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    Courts and Police Carry Social Baggage Which Makes Them Reluctant to Proactively Tackle Rape Cases: Retired Justice Gita Mittal
    Courts and Police Carry Social Baggage Which Makes Them Reluctant to Proactively Tackle Rape Cases: Retired Justice Gita Mittal
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    Courts and Police Carry Social Baggage Which Makes Them Reluctant to Proactively Tackle Rape Cases: Retired Justice Gita Mittal

    Former Jammu and Kashmir High Court Chief Justice Gita Mittal highlighted that social prejudices influence even legally trained minds, affecting rape case handling, noting reluctance among police, magistrates, and judges due to stigma surrounding sexual offences.

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    Illegal to Conduct Ossification Test on a Minor When Proper Age Documents Are Available: Allahabad High Court
    Illegal to Conduct Ossification Test on a Minor When Proper Age Documents Are Available: Allahabad High Court
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    Illegal to Conduct Ossification Test on a Minor When Proper Age Documents Are Available: Allahabad High Court

    The Allahabad High Court (Lucknow Bench) held ossification tests cannot determine juvenile age when valid documents exist. It set aside orders of the Juvenile Justice Board and POCSO court, granting conditional bail to a minor with probation reporting conditions.

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    Jailed MP Amritpal Singh Denied Relief: Punjab & Haryana High Court Dismisses Plea For Temporary Release
    Jailed MP Amritpal Singh Denied Relief: Punjab & Haryana High Court Dismisses Plea For Temporary Release
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    Jailed MP Amritpal Singh Denied Relief: Punjab & Haryana High Court Dismisses Plea For Temporary Release

    The Punjab and Haryana High Court rejected jailed MP Amritpal Singh plea for temporary release to attend Parliament’s budget session, holding no legal infirmity in denial and emphasising that national interests outweigh individual interests in such circumstances.

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    Oral And Anal Sex Between Husband and Wife not Punishable Under Section 377 IPC: MP High Court Quashes Charges Against  Husband
    Oral And Anal Sex Between Husband and Wife not Punishable Under Section 377 IPC: MP High Court Quashes Charges Against  Husband
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    Oral and Anal Sex Between Husband and Wife not Punishable Under Section 377 IPC: MP High Court Quashes Charges Against  Husband

    The Madhya Pradesh High Court set aside Section 377 charges against a husband, ruling that alleged acts within a valid marriage are not prosecutable under current law. Justice Milind Ramesh Phadke quashed the FIR in the Bhind case.

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    Issuance of Summons to an Accused Is a Serious Matter and Cannot Be Done Mechanically: Bombay High Court Quashes Order Against In-Laws
    Issuance of Summons to an Accused Is a Serious Matter and Cannot Be Done Mechanically: Bombay High Court Quashes Order Against In-Laws
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    Issuance of Summons to an Accused Is a Serious Matter and Cannot Be Done Mechanically: Bombay High Court Quashes Order Against In-Laws

    The Bombay High Court quashed a Magistrate’s order summoning in-laws, with Justice Ashwin D. Bhobe stressing issuing process is a “serious matter” requiring judicial application of mind to facts, allegations, and supporting evidence.

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    Supreme Court Upholds Anticipatory Bail to MLA Rahul Mamkootathil, Expunges Kerala HC Remarks Against Survivor in Rape Case
    Supreme Court Upholds Anticipatory Bail to MLA Rahul Mamkootathil, Expunges Kerala HC Remarks Against Survivor in Rape Case
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    Supreme Court Upholds Anticipatory Bail to MLA Rahul Mamkootathil, Expunges Kerala HC Remarks Against Survivor in Rape Case

    The Supreme Court upheld anticipatory bail granted to MLA Rahul Mamkootathil in a rape case but removed adverse remarks made by the Kerala High Court against the survivor. The Court said such observations were unnecessary and ordered them to be expunged.

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