On Tuesday (June 26th, 2018) Patna High Court bench of Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice Rajeev Ranjan Prasad passed an order to free a girl who was locked up by her father for several days at his residence at Khagaria in Bihar for having a relationship with a Supreme Court lawyer.
The woman told the court that she is not comfortable staying with her parents and wants to stay separately.
The Court ordered the Chanakya National Law University (CNLU), where the girl had studied, to provide her accommodation in its guest house and allow the girl to meet anyone as per her wish.
Further, the Court directed the Patna Police to protect the girl round the clock, during her stay in the university's guest house and scheduled the next date of hearing on July 12.
The 24-year-old girl was illegally confined by her father, a District and Sessions Judge from Bihar, Khagaria District, to prevent the girl from meeting her lover. The girl was even trashed by her mother to deter her from meeting the guy.
Publishing of Balance Sheets by Private Schools in Chandigarh: Supreme Court Strikes Down Notification
Judiciary
May 20, 2022
Shashwata Sahu
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Editor: Adv. Jhanak Sharma
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The Apex Court has ruled that a clause in an April 2018 notification issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs requiring private unaided educational institutions in Chandigarh to publish their balance sheets/income and expenditure accounts on their websites is unconstitutional. While considering a special leave petition challenging the Punjab and Haryana High Court's judgement of May 28, 2021, upholding an April 2018 notification issued by the authorities by exercising powers under Section 87...
Lok Sabha Passes Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill, 2022, Allows Collection of Prisoners Biometrics
Executive
Apr 05, 2022
Shilpa Mathew
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Editor: Adv. Jhanak Sharma
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The Lok Sabha on Monday (4 April 2022) passed the Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill, 2022, by voice note. The Bill enables investigating officers to collect the biometric details of the prisoners. The Identification of Prisoners Act, 1920 is replaced in the Bill. The Act authorises the collection of certain identifiable information about specified persons such as convicts for investigation of crime. The Act increases the scope of such details, and persons whose details can be...
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