Expansive Interpretation To Be Given To Term ‘Wife’ In Maintenance Cases Where Man & Woman Live Together For Reasonably Long Period: Allahabad High Court

Expansive Interpretation To Be Given To Term ‘Wife’ In Maintenance Cases Where Man & Woman Live Together For Reasonably Long Period: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has reaffirmed that a very broad and expansive interpretation is required to be given to the term ‘wife’ for maintenance under Section 125 Cr.P.C. to include those cases where a man and woman have been living together as husband and wife for a reasonable long period of time. The High Court…

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Supreme Court Acquits Man Who Was Awarded Death Penalty; Issues Directions For Cases Where DNA Evidence Is Involved

Supreme Court Acquits Man Who Was Awarded Death Penalty; Issues Directions For Cases Where DNA Evidence Is Involved

The Supreme Court while acquitting a man who was awarded death penalty in murder and rape case, has issued certain directions which shall be followed in all cases where DNA (Deoxyribonucleic Acid) Evidence is involved. The Court was hearing a Criminal Appeal filed by the accused against the Judgment of the Madras High Court, Madurai…

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Delhi riots 2020: Court sentences man to three years imprisonment for promoting hatred against minority community

Delhi riots 2020: Court sentences man to three years imprisonment for promoting hatred against minority community

A Delhi court has sentenced a man to three-year imprisonment for promoting hatred against a particular minority community during the 2020 North East Delhi riots. While pronouncing the quantum of sentence, Additional Sessions Judge Praveen Singh of Karkardooma Courts, however, ordered the release of Lokesh Kumar Solanki as he had already spent more than three years…

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