Gujarat HC sets aside Family Court order mandating weekly court visits for a minor child, stressing child welfare and calling the approach unjust.
Read Full ArticleAndhra Pradesh High Court rules maintenance is absolute; unemployment or pending cases cannot excuse a husband from paying wife and child.
Bombay High Court held that an adopted child with unknown parentage acquires the caste of adoptive parents and is entitled to caste validity.
Supreme Court enforces Article 21A, mandates statutory rules for RTE Act’s 25% quota, and empowers NCPCR to monitor State compliance.
Madras High Court suggests Australia-style law restricting children’s internet use below 16 and directs authorities to intensify awareness on child pornography.
J&K and Ladakh High Court rules CWC has no jurisdiction to probe school expulsion cases where the child is not in need of care and protection.
Calcutta High Court upholds POCSO conviction, rules minors cannot give valid consent, rejects delay plea, and orders enhanced compensation for the victim.
Child Welfare Committees cannot direct police to register FIRs, rules Allahabad High Court, holding their powers are limited to children needing care and protection.
Delhi HC suspends woman’s life term in murder case, citing 11 years in jail, good conduct, and welfare of her three minor children.
Madras HC upholds life imprisonment for assault on minor SC girl, reiterating that a child cannot consent to sex; school records key for age proof.
SC’s Juvenile Justice Committee to host 2-day national consultation with UNICEF on safeguarding the girl child and strengthening child protection systems.
Patna HC seeks govt response on child trafficking, exploitation in orchestra groups; plea urges regulation, ban on use of minor girls, and rehab measures.
Jaypee takeover row reaches Supreme Court as Vedanta challenges Adani’s JAL resolution plan, citing higher bid and value maximisation issues.
30 March, 2026 06:02 PM
Madras HC grants divorce, holds wife’s post-petition DV complaint amounts to fresh cruelty; condonation cannot bar relief.
30 March, 2026 05:15 PM
Allahabad High Court rules daughter-in-law not liable to maintain parents-in-law under BNSS; moral obligation not legally enforceable.
30 March, 2026 05:49 PM
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![Delhi HC Suspends Life Sentence Of Woman Convicted In Murder Case, Cites 11 Years Incarceration And Plight Of Minor Children [Read Judgment]](/secure/uploads/2025/10/lj_4059_Delhi_HC_Suspends_Life.webp)
![Child Can’t Consent to Sex — Life Imprisonment Upheld for Sexual Assault on Minor Girl: Madras HC [Read Judgment]](/secure/uploads/2025/10/lj_8200_Assault_on_Minor_Girl.webp)
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