Search Results for Tag : suicide
Judgments
Word uttered in fit of anger or emotion without intending consequences to actually follow cannot be said to be instigation(18.10.2019)
Present appeal is preferred by the State of West Bengal through Principal Secretary, Home Department, aggrieved by the judgment passed by the High Cou.....
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Person accused of abetment of suicide must have played an active role to attract Section 306 of IPC(14.09.2021)
The Supreme Court, while deciding on a matter concerned with Abetment of Suicide has observed that mere quarrel on the day of occurrence of suicide ca.....
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Practice of 'Santhara' to be treated as suicide punishable under section 309 of the Indian Penal Code(10.08.2015)
The Rajasthan High Court held the practice of Santhara (Sallekhana), fasting unto death to attain 'moksha', impermissible under Article 21 of the Cons.....
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High Court acquits ‘depressed’ engineer who killed son(16.03.2016)
Madras High Court acquitted a man accused of poisoning his son, taking into consideration harrowing familial loss that had rendered him mentally unsta.....
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News
Supreme Court: Address Cause of Farmer’s Suicide Instead of Handing Out Compensation(06.03.2017)
Supreme Court has asked Central Government to address cause of farmers’ suicides and prevent such suicides, instead of handing out compensation to hap.....
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Bombay High Court: Suicide Abetment Cases Can’t Be Quashed on Settlement Ground(06.03.2017)
Bombay High Court has said that cases of abetment of suicide cannot be quashed merely on ground of settlement between parties involved.
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CIVIL - Mere Refusal to Marry is Not Instigation to Commit Suicide: Chhattisgarh HC(07.03.2019)
Patna High Court has observed that right of a female to have child at pre-employment stage can't compel employer to mould terms and conditions of sele.....
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CRIMINAL - Mere Refusal to Marry is Not an Instigation to Commit Suicide: Chhattisgarh HC(07.03.2019)
Chhattisgarh High Court has observed that mere refusal to marry is not an instigation to commit suicide and will not attract charges of 'abetment to s.....
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CIVIL - Unnatural Sex, Excess Sexual Act of Husband Not Instigation for Wife's Suicide: Chhattisgarh HC(11.03.2019)
Chhattisgarh High Court, while discharging a man accused of instigating his wife's suicide, has observed that excess sexual acts by a husband and unna.....
Tags : Madhya Pradesh High Court, Unnatural Sex, Excess Sexual Act of Husband, Instigation for suicide,
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CRIMINAL - Unnatural Sex, Excess Sexual Act of Husband Not Instigation for Wife's Suicide: Chhattisgarh HC(11.03.2019)
Chhattisgarh High Court, while discharging a man accused of instigating his wife's suicide, has observed that excess sexual acts by a husband and unna.....
Tags : Madhya Pradesh High Court, Unnatural Sex, Excess Sexual Act of Husband, Instigation for suicide,
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Superior Not Guilty If Employee Kills Self Due to Workload: Supreme Court(28.06.2018)
Supreme Court has declared that if an employee takes the extreme step of ending his or her life due to excessive workload, his superior cannot be char.....
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Mere Intention or Preparation to Commit Suicide Not an Offence: Karnataka High Court(10.07.2018)
Karnataka High Court has held that a person cannot be prosecuted merely for intention or preparation to commit suicide when there was actually no atte.....
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Anissia Batra Suicide: Delhi High Court Extends Interim Protection to In-laws(03.08.2018)
Delhi High Court has extended the interim protection granted to the in-laws of air hostess who allegedly committed suicide recently till September 17.
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Supreme Court Orders CBI Probe in Sushant Singh Rajput Suicide Case(19.08.2020)
Supreme Court has upheld the Bihar Government's order to transfer the probe in the case related to the the death of Sushant Singh Rajput to Central Bu.....
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Vismaya Dowry Death Case: Kerala Court Sentences Husband to 10 Years Jail and Rs. 12.5 Lakh Fine(24.05.2022)
Kerala Court pronounced the sentence in the sensational dowry death case where 22-year-old Vismaya V Nair was found dead at her in-laws' house alleged.....
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Karnataka HC: Perception of Words Differs From Person to Person, Can't Quash FIR Without Trial(26.05.2022)
Karnataka High Court while refusing to quash the case of abetment of suicide against an accused, has observed that perception of threatening word diff.....
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SC Issues Notice in Plea Seeking Transfer of Investigation of Suicide of BHEL Employee(14.07.2020)
Supreme Court has issued notice in a plea seeking transfer of criminal investigation from Telangana State Police to the Central Bureau of Investigatio.....
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HP HC Issues Notice in Plea Seeking Effective Steps to Prevent Suicide Cases(31.08.2020)
Himachal Pradesh High Court has directed the State Government to set up/activate the anti-suicide helpline number within three weeks.
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Delhi HC: Suicidal Threats by Wife Amounts to Mental Cruelty(04.11.2016)
Delhi High Court has said that threat by a woman to commit suicide and implicate her husband and in-laws for it, amounts to causing mental cruelty whi.....
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Supreme Court Seeks Centre’s, CBI’s Response over B. K. Bansal Suicide Case(22.11.2016)
Supreme Court has sought response from Government and Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on a plea to constitute a Special Investigation Team (SIT).....
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Bombay HC: Refusing Further Loan Cannot be Termed as Abetment of Suicide(18.09.2020)
Bombay High Court has observed that when previous loan amount is outstanding and if the bank manager is refusing to grant further loan can be said to .....
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Gujarat HC: Scolding Employee to Maintain Office Discipline Does Not Amount to Abetment of Suicide(07.07.2022)
Gujarat High Court has held that an employer scolding its employee to maintain discipline in the office would not amount to the former abetting suicid.....
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Phone Sex with Husband’s Friend can’t be Ground for Abetment to Suicide Charge: Bombay HC(17.12.2018)
Bombay High Court has discharged a woman from a case registered against her for abetment of her husband’s suicide by indulging in phone sex with his f.....
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Bombay HC Grants Interim Stay on CIC’s Order Directing RBI to Disclose Wilful Defaulters’ List(17.12.2018)
Bombay High Court has discharged a woman from a case registered against her for abetment of her husband’s suicide by indulging in phone sex with his f.....
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Kar HC Refuses to Quash Dowry Death Case Against Husband Whose Wife Commits Suicide in Parents House(14.07.2022)
Karnataka High Court has dismissed a petition filed by a husband seeking to quash a case of dowry death registered against him under Sections 304B and.....
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Flight Attendant’s Death Case: Delhi High Court Grants Bail to In-laws(21.11.2018)
Delhi High Court has granted bail to in-laws of a flight attendant who allegedly committed suicide in July and observed that elderly couple was primar.....
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AP HC: Mere Allegation of Harassment Doesn't Attract S.306 IPC(09.08.2022)
Andhra Pradesh High Court while granting pre-arrest bail to 2 women accused of abetment of suicide by their husbands in separate cases has held that S.....
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Bombay HC Accepts Intervention Plea by Sooraj Pancholi in Jiah Khan Case(15.12.2016)
Bombay High Court has permitted actor Sooraj Pancholi, accused of having abetted suicide of his actor girlfriend, Jiah Khan, to intervene in petition .....
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Bombay HC: Further Investigation in Anvay Naik Suicide Case Cannot be Termed as Illegal(10.11.2020)
Bombay High Court observed that the further investigation started by Raigad police in the Anvay Naik suicide case "cannot be termed as illegal and wit.....
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Madras HC Seeks Govt. Response over Farmer Suicides(06.01.2017)
Madras High Court has directed Central and State Governments to give reply on a public interest litigation that highlighted farmer suicides in Tamil N.....
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Wife Slapping Husband Not an Instigation to Commit Suicide: Delhi High Court(10.01.2019)
Delhi High Court has said that mere act of slapping a man by his wife in front of others does not tantamount to instigating the husband to commit suic.....
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Genpact VP's Suicide Case: Allahabad High Court Stays Arrest of Genpact Staff Till March 6(14.01.2019)
Allahabad High Court has granted an interim stay on the arrest of Genpact employees, who have been accused of abetting the suicide of assistant vice-p.....
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Kerala HC: Cruelty & Abetment to Suicide Are Independent Offences, Guilty in One Doesn’t Imply Other(04.08.2022)
Kerala High Court has held that merely because an accused has been held liable to be punished under Section 498A of Indian Penal Code, it does not fol.....
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Supreme Court Seeks Centre’s, State’s Response Over Suicides by Farmers(30.01.2017)
Supreme Court has sought responses from Centre, State Governments, Union Territories and RBI to examine the likely reasons behind suicides by farmers.
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Insult by Way of Using Abusive Language Won't, by Itself, Constitute Abetment of Suicide: SC(29.12.2018)
Supreme Court has observed that an act of insulting a person by using abusive language will not, by itself, constitute the abetment of suicide.
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Allahabad HC Denies Bail to Disciple Anand Giri in Mahant Giri Suicide Case(12.09.2022)
Allahabad High Court has rejected the bail application filed by Anand Giri, the prime accused in the alleged suicidal death of Mahant Narendra Giri wh.....
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Bombay HC: Daughter Making Monetary Demand from Father Not Meant to Abet His Suicide(28.09.2022)
Bombay High Court while quashing FIR registered against woman accused of abetting suicide of her father, has held that it is unlikely that she demande.....
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Supreme Court to Government: No Farmer Should Commit Suicide(24.08.2015)
Supreme Court has observed that there should not be any case of farmers suicide on account of financial distress rooted to their agricultural activiti.....
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Bombay HC: Loan Demands Cannot be Construed as Abetment to Suicide(07.01.2021)
Bombay High Court has ruled that demanding outstanding loan amount from a defaulter cannot be construed as abetment of suicide.
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Madras HC: Can’t Blame School Authorities And Teachers for Every Student’s Suicide(04.11.2022)
Madras High Court while criticizing the trend of parents implicating school authorities and teachers for student’s committing suicide has observed tha.....
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Cal. HC Acquits Man Convicted 34 Years Ago by Trial Court for Allegedly Abetting Wife's Suicide(03.10.2022)
Calcutta High Court has acquitted a man convicted by the trial court of abetting the suicide of his wife 36 years ago by inflicting cruelty upon her. .....
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CRIMINAL - Man can't be Booked for Abetment of Suicide if Suicide is Over Denial to Marry: Bombay HC(11.03.2019)
Bombay High Court has ruled that a man cannot be prosecuted for abetment to suicide if “his girlfriend” kills herself over his refusal to marry her.
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SC: Acts of Accused Must be Proximate to Occurrence for Conviction Under Section 306 IPC(13.10.2022)
Supreme Court has held that positive action proximate to the time of suicide on the part of the accused which led or compelled the deceased to commit .....
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Delhi HC Refuses Pre-Arrest Bail to Woman Accused of Abetting Suicide(27.10.2022)
Delhi High Court while denying anticipatory bail to woman in case of abetment of suicide has stated that FIR clearly states that the applicant was say.....
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Supreme Court: Tamil Nadu Govt Cannot Remain Silent on Farmers Suicide(14.04.2017)
Supreme Court, while holding that a Government cannot be allowed to be insensitive towards plight of drought-hit farmers who commit suicide, has said .....
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SC: Legitimate Disciplinary Action Against Student Does Not Amount to Abetment of Suicide(25.11.2022)
Supreme Court has held that a college's professor and management could not be held liable for abetment of suicide under Section 306 of Indian Penal Co.....
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Allahabad HC Dismisses Bail of Husband Booked for Abetment of Wife’s Suicide(08.02.2021)
Allahabad High Court has dismissed the bail plea of a Husband who has been booked for abetting his wife's suicide while noting that only providing the.....
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Supreme Court Seeks Centre's Line of Action to Deal with Issue of Farmers' Suicide(27.03.2017)
Supreme Court has asked Centre to inform it about the line of action to be taken by States for dealing with "serious issue" of farmers' suicide.
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Bombay High Court: Harassment for Loan Repayment Amounts to Abetment of Suicide(03.04.2017)
Bombay High Court while rejecting discharge pleas of two money lenders has said that continuous verbal and physical abuse and repeated demand for the .....
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Karnataka HC Directs Clarification of Stand on Compensation for Farmer Suicides(03.03.2021)
Karnataka High Court has directed the State Chief Secretary to make a clear stand whether families of the farmers who killed themselves after borrowin.....
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Kerala HC: Charges for Both Murder And Abetment Of Suicide Cannot Coexist(03.03.2021)
Kerala High Court has emphasised that a person could not be charged for murder as well as abetment of suicide simultaneously. The Court has underscore.....
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SC: Acquittal For 498A Will Bar Prosecution to Use 113A Presumption to Prove Abetment To Suicide(27.04.2017)
Supreme Court has said that acquittal of relatives or husband under Section 498A IPC will bar prosecution to use presumption available under Section 1.....
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Bombay HC Quashes Suicide Abetment Case Against Scribe, Retired Soldier(19.04.2019)
Bombay High Court has quashed a case lodged against a senior journalist and a retired soldier for allegedly abetting the suicide of an Army jawan and .....
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Bombay HC: ‘Immediate Inducement’ Not Sine Qua Non For Prosecution in Matrimonial Suicide Cases(27.03.2017)
Bombay High Court has held that in cases of suicides resulting from matrimonial disputes or sustained torture, ‘immediate inducement’ cannot be consid.....
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Supreme Court Allows Protesting Farmers to Intervene in Farmer Suicide Cases(18.04.2017)
Supreme Court has allowed protesting Tamil Nadu farmers to file an intervention application in farmer suicide cases.
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Incidents That Happened Much Before Wife's Death can't be Treated As Reasons for Her Suicide: SC(29.04.2019)
Supreme Court has observed that the incidents which had taken place between husband and wife much before latter's death by suicide could not be treate.....
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Bombay HC: To Invoke Abetment of Suicide, Necessary to Prove Suicide Committed as a Result of Cruelty(24.05.2017)
Bombay High Court has observed that for invoking provisions of Section 306 of IPC it is necessary for prosecution to establish that deceased committed.....
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Kerala High Court Rejects Criminal Cases Against Officials Accused of Abetting a Student to Suicide(11.06.2019)
Kerala High Court has rejected criminal cases against two bank officials accused of abetting suicide of a student. After the bank dismissed her applic.....
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Tripura HC Takes Suo Moto Cognizance of Suicide of Woman After Display of Intimate Video(10.05.2021)
Tripura High Court has taken suo moto cognizance of a news item published in print and electronic media claiming that the video recording of a young m.....
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SC: Mere Commission of Suicide Itself Not Sufficient to Raise Presumption U/S 113A Evidence Act(01.03.2023)
Supreme Court has held that mere fact of commission of suicide by itself would not be sufficient for the court to raise the presumption under Section .....
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Chhattisgarh HC: Creating Circumstances that Drive a Person to Commit Suicide May Be Abetment(29.06.2017)
Chhattisgarh High Court has observed that if accused had created circumstances that led to a situation which made a person feel totally frustrated and.....
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Hyderabad HC: Agricultural Crisis in Telangana, AP “Alarming”(02.12.2015)
Hyderabad HC has described farmers' suicides and crisis-like situation prevailing in agriculture sector in Telangana state as "alarming".
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Tripura HC Orders SIT Probe in Alleged Public Humiliation and Suicide of Woman(07.06.2021)
Tripura High Court has constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe into an incident where a young lady was allegedly subjected to public h.....
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CBI Court Acquits Sooraj Pancholi in Jia Khan Abetment of Suicide Case(28.04.2023)
CBI Court, Mumbai while citing paucity of evidence in the Jia Khan abetment of suicide case, has acquitted actor Sooraj Pancholi.
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SC Issues Notice on PIL for Steps Taken Under Mental Health Act, 2017 to Restrain Child Suicides(05.08.2019)
Supreme Court has issued notice to the Central and the State Governments on a public interest litigation raising the issue of increasing number of chi.....
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Kar HC: For Application of S.306 IPC, Proximate to the death must be a Positive Act of Instigation(22.06.2023)
Karnataka High Court while quashing prosecution initiated against a couple under section 306 IPC, has held that to establish proximity to death, it mu.....
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P&H HC: Wife’s Suicide in Matrimonial Home Doesn’t Automatically Make In-Laws Liable for Harassment(26.06.2023)
Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that wife’s suicide in matrimonial home doesn’t automatically make her in-laws and husband liable for harassmen.....
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Payal Tadvi Suicide Case: Bombay High Court Grants Conditional Bail to Three Accused(12.08.2019)
Bombay High Court has granted bail to the three accused doctors in Payal Tadvi suicide case. They will have to submit a surety of Rs two lakh and appe.....
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MP HC Denies Bail to Man Accused of Abetment of Suicide of Minor Girl(12.07.2021)
Madhya Pradesh High Court has denied bail to a man accused of abetment to suicide of a minor girl after observing that he instilled a feeling of helpl.....
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Uttarakhand HC Denies Bail to Man Booked for Abetting Wife's Suicide(16.07.2021)
Uttarakhand High Court has denied bail to a man who has been booked for abetting the suicide of his wife as he would allegedly pressurize his wife to .....
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SC Refuses to Take PIL on Suicides by Farmers(09.02.2016)
Supreme Court has refused to entertain a PIL raising issue of farmers’ suicide in the country and seeking direction for Centre to implement recommenda.....
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Bombay HC Takes Note of Farmer Suicides(12.02.2016)
Bombay HC, while taking suo motu cognizance on 89 farmers committing suicide in Marathwada region in January, has sought a detailed report on farmer s.....
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Karnataka High Court: Mere Allegations in Suicide Note not Enough to Invoke Charges under Section 306(08.11.2019)
Karnataka High Court has while granting anticipatory bail to an Accused charged under Section 306 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 observed that merely .....
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Delhi HC: Issuance of Legal Notice and Filing of Complaint Case Not Abetment of Suicide U/S 306 IPC(24.08.2021)
Delhi High Court has held that issuance of a legal notice and filing of a complaint case against a person is not abetment of suicide within the meanin.....
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Supreme Court: Calling Woman ‘Call Girl’ not Abetment to Suicide(21.10.2019)
Supreme Court has upheld a Calcutta High Court order discharging a man and his parents accused of abetting the suicide of a woman he was planning to m.....
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Karnataka High Court: Suicide Cannot be Called Accident, Requires Determination(21.10.2019)
Karnataka High Court has observed that a suicide is committed by one with determination and full-fledged and direct knowledge of the act while setting.....
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SC: Mere Quarrel on Day of Occurrence Does Not Attract Offence of Abetment of Suicide U/s 306 IPC(15.09.2021)
Supreme Court has observed that mere quarrel on the day of occurrence cannot attract the offence of abetment of suicide under section 306 of the India.....
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SC Quashes Criminal Case Against Girl Accused of Abetting Suicide of Man by Refusing Marriage(20.09.2021)
Supreme Court has quashed criminal proceedings against a girl accused of abetting suicide of a man by allegedly refusing to marry him. The Court has r.....
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CG. HC: Partner Not Liable for Abetment of Suicide in Cases of Love Failure(12.12.2023)
Chhattisgarh High Court while observing that for a wrong decision taken by a man of frail mentality, another person can’t be blamed as having abetted .....
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MP HC: Compelling Subordinate to do ‘Unbearable’ Extra Work Would Not Amount to Abetment of Suicide(09.04.2018)
Madhya Pradesh High Court has observed that if a higher officer compels his subordinate to do extra work, which is unbearable, he cannot be held to ha.....
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Del HC: Wife’s Act of Attempting Suicide and Trying to Put Blame on Husband also Constitutes Cruelty(10.01.2024)
Delhi High Court has held that the conduct of the wife in attempting suicide and then trying to put the blame on the husband and his family members is.....
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SC Denies to Cancel Rahul Raj Singh's Anticipatory Bail(30.05.2016)
Supreme Court has denied to cancel anticipatory bail issued to Rahul Raj Singh in the Pratyusha Banerjee suicide case.
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Supreme Court Upholds Man’s Jail Term for Abetting Wife’s Suicide(06.06.2016)
Supreme Court has observed while upholding a five-year jail term of a man guilty of compelling his 25- year-old pregnant wife to commit suicide that “.....
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SC: Advising Partner to Marry Someone Else Not Abetment to Suicide Under Section 306 IPC(12.02.2024)
Supreme Court has observed that merely advising partner to marry someone else on the advice of parents shall not amount to abetment of suicide and wil.....
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Calcutta High Court Upholds Conviction for Abetment of Suicide(03.03.2022)
Calcutta High Court has observed that poverty even if acute cannot be a justification for a husband to perpetrate torture upon his wife thus compellin.....
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Madras HC: Suicide Note is Not Sufficient for Conviction(13.07.2016)
Madras HC, while setting aside 10 years rigorous imprisonment imposed on youth following suicide of a girl, has held that courts should not solely rel.....
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Teacher Not Liable for Abetment if Student Commits Suicide on Punishment: MP High Court(25.06.2018)
Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that criminal proceedings for abetment of suicide cannot be initiated against a teacher if a student committed suic.....
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P&H High Court Says Suicide Note Not Enough to Charge With Abetment(08.06.2018)
Punjab and Haryana High Court has ruled that charges of abetment to suicide cannot be leveled if a “person of weak mentality” names somebody in his su.....
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Supreme Court Quashes SC/ST Act Case Registered Against Man Over Suicide of His Junior(07.03.2024)
Supreme Court while quashing a 22-year-old criminal case against a person for allegedly abetting the suicide of a Scheduled Caste person who was worki.....
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Del HC: Abetm. of Suicide’s Trial Can’t Solely be Based on Mention of Person's Name in Suicide Note(11.04.2024)
Delhi High Court has held that mere mention of the name of certain individuals in the suicide note, stating therein that they are responsible for his .....
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Delhi HC: Woman Cannot be Held Liable for Her Lover Committing Suicide Due to Love Failure(17.04.2024)
Delhi High Court has held that if a lover commits suicide due to love failure, the woman cannot be held to have abetted the commission of suicide. For.....
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Merely Assigning Some Work to Junior Officer Doesn’t Amount to Abetment of Suicide: SC(21.05.2018)
Supreme Court has observed that merely because a superior officer assigned work to his junior officer and took actions against him like stopping of hi.....
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SC Issues Notice On SLP Against Transfer of Investigation of Suicide of Girl to CBI(14.02.2022)
Supreme Court has issued notice on the special leave petition filed by Tamil Nadu Director General of Police against the order of the Madras High Cour.....
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Ker. HC: Ordinary Quarrels in Marriage Lacking Instigation Don’t Constitute Abetment to Suicide(22.03.2024)
Kerala High Court has held that quarrels, fights, or disputes in a marital relationship cannot be reckoned as conduct amounting to abetment of suicide.....
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