Court can’t interfere to postpone exam for few
How to interfere at the last stage of the examination when the schedule was fixed ..
Court finds young lady guilty of murdering newborn; SC sets aside punishment
What happened to the medical kits meant for rape victims? Asks Supreme Court
When video calls of a woman ‘trapped in divorce’ proved damaging to the child
Utterances cannot be considered as causes for suicide
If someone calls a girl a `call girl’ and if she commits suicide, would it amount to abetment to suicide? The Supreme Court said ..
Money-making syndrome afflicts medical profession too
The Kerala High Court was examining a few cases that brought to light the absenteeism of doctors in the state medical service. Doctors ..
I could not see the human beast in dark; SC acquits rape accused
A rape case in the trial court and sessions court took a different turn. Though the victim had identified the accused and gave statement ..
This police officer has scant respect for truth, says HC
It was a harsh setback for a police officer named Sanjiv Bhatt, now undergoing life imprisonment in Gujarat, when his plea to suspend ..
No leniency for hardcore economic offenders, says SC
The Supreme Court once again reminded the High Courts not to show leniency to economic offenders for their fraudulent activities that ..
HC should not make scathing criticisms against district judges: SC
The supreme court took strong exception and totally rejected certain sharp remarks the Allahabad High Court had made against a district ..
HC says torn hymen does not prove rape
The High Court observed that even if the evidence given by the doctor who examined a rape victim does not prove the offence of rape, ..
District and sessions court judges should be reasonable when dealing anticipatory bails: HC
A district and sessions court judge can impose reasonable conditions while granting anticipatory bails, but such conditions shall not ..
Foreign banks cannot adopt threat or coercion against defaulters in Kerala: HC
When there are legal ways for a foreign bank to recover the amount from a defaulter, it cannot resort to threat, coercion or intimidation ..
Drivers with criminal background can’t be employed in schools, rules HC
The Kerala High Court ruled that no drivers with criminal antecedents should be employed in schools. When headmaster of a school found ..
HC flays state machinery in preventive detention orders
In dealing with preventive detention orders, even minor lapses of Government officials cannot be tolerated, observed the high Court ..
What is `preparation for prostitution’? HC asks police
The Kerala High Court feels that there should be a limit to the absurdity of police when persons are held for alleged sexual offence ..
