The Delhi High Court granted bail in a POCSO case to a man in custody for over three years, citing the prior relationship, the young ages of both and the victim’s differing statements; the allegations remain to be tested at trial.
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has given the CBI a week to respond to the regular bail application of former district judge Giribala Singh in the Twisha Sharma dowry death case. Singh, mother-in-law of the deceased, denies the allegations. The matter is listed for September 21 and nothing has been established at trial.
A retired general manager won damages after being evicted from his official accommodation, but died while the appeal was pending. The Delhi High Court held that his award for mental agony and loss of prestige abated with his death under Section 306 of the Succession Act, since personal-injury claims do not survive to legal heirs, while upholding the smaller sum for damage to his goods.
The Delhi High Court held that daughters cannot claim inheritance or partition rights in agricultural land where succession opened before the 2005 Hindu Succession Act amendment, ruling that such cases remain governed by the Delhi Land Reforms Act, under which male lineal descendants receive preference in succession.
