both the accused persons with a common intent.”
Gau HC | Ordering custody of child to be given to mother is beyond jurisdiction of S. 97 CrPC, order to be confined to finding of “wrongful confinement”
Gauhati High Court: Rumi Kumar Phukan, J. allowed a criminal petition filed against the order of the trial court whereby the petitioner-husband was
Compensation granted to the person who was wrongfully confined for circulating the cartoon lampooning the Chief Minister of West Bengal
Calcutta High Court: As a significant development after the Supreme Court declared the Section 66A of the Information Technology Act to be