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    Police's Illegal Entry Into Woman's Bedroom Violates Right To Privacy: Bombay High Court
    Police's Illegal Entry Into Woman's Bedroom Violates Right To Privacy: Bombay High Court
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    Police’s Illegal Entry Into Woman’s Bedroom Violates Right To Privacy: Bombay High Court

    The Bombay High Court held that an ongoing police investigation cannot justify violating a citizen’s constitutional rights, reaffirming the protection of privacy under Article 21. The Court directed the Maharashtra Government to pay Rs.10,000 compensation to the woman, permitting recovery of the amount from the erring police officers.

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    Rajpal Yadav Sentenced to 3 Months in Jail: Delhi HC Says He Failed Despite Multiple Chances to Clear Debt
    Rajpal Yadav Sentenced to 3 Months in Jail: Delhi HC Says He Failed Despite Multiple Chances to Clear Debt
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    Rajpal Yadav Sentenced to 3 Months in Jail: Delhi HC Says He Failed Despite Multiple Chances to Clear Debt

    The Delhi High Court sentenced actor Rajpal Yadav to three months’ simple imprisonment in seven cheque bounce cases for repeatedly breaching settlement undertakings. The Court also directed him to pay Rs 7.35 crore in compensation, while his wife was fined over Rs 5 lakh in each case.

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    An Unnatural Death in Custody Is Not a Private Act, State Responsibility Does Not End Even if Death Is by Suicide: Delhi HC
    An Unnatural Death in Custody Is Not a Private Act, State Responsibility Does Not End Even if Death Is by Suicide: Delhi HC
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    An Unnatural Death in Custody Is Not a Private Act, State Responsibility Does Not End Even if Death Is by Suicide: Delhi HC

    The Delhi High Court awarded Rs 18.44 lakh compensation to the father of a 19-year-old who died in police custody, holding the State constitutionally liable. The Court ruled that custodial deaths, including suicide, reflect a failure of the State’s duty to protect life.

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    Zeal for TRPs: Delhi High Court Raps Aaj Tak, Upholds Rs.5 Lakh Compensation for Exposing Child Sexual Abuse Survivor
    Zeal for TRPs: Delhi High Court Raps Aaj Tak, Upholds Rs.5 Lakh Compensation for Exposing Child Sexual Abuse Survivor
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    Zeal for TRPs: Delhi High Court Raps Aaj Tak, Upholds Rs.5 Lakh Compensation for Exposing Child Sexual Abuse Survivor

    The Delhi High Court said Aaj Tak, “probably in the zeal of securing higher TRPs,” violated the privacy and confidentiality rights of a child sexual abuse survivor, while upholding a Rs.5 lakh compensation order against the broadcaster.

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    Allahabad HC Compensation Order Stayed: Supreme Court Examines Alleged Illegal Detention by Uttar Pradesh Police
    Allahabad HC Compensation Order Stayed: Supreme Court Examines Alleged Illegal Detention by Uttar Pradesh Police
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    Allahabad HC Compensation Order Stayed: Supreme Court Examines Alleged Illegal Detention by Uttar Pradesh Police

    The Supreme Court stayed an Allahabad High Court order directing Uttar Pradesh government to pay Rs 10 lakh compensation to a man allegedly kept in illegal police custody for over three months. The interim order came during the State’s challenge against the compensation direction.

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    Wrong Camera Delivered?: Consumer Court Orders Amazon To Pay Rs.4.68 Lakh Compensation
    Wrong Camera Delivered?: Consumer Court Orders Amazon To Pay Rs.4.68 Lakh Compensation
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    Wrong Camera Delivered?: Consumer Court Orders Amazon To Pay Rs.4.68 Lakh Compensation

    The Darjeeling District Consumer Commission has directed Amazon Seller Services and a seller to pay Rs 4.68 lakh compensation to a customer over delivery of the wrong camera model. The ruling highlights e-commerce platform liability and questions the intermediary defence used by online marketplaces.

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    Dead Fly In Biryani!!: Consumer Commission Orders Compensation And Ten Free Plates For Customer
    Dead Fly In Biryani!!: Consumer Commission Orders Compensation And Ten Free Plates For Customer
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    Dead Fly In Biryani!!: Consumer Commission Orders Compensation  And Ten Free Plates For Customer

    The Puducherry Consumer Commission held a restaurant guilty of deficiency in service after a customer found a dead fly in a plate of biryani. The Commission ordered compensation for mental distress and directed the restaurant to provide ten plates of fresh Hyderabadi chicken biryani free of cost.

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    ‘No Sympathy for Daylight Murder of a Brave IPS Officer’: Jharkhand HC Split on Maoists’ Death Sentence in SP Balihar Killing
    ‘No Sympathy for Daylight Murder of a Brave IPS Officer’: Jharkhand HC Split on Maoists’ Death Sentence in SP Balihar Killing
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    ‘No Sympathy for Daylight Murder of a Brave IPS Officer’: Jharkhand HC Split on Maoists’ Death Sentence in SP Balihar Killing

    Jharkhand High Court delivers a split verdict on the 2013 Maoist attack that killed SP Amarjit Balihar and five policemen. One judge acquits the accused, the other confirms their death sentence.

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