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‘Legal Aid Cannot Be a Mere Formality’: Sikkim HC Upholds POCSO Conviction, Asks Legal Services Authority to Supervise and Train Legal Aid Lawyers
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Woman Died Hours After Abortion at Nursing Home: Bombay High Court Upholds Doctor’s Conviction Under IPC and MTP Act
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Life Sentence Overturned in 2012 Child Kidnap-Murder Case: Bombay High Court Finds ‘Got Up’ Witness, Stock Panch and Unproven Calls
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Touching Proved, Penetration Not: Delhi HC Replaces 20-Year POCSO Sentence With Five Years for Aggravated Sexual Assault
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No Proof of Who Struck the Fatal Blow: Delhi HC Converts Life Sentence for Murder Into Grievous Hurt Conviction, Orders Release
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Bride Burnt in 1998: Delhi HC Upholds Sister-in-Law’s Life Sentence on Dying Declaration, Says Her Years as an Absconder Count Against Her
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A 12-Paragraph Judgment Is Not Enough to Uphold a Life Sentence: Supreme Court Sends Murder Appeal Back to High Court, Grants Bail After 12 Years
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₹500 Bribe for Releasing a PF Claim: Delhi HC Upholds EPFO Clerk’s Conviction After 20 Years, Orders Surrender
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Section 376-D IPC: Supreme Court Reduces ‘Remainder of Natural Life’ Sentence to 20 Years, Lays Down Factors for Proportionate Sentencing
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‘Benefit of Doubt Is Not an Empty Formality’: Supreme Court Refuses to Overturn Concurrent Acquittal in 1998 Murder Case
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Fifteen Sentences, No Reasons: Supreme Court Sets Aside Allahabad HC Order Upholding Section 319 CrPC Summoning and Sends Appeal Back
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No ‘Live Link’, No Dowry Death: Patna High Court Acquits Husband and In-Laws, Says Grave Suspicion Cannot Replace Proof Under Section 304-B
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