Though We Cheer Our Daughters’ World Cup Win, But True Equality for Girl Children Is Still Far Away: Calcutta HC on Dowry Harassment Case

The Calcutta High Court’s Port Blair circuit bench set aside the discharge of a woman’s in-laws in a dowry harassment case, stressing that society still struggles with gender equality. The woman had died by suicide in 2021 after killing her infant daughter.

IPS Defamation Case| ‘Cannot Conduct Mini-Trial’: Allahabad HC Refuses to Quash Case Against News18 Journalists

Allahabad High Court dismissed a Section 482 CrPC plea seeking to quash summoning and criminal proceedings against three News18 journalists over alleged defamatory reporting. Holding that no mini-trial is permissible at the quashing stage, the Court directed the matter to proceed to trial.