Sessions court relied on Supreme Court ruling in Bhanei Prasad Raju vs State of Himachal Pradesh case, emphasising the irreparable nature of breach of trust in 'incestuous cases'.
The apex court last week acquitted two, including convict on death row, and said the highest degree of circumspection should be exercised by courts before awarding the death penalty.
Top court overturned trial court & HC order on conviction of the two, one of whom was on death row, calling the case a 'classic example of lacklustre & shabby investigation'.
Global media also reports on outrage over the death of a 10-year-old rape victim in Bihar due to hospital mismanagement, and chances of Modi skipping this year’s G-7 summit.
The girl, who was hearing & speech impaired, was missing since Tuesday evening, and was found lying unconscious in a field the next morning. Her condition was said to be stable at the hospital.
The girl’s body was found near a government school. The accused, Nagaraju, was booked under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) and other relevant sections.
Local residents torch police post, vandalise vehicles. This comes weeks after a junior doctor was raped and murdered at Kolkata's RG Kar hospital, triggering nationwide protests.
Hafiz of madrasa in Saura village has confessed to sodomising & murdering boy, say police. He & his brother-in-law were arrested 3 July. Family was told that their son was missing.
Special POCSO court judge K Soman gave highest punishment of the land to Ashwaq Alam, a migrant labourer. The court had found Alam guilty of all 16 offences in the charge sheet.
The proposed amendment to the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code aims to reduce timelines and provide for a mechanism that involves minimal interaction with the court. It fails on both counts.
Open to public feedback until 26 November, the revised guidelines, among other changes, give CA firms more flexibility to advertise & promote their services.
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
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