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"Dowry Demand Not Needed To Invoke Cruelty Charge Against Husband": Top Court
The Supreme Court has said dowry demand was not a prerequisite to constitute the offence of cruelty under section 498A of the IPC introduced in 1983 to protect married women from the husband and in-laws.
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475-Year Sentence: US Man Receives Longest-Ever Prison Term For Facilitating Dog Fights
A Georgia man, Vincent Lemark Burrell, was sentenced to 475 years in prison for raising over 100 pit bulls for illegal dog fighting.
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Trial Courts Repeatedly Making Same Mistakes In Dowry Death Cases: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Friday acquitted a man convicted of cruelty and causing dowry death of his wife and said trial courts were repeatedly making the same mistakes in the such cases.
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Kolkata Man Gets Divorce As "Imposition Of Wife's Friend" Is Deemed Cruelty
The Calcutta High Court has granted a divorce decree to a husband on the grounds of cruelty, which includes "imposition" of the wife's friend and family on him and lodging of a false case of matrimonial cruelty by her.
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"Cruelty, Not War": Pope Francis On Gaza Bombings, Israel Hits Back
Israel accused Pope Francis of "double standards" Saturday after he condemned the bombing of children in Gaza as "cruelty" following an air strike that killed seven children from one family.
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Keeping Child Away From Mother Amounts To "Cruelty": Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court has held that not letting a child meet her mother amounts to 'cruelty' under the Indian Penal Code, and refused to quash a First Information Report registered against the in-laws of a Jalna-based woman.
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Amid Atul Subhash Suicide Shocker, Supreme Court's Big Remark On Dowry Cases
Flagging a "growing tendency to misuse" laws protecting women from cruelty by their in-laws, the Supreme Court has said courts must exercise caution while deciding dowry harassment cases to prevent unnecessary harassment of innocent people.
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'Don't Implicate Husband's Distant Relatives In Cruelty Cases': Top Court
The Supreme Court has cautioned lower courts to ensure that distant relatives of husbands are not unnecessarily implicated in criminal cases filed at the instance of wives, alleging domestic cruelty under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
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Man Caught On Camera Abusing Pet Dog In Greater Noida, Arrested
A man in Greater Noida of Uttar Pradesh was caught on camera thrashing his pet dog and throwing him on the ground, police on Thursday said.
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UK Discloses Alleged Crimes, Including Rape, By Foreign Diplomats
People with diplomatic immunity in the UK allegedly committed offences including sexual assault, indecent exposure and child cruelty last year, a British government minister said on Thursday.
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Top Court To Hear Plea Over Fireball Use Against Elephants In West Bengal
The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear a plea seeking initiation of contempt proceedings for alleged violation of its orders asking the state authorities to desist from using fireballs to drive elephants that come near human habitation.
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3 Street Dogs, Including One Pregnant, Brutally Thrashed To Death In Telangana
A horrific case of animal cruelty has come to light from Telangana, where a group of three men trap and mercilessly thrash four street dogs with sticks, killing three of the canines, one of whom was pregnant.
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Not Allowing Daughter-In-Law To Watch TV Not Cruelty, Court Rules
The Bombay High Court's Aurangabad Bench overturned the conviction of a man and his family over allegations that they did not let his wife watch television, go to the temple, meet neighbours and made her sleep on the carpet.
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Arunachal Musician Kills Chicken, Drinks Its Blood On Stage, Case Filed
Arunachal Pradesh Police registered an FIR against artist Kon Waii Son for publicly killing a chicken by slitting its throat and then drinking the bird's blood during a recent performance in Itanagar, officials said on Tuesday.
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Video: Pakistani Influencer Inserts Hand Into Chained Tiger's Mouth, Internet Reacts
This incident highlights the issue of exotic pet ownership in Pakistan, where laws make it easy to import such animals, but regulation is almost non-existent
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"Dowry Demand Not Needed To Invoke Cruelty Charge Against Husband": Top Court
The Supreme Court has said dowry demand was not a prerequisite to constitute the offence of cruelty under section 498A of the IPC introduced in 1983 to protect married women from the husband and in-laws.
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475-Year Sentence: US Man Receives Longest-Ever Prison Term For Facilitating Dog Fights
A Georgia man, Vincent Lemark Burrell, was sentenced to 475 years in prison for raising over 100 pit bulls for illegal dog fighting.
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Trial Courts Repeatedly Making Same Mistakes In Dowry Death Cases: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Friday acquitted a man convicted of cruelty and causing dowry death of his wife and said trial courts were repeatedly making the same mistakes in the such cases.
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Kolkata Man Gets Divorce As "Imposition Of Wife's Friend" Is Deemed Cruelty
The Calcutta High Court has granted a divorce decree to a husband on the grounds of cruelty, which includes "imposition" of the wife's friend and family on him and lodging of a false case of matrimonial cruelty by her.
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"Cruelty, Not War": Pope Francis On Gaza Bombings, Israel Hits Back
Israel accused Pope Francis of "double standards" Saturday after he condemned the bombing of children in Gaza as "cruelty" following an air strike that killed seven children from one family.
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Keeping Child Away From Mother Amounts To "Cruelty": Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court has held that not letting a child meet her mother amounts to 'cruelty' under the Indian Penal Code, and refused to quash a First Information Report registered against the in-laws of a Jalna-based woman.
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Amid Atul Subhash Suicide Shocker, Supreme Court's Big Remark On Dowry Cases
Flagging a "growing tendency to misuse" laws protecting women from cruelty by their in-laws, the Supreme Court has said courts must exercise caution while deciding dowry harassment cases to prevent unnecessary harassment of innocent people.
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'Don't Implicate Husband's Distant Relatives In Cruelty Cases': Top Court
The Supreme Court has cautioned lower courts to ensure that distant relatives of husbands are not unnecessarily implicated in criminal cases filed at the instance of wives, alleging domestic cruelty under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
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Man Caught On Camera Abusing Pet Dog In Greater Noida, Arrested
A man in Greater Noida of Uttar Pradesh was caught on camera thrashing his pet dog and throwing him on the ground, police on Thursday said.
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UK Discloses Alleged Crimes, Including Rape, By Foreign Diplomats
People with diplomatic immunity in the UK allegedly committed offences including sexual assault, indecent exposure and child cruelty last year, a British government minister said on Thursday.
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Top Court To Hear Plea Over Fireball Use Against Elephants In West Bengal
The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear a plea seeking initiation of contempt proceedings for alleged violation of its orders asking the state authorities to desist from using fireballs to drive elephants that come near human habitation.
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3 Street Dogs, Including One Pregnant, Brutally Thrashed To Death In Telangana
A horrific case of animal cruelty has come to light from Telangana, where a group of three men trap and mercilessly thrash four street dogs with sticks, killing three of the canines, one of whom was pregnant.
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Not Allowing Daughter-In-Law To Watch TV Not Cruelty, Court Rules
The Bombay High Court's Aurangabad Bench overturned the conviction of a man and his family over allegations that they did not let his wife watch television, go to the temple, meet neighbours and made her sleep on the carpet.
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Arunachal Musician Kills Chicken, Drinks Its Blood On Stage, Case Filed
Arunachal Pradesh Police registered an FIR against artist Kon Waii Son for publicly killing a chicken by slitting its throat and then drinking the bird's blood during a recent performance in Itanagar, officials said on Tuesday.
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Video: Pakistani Influencer Inserts Hand Into Chained Tiger's Mouth, Internet Reacts
This incident highlights the issue of exotic pet ownership in Pakistan, where laws make it easy to import such animals, but regulation is almost non-existent
