CASES MUST BE LIFTED ONLY FOR VALID REASONS

The Andhra Pradesh government has not only withdrawn 23 cases against ministers, MLAs and party leaders on charges as serious as molestation and attempt to murder, but has also closed cases of murder, and those under the Explosive Substances Act, the Arms Act and the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act against others.

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The Deccan Chronicle Newspaper

SC REJECTS 10-YEAR-OLD RAPE SURVIVOR'S PLEA TO ABORT

A 10-year-old rape victim has been left with no choice but to continue with her pregnancy after a medical panel informed the Supreme Court on Friday that an abortion will endanger both the girl and her 32-week-old foetus.

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Deccan Chronicle, The Hindu and Indian Express Newspapers

DOWRY LAW IS WATERED DOWN: WOMEN GROUPS

Section 498A is a strong law with provisions to arrest not only the husband but even family members who were allegedly party to the cruelty meted out to the wife for dowry. It has been widely misused, something that the courts have acknowledged.

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Deccan Chronicle Newspaper

RIGHT TO PRIVACY NOT FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT: CENTRE TO SUPREME COURT

Attorney General K.K. Venugopal told a nine-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice J.S. Khehar that "India had declined to introduce privacy as fundamental right as is evident from the Constituent Assembly Debates. But now the court is being asked to hold privacy as fundamental right, which should be rejected".

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   The Hindu and Indian Express Newspapers

NO ARREST IN 498-A, BEFORE COMMITTEES REPORT SUPREME COURT OF INDIA

Acknowledging a growing trend among women involved in marital discord to abuse Section 498A of IPC to rope in their husbands' relatives — including parents, minor children, siblings and grandparents — in criminal cases, a bench of Justices A K Goel and UU Lalit said it was high time such frivolous cases which violated the human rights of innocent and would be checked.

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                Times Of India and Indian Express Newspapers   

ONLY STATE CAN DECIDE ON SURROGATE KIDS: HYDERABAD HIGH COURT

During the hearing of the case, counsel appearing for one of commissioned parents brought to the notice of the bench that some of the surrogate mothers have recently given birth to baby girls and the commissioned parents were prepared to take custody of these newborns and the surrogate mothers were also prepared to hand them over to their commissioned parents.

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ALL ASPECTS OF PRIVACY CANNOT BE PUT UNDER FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS CATEGORY, CENTRE TELLS SC

“There is a fundamental right to privacy. But it is a wholly qualified right,” Attorney General K K Venugopal told a nine-judge Constitution Bench headed by Chief Justice of India J S Khehar. He, however, made it clear that the submission was not intended to cover the challenge to Aadhaar, meaning that those challenging it cannot claim that it violates right to privacy.

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The Hindu and Indian Express Newspapers

NO FRAUD, CIVILS TOPPER TELLS HYDERABAD HIGH COURT

Gopalakrishna Ronanki, who was awarded All India 3rd rank in Civil Services examination 2016, informed the Hyderabad High Court that the PIL case filed against him was sponsored at the instance of his friends and cousins. “I am ready to produce all the physical disability certificates in original before the court,” he claimed. In this regard, Ronanki filed a counter affidavit pursuant to the court direction on a PIL filed by M Murali Krishna, advocate of the city, seeking directions to the authorities to conduct enquiry in respect of the alleged physically handicapped disability as claimed by Ronanki from Palasa mandal in Srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh.

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Deccan Chronicle Newspaper and Indian Express Newspaper

BOMBAY HIGH COURT DIRECTS BUILDERS TO MEET JULY 31 RERA REGISTRATION DEADLINE

The Nagpur bench of the Bombay high court on Wednesday directed a group of builders to comply with a July 31 registration deadline under the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act (Rera), 2016.The court declined to extend the month-end deadline set under the new real estate regulatory law.  Four builders have approached Nagpur bench of Bombay High Court to challenge some provisions of the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016. They contend that provisions restricting sale of real estate, opening of escrow account, and registration of existing projects with Real Estate Regulatory Authority (RERA) are unconstitutional.

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Times Of India Newspaper

EXPLAIN ACTION TAKEN AGAINST MIYAPUR LAND SCAM: HYDERABAD HIGH COURT TO TELANGANA

The Hyderabad High Court directed the Telangana government to submit all relevant records surrounding the Miyapur land scam, along with action taken by it, to the bench by next week.

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TIMES OF INDIA NEWSPAPER

INDIAN EXPRESS NEWSPAPER

CENTRE LAUNCHED ‘SHE-BOX’ PORTAL FOR SEXUAL HARASSMENT COMPLAINTS

The Women and Child Development ministry had launched ‘SHe-box’ (sexual harassment electronic box), an online platform to enable women employees to file complaints related to sexual harassment at the workplace. Initially it is applicable to Central government women employees.

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DECCAN CHRONICLE NEWSPAPER

INDIAN EXPRESS NEWSPAPER

SUPREME COURT ORDERED MEDICAL TEST OF 10-YEAR-OLD RAPE VICTIM

The Supreme Court asked the Post Graduate Institute of Medicine in Chandigarh to examine a 10-year-old child rape victim, on July 26, who is into her 26th week of pregnancy, and submit a report whether the pregnancy can be terminated or not.

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TIMES OF INDIA NEWSPAPER

MAN HELD FOR POSTING MORPHED IMAGE OF PRIME MINISTER

The Nizamabad (Telangana) district police arrested a man from Varni (Nizamabad) village for posting a morphed image of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his facebook page.

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TIMES OF INDIA NEWSPAPER

HYDERABAD HIGH COURT CLEARED JOBS FOR CHILDREN OF SECOND WIFE

Hyderabad High Court had strike off the orders of the Railway Board rejecting compassionate appointments to the children of the second wife of deceased railway employees, and said that according provision of the Hindu Marriages Act, the children of second wife are legitimate, even though the marriage with second wife is void if the first marriage is legally valid.

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DECCAN CHRONICLE NEWSPAPER

PASSPORT APPLICANTS CAN SUBMIT AADHAAR OR PAN CARD AS PROOF OF DATE OF BIRTH

The Central government said that the applicants, who are applying for passport, can submit the Aadhaar or PAN card as the proof for their date of birth. The step was taken to simplify the process of issuing passports.

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TIMES OF INDIA NEWSPAPER

SOON BANKRUPTCY PROTECTION FOR INDIVIDUALS: CENTRAL GOVERNMENT

The Central government has begun work on a process for individuals to be declared as bankrupt, which will help them deal with a financial crisis rather than be bogged down by it. The rules will help a defaulter repay the money in a structured way, rather than being forced to pay it up to banks in one go.

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TIMES OF INDIA NEWSPAPER

NO AWARENESS AMONG PEOPLE ABOUT PLEA BARGAINING

Plea Bargaining, which was introduced into the Indian criminal justice system in 2006 to quickly reduce the number of under trial prisoners and increase the number of convictions, has failed to yield results due to lack of interest among prosecutors and awareness about it among people.

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DECCAN CHRONICLE NEWSPAPER

LAW TO IMPLEMENT FOOD SECURITY ACT: SUPREME COURT TO CENTRE AND STATES

The Supreme Court has pulled up both the Centre and the states for the delayed implementation of the National Food Security Act and said a law enacted by Parliament as a part of its social justice obligation must be given its due respect and must be implemented faithfully and sincerely and positively before the end of this year.

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DECCAN CHRONICLE NEWSPAPER

NOW ADOPTION IS EASIER FOR SINGLE WOMEN

According to the recent proposal passed by the Central Adoption Research Agency (CARA), now the women above 40 can easily adopt a child with simple process, and also single women, who are 40-plus and financially capable, will be given preference over others in the adoption process.

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TIMES OF INDIA NEWSPAPER

ONE CYBER ATTACK IN INDIA FOR EVERY 10 MINUTES: CERT INDIA

According to the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In), at least one cyber crime was reported every 10 minutes in India in the first six months of 2017, that's higher than a crime every 12 minutes in 2016.

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TIMES OF INDIA NEWSPAPER

BIOLOGICAL AGE IS CONSIDER, NOT MENTAL AGE: SUPREME COURT

Only the biological age of a rape survivor is consider but not mental age to register a case under stringent Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, ruled by the Supreme Court.

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TIMES OF INDIA NEWSPAPER

DATA PROTECTION IS RIGHT OF LIFE: CENTRE TO SUPREME COURT

The Centre submitted before the Supreme Court that data is a reflection of an individual’s personality and is integral to right to life and personal liberty guaranteed under the constitution, and also said that a regulatory regime on data protection would soon be laid down.

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DECCAN CHRONICLE NEWSPAPER

INDIAN EXPRESS NEWSPAPER

IF PRIVATE COMPANIES CAN HAVE DATA, WHY NOT STATE CAN HAVE DATA: SUPREME COURT

The Supreme Court wondered why citizens could not share data with state when they were ready to share data with private bodies like Apple to access devices. The Court made this observation while hearing challenge petitions which are filed against Centre’s Aadhaar mandatory scheme stating that it was a violation of citizen’s right to privacy.

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INDIAN EXPRESS NEWSPAPER

HANS INDIA NEWSPAPER

POLICE INSPECTOR SUSPENDED FOR NOT REGISTERING POCSO COMPLAINT

The inspector of Malleshwaram (Bangalore) police station was suspended for neglecting his duty as he was not register a POCSO case in which an AC mechanic had attempted to sexually harass a boy.

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DECCAN CHRONICLE NEWSPAPER

RIGHT TO PRIVACY IS NOT ABSOLUTE RIGHT: SUPREME COURT

The Supreme Court said that ‘Right to privacy’ cannot be an absolute right and the State may have power to make laws and impose them with some reasonable restriction. The court made this statement examining whether it can be declared as a fundamental right under the Constitution.

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INDIAN EXPRESS NEWSPAPER

DECCAN CHRONICLE NEWSPAPER

NINE-JUDGE BENCH TO HEAR WHETHER PRIVACY IS A FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT

A nine-Judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court will begin hearing arguments whether there is a fundamental ‘right to privacy’ under the Constitution, which is affected by providing his personal and biometric information of Aadhaar for his activities.

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DECCAN CHRONICLE NEWSPAPER

HYDERABAD CONSUMER FORUM REJECTED ‘CONSUMER’ CLAIM

The District Consumer forum, Hyderabad III, has rejected a compensation plea for a damaged property on the grounds that the complainant was not a consumer as he planned to use the property for commercial use. Since the complainant wished to give out the property on rent which would be termed as commercial purpose, and hence the complainant is excluded from the definition of ‘consumer’.

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DECCAN CHRONICLE NEWSPAPER

UNJUSTIFIABLE DELAY IN FILING A WRIT NOT ACCEPTABLE: HYDERABAD HIGH COURT

The Hyderabad High Court said that a citizen cannot knock on the doors of the court whenever he feels convenient for him though no time limit is prescribed for filing a petition by invoking Article 226 of the Constitution. As no valid reasons assigned or justifiable cause was shown to file a writ petition after 20 years, the court has dismissed a case on ground of delay and laches in invoking the jurisdiction of the court under Article 226.

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INDIAN EXPRESS NEWSPAPER

WHATSAPP FORWARD DOCUMENT IS NOT EVIDENCE: DELHI HIGH COURT

The Delhi High Court said that any document shared on WhatsApp does not qualify as evidence in terms of the Evidence Act, 1872, unless the original is produced. The Court made this observation while dismissing a petition filed by National Lawyers Campaign for Judicial Transparency and Reforms and others seeking directions for registering an FIR in connection with an alleged suicide note of late Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Kalikho Pul.

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TIMES OF INDIA NEWSPAPER

SHE TEAMS ARRESTED 59 OFFENDERS FOR HARASSING WOMEN

The Hyderabad SHE Teams police arrested 59 offenders, including 13 minors, for harassing women. Two of them, one offender, were booked under Criminal Law Amendment Act-2013 (Nirbhaya Act) while two others were slapped with cases under different sections of Indian Penal Code (IPC). Remaining offenders were counseled and released by the police.

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TIMES OF INDIA NEWSPAPER

TRS MLA ARRESTED AND RELEASED ON BAIL FOR MISBEHAVING WITH WOMAN DISTRICT COLLECTOR

Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) party MLA B Shankar Naik was briefly arrested by the police and subsequently released on personal bail in the case relating to his alleged misbehavior with district collector Preeti Meena during the Haritha Haram programme.

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DECCAN CHRONICLE NEWSPAPER

TIMES OF INDIA NEWSPAPER