Orissa High Court issues must-abide guidelines on 498-A IPC arrest
The Section 498A of the IPC deals with harassment or cruelty towards a woman by her husband or in-laws over unlawful demand of property.
The Section 498A of the IPC deals with harassment or cruelty towards a woman by her husband or in-laws over unlawful demand of property.
The Orissa High Court on Thursday ordered a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the alleged lapses in scoring…
Amicus Curiae (AC) N K Mohanty informed the Orissa High Court in an affidavit that “a catastrophe may happen at any time”.
Of the 75 cases, convicts in 31 cases have been acquitted and convicts in 10 cases charged under 302 were commuted to 304 (1) of IPC (culpable homicide not amounting to murder), which attracts imprisonment of 10 years.
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of Crime Branch police had earlier taken up the investigation of fake accident cases. However, nothing tangible had come out of it as the local police and medical practitioners had connived with the claimants.
The high court directed the state government to draw a roadmap, enact regulation to curb the unethical practice.
The court called the petition challenging the Centre’s decision to demonetize the currency note publicity interest litigation in the garb of public interest.
No government employee in the state facing trial in a criminal case is entitled to regular or ad-hoc promotion.
The High Court also orders the state government to reconstitute the State Advisory Board on disability.
The wheelchair-bound rights activist filed a contempt petition against the temple administration accusing it of defying Orissa HC order to make the Puri Jaganath temple disabled-friendly.
