Thane, April 10 A court in Maharashtra's Thane district has acquitted a 48-year-old woman accused of killing her would-be daughter-in-law, citing "blatant inconsistencies" and "contradictory versions" in the victim's dying declarations.A copy of the order dated April 8 was made available on...
amita gotarna
criminal case
criminal law
death investigation
dyingdeclaration
evidence
fire incident
judicial acquittal
kamal chandrakant kanoja
legal proceedings
maharashtra
manslaughter
stepson
thane district
victim
New Delhi, April 4 Practices like domestic abuse persist not as aberrations but as indications of a "disease-afflicted social order," and empirical data of crimes against women in the country presents a "sobering picture," the Supreme Court has said.The apex court said India has experienced...
beti bachao, beti padhao
crimes against women
domestic violence
dowry-related violence
dyingdeclaration
gender inequality
india
judicial recognition
legal reform
national crime records bureau
patriarchy
social order
sukanya samriddhi yojana
ujjwala yojana
welfare schemes
women's rights
New Delhi, March 17 The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the conviction of a man for killing his wife by setting her on fire in 2000, saying there was no reason to disbelieve the victim's dying declaration.The top court termed the testimony of the couple's eldest daughter, an eyewitness, as...
New Delhi, February 12 A Delhi court has acquitted a man accused of murdering his wife by setting her on fire in 2016, stating that the conviction of the accused cannot be solely based on the dying declaration.Additional Sessions Judge Himanshu Raman Singh also said that the prosecution failed...