Media & Entertainment News Only we can decide Aruna’s future, hospital tells apex court March 2, 2011 / March 3, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Even as the Supreme Court on Wednesday reserved its verdict on a petition seeking mercy killing for Aruna Ramachandra Shanbaug, a nurse of the King Edwards Memorial Hospital in Mumbai who is in coma for the past 38 years after she was raped by a staff sweeper, the hospital asked the court to reject the […] Read more » apex court Aruna Ramachandra Shanbaug Aruna's future decide hospital Justice Gyan Sudha Misra Justice Markendey Katju King Edwards Memorial Hospital Supreme Court
Top Law News Family has to decide whether to report rape: Court August 6, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has said that while there should be prompt lodging of a First Information Report (FIR) in criminal cases, there could be no straight-jacketed formula in registration of rape cases. Normally, a delay in lodging an FIR not only introduces exaggeration and concoction that colours the facts of the incident but it also […] Read more » decide Family report rape
Top Law News Trial court told to decide rape case afresh July 26, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High court Monday set aside a 10-year jail term awarded to a man for allegedly raping a five-year-old girl and directed the trial court to decide the case afresh. The high court slammed the trial court and told it to record the accused’s statement while deciding the matter again. While setting aside the […] Read more » afresh case decide rape