ADULT WOMAN FREE TO CHOOSE PLACE OF LIVING AND HER PARTNER: SUPREME COURT

The Supreme Court said that an adult woman has free to choose where she wants to live and partner with whom she wants to live. The court made this statement after hearing a petition which was filed by a woman’s sister and brother stating that she had been abducted and forced to live with a person in a Haryana village. She said to the court that she was willingly living with her partner.

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COURTS CAN RELY ON ELECTRONIC RECORDS WITHOUT CERTIFICATE: SUPREME COURT

The Supreme Court has held that the requirement of a certificate to make electronic evidence admissible is not mandatory. The top court’s clarification on section 65B of Indian Evidence Act, which deals with admissibility of electronic evidence in court proceedings, will have an impact on criminal trials, where an increasing number of call details records, CCTV footage, mobile video recordings and CDs are being relied upon. According to Section 65(B) of Indian Evidence Act says that electronic records need to be certified by a person occupying a responsible official position for being admissible as evidence in any court proceedings.

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JYOTHI HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL ARRESTED FOR STUDENT SUICIDE FOR NOT ALLOWING HER TO WROTE EXAM

Gatla Lakshmi, principal of Jyothi High School, where a student committed suicide after she was prevented from writing an exam and made to stand outside, was arrested by the Malakajiri police after the family of the victim, K. Sai Deepthi, registered a complaint against the school. The police said cases had been filed against the principal under the IPC Section 305 (abetment to suicide) and the SC/ST Prevention of Atrocities Act.

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PARENTS TO JOIN NATIONWIDE PROTEST AGAINST SCHOOL FEE HIKE AND DEMAND FEE REGULATION LAW

Parents, along with some NGOs in the Hyderabad city will take part in a nation-wide protest on Saturday, to demand that the Centre bring in a single and strong central fee and education quality regulation act that schools will need to abide by. The protest is part of a country-wide movement that will be conducted simultaneously across 19 other cities across India.

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SUPREME COURT DISMISSED PLEA FOR MAKING RAPE LAW GENDER NEUTRAL

The Supreme Court refused to entertain a PIL for making laws pertaining to rape, sexual harassment, stalking, voyeurism, outraging the modesty gender-neutral offence to punish both man and woman, and also said that the authority to change the legislation lies with the parliament.

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CENTRAL GOVERNMENT AGAINST DEATH PENALTY FOR THOSE WHO RAPE CHILDREN

The Union government expressed its objection to death penalty for child abusers, rapists and paedophiles, saying “death penalty is not an answer for everything.” The government made this statement against a PIL filed by advocate Alakh Alok Srivastava in Supreme Court to change the punishment for a child rapist to death penalty.

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CHIEF JUSTICE OF INDIA MADE PUBLIC AND TRANSPARENT NEW ROSTER SYSTEM FOR ALLOCATION OF CASES

To put an end to the controversy raised by four senior-most judges, the Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra made public and transparent the new roster system from February 5 on allocation of work to the 12 different benches including the CJI, who will hear all-important PILs. The new roster system has been notified on the Supreme Court website. This new roaster will apply to the fresh cases and not the existing cases.

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