Supreme Court of India granted relief to elderly cancer patient in decade-old pension dispute, directing Allahabad High Court for urgent hearing. Bench of Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi stressed compassion.
The Delhi High Court set aside an FIR and criminal proceedings against a woman accused under Section 307 IPC, prioritising restoration of family ties over retribution. Observing the relationship resembled that of a mother and child, the court said, “if justice is ever to be tempered with mercy, this is a fit case for such an approach.”
