The Supreme Court of India has dismissed an appeal challenging the judgment passed by the Special Court convicting the accused for the offence punishable under Section 21 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985, that talk about the Punishment for contravention in relation.
Manoj Kumar Sharma filed petition challenging the Allahabad High Court order, urging to put a stay on the contempt proceedings as directed in the order of March 2.
According to the petition, respondent No. 4 and 5 have applied for conversion of the land bearing Khasra No.107/11 ad-measuring 1.137 hectares out of which 1.00 acres of land was applied for conversion for commercial purposes on 21.12.2015.
Despite these legislative provisions, the Supreme Court noted that as on 12 July, trial was completed in only 911 of the 24,212 child sexual abuse cases registered in India from 1 January to 30 June 2019.
The plea filed through Advocate Rishu Singh sought court's direction to the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MI&B) to constitute a regulatory authority
The Himachal Pradesh High Court on Tuesday dismissed the petition of a workman seeking relief that the period of his becoming incarcerated, either in police custody or in judicial custody should be declared to be continuous service.
The Delhi High Court has acquitted a man convicted under Section 4 of the POCSO Act, dealing with punishment for penetrative sexual assault, on the grounds of inconsistencies in the statement made by the prosecutrix.