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POCSO Act | Man Acquitted After 5 Years Of Jail In False Rape Case: Kanpur Court Orders Probe Against IO For Framing An Innocent Person
Latest News Jun 27, 2026 0

POCSO Act | Man Acquitted After 5 Years Of Jail In False Rape Case: Kanpur Court Orders Probe Against IO For Framing An Innocent Person

A wrong arrest, no identification parade and five years in jail—does our criminal justice system have enough safeguards to protect innocent men from such failures? UTTAR PRADESH: Kanpur Special POCSO Act Court, through Judicial Official Pawan Kumar Rai, acquitted a man after finding that he was wrongly implicated in a rape and POCSO case due…

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“No Purpose Will Be Served In Sailing The Dead Wood”: Jharkhand High Court Upholds Husband’s Divorce On Cruelty And Desertion, Enhances Wife’s Alimony To ₹40 Lakh
High Court Jun 27, 2026 0

“No Purpose Will Be Served In Sailing The Dead Wood”: Jharkhand High Court Upholds Husband’s Divorce On Cruelty And Desertion, Enhances Wife’s Alimony To ₹40 Lakh

The Jharkhand High Court upheld the husband’s divorce on the grounds of cruelty and desertion, but still enhanced the wife’s permanent alimony to ₹40 lakh. Can a husband be forced to pay ₹40 lakh alimony even after the wife’s cruelty and desertion are proved? RANCHI: The Jharkhand High Court, through Justice Sujit Narayan Prasad and…

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Woman Gets Life Imprisonment For Stabbing And Killing 18-Month-Old Daughter With Knife, Older Daughters Testify: Thane Court
Latest News Jun 27, 2026 0

Woman Gets Life Imprisonment For Stabbing And Killing 18-Month-Old Daughter With Knife, Older Daughters Testify: Thane Court

A Thane mother has been sentenced to life imprisonment after her two daughters testified that she attacked their 18-month-old sister with a kitchen knife. But why did the father, who first tried to get medical help, still get four years in jail? MAHARASHTRA: A Thane court has sentenced a 28-year-old woman to life imprisonment for…

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Wife’s Remark That She Can Have Thousands Of Husbands Like Him Is An Indirect Attack On Husband’s Worth, Amounting To Grave And Sudden Provocation: MP High Court
High Court Jun 26, 2026 0

Wife’s Remark That She Can Have Thousands Of Husbands Like Him Is An Indirect Attack On Husband’s Worth, Amounting To Grave And Sudden Provocation: MP High Court

The MP High Court reduces the husband’s life sentence to 7 years RI with ₹1,000 fine, but the case leaves one sharp question: if the roles were reversed, would a wife face the same strict punishment? JABALPUR:The Madhya Pradesh High Court at Jabalpur, through Justice Vivek Agarwal and Justice Avanindra Kumar Singh, partly allowed the…

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