Supreme Court

Supreme Court ruling on COVID situation on lines of Muzzled Voices’ letter to CJI

Supreme Court ruling on COVID situation on lines of Muzzled Voices’ letter to CJI on April 18, 2021

 

Muzzled Voices is happy to see the order by the Supreme Court in a suo moto case regarding the grave situation that has arisen, when it comes to handling the COVID pandemic situation in the country.

Apex Court stays Bombay HC Acquittal in sexual assault case in the absence of skin-to-skin contact

The Supreme Court has stayed the Bombay High Court’s Nagpur Bench order which said that a person groping a girl child’s breast without skin-to-skin contact cannot be held guilty of sexual assault under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POSCO) Act. The Bombay High Court’s verdict by Justice Pushpa Ganediwala has been challenged by Youth Bar Association of India.