Criminal Law News High courtC accepts panchayat age, lets off rape convict February 25, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court set free a convict who in a case of kidnap-cum-rape case, which took into account the age certificate issued by a village panchayat that stated he was a “juvenile” at the time of offence. Justice GP Mittal accepted the panchayat’s age certificate according to which the convict was about 17-year-old at the […] Read more » date of birth certificate Delhi High Court judgement of supreme court justice GP Mittal Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) kidnap cum rape case panchayat age rape convict Supreme Court village panchayat
Top Law News India’s first child witness court room inaugurated September 17, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment India’s first child witness court room (CWCR), designed to present a friendly image of courts for child witnesses, was today inaugurated at the Karkardooma courts complex. The CWCR has been opened to help children, who are sometimes witnesses in cases pertaining to sexual offences, to depose freely in the court. The inauguration was done in […] Read more » cases of sexual offences and child witnesses cases pertaining to sexual offences Delhi High Court Acting chief justice AK Sikri inaugurated at the Karkardooma India's first child witness court room India's first child witness court room inaugurated judges PS Teji judges Sunita Gupta justice Altamas Kabir of Supreme Court Justice Gita Mittal justice GP Mittal Justice Kabir welcomed the inauguration of CWCR justices Reva Khetrapal Karkardooma courts complex rape cases involving minors