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Don’t make gender biased remarks, HC tells trial courts

December 23, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment

Judges should not make “gender biased” and insensitive comments in their verdicts while dealing with matters related to women, the Delhi High Court said while expunging two of such remarks made by a fast track court here in a rape case. A division bench of Justice Pradeep Nandrajog and Justice VK Rao, taking suo moto […]

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41,827 decade-old cases pending in Delhi courts

August 23, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment

As many as 41,827 cases have been pending in five district courts in the national capital for over 10 years, an official report said. As per the Delhi government’s law and justice department, 202,493 civil matters and 720,807 criminal cases were pending in Tis Hazari, Patiala House, Karkardooma, Rohini and Dwarka district courts till July […]

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Domestic violence cases on the rise in Delhi courts

August 19, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment

Delhi women appear to be increasingly resorting to legal action against domestic violence with over 25 cases being filed in district courts every day. According to court officials, there has been a steep increase in the number of such cases every year – be it wife-beating or abuse of the girl child – since the […]

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