Subject Study
- Second marriage by a Muslim man during the subsistence of the first marriage is an act of domestic violence and the Wife is entitled to compensation under DV Act
- Bail: No interim compensation
- Interim Compensation (section 143A N.I Act): Broader interpretation that Authorized signatory is accountable for sections 143A and 148 N.I Act would lead to unjust liability and not supported by the statute
- N.I Act: s. 143A N.I Act: How and when to direct Interim compensation is explained
- N.I Act appeal compensation: Deposit of 20% is not an absolute rule may be reduced or even exempted
- N.I Act: S.143A (interim compensation during trial) cannot be ordered before accused ‘plead guilty’
- Recording reason is necessary while issuing direction to pay the interim compensation under section 143A(1) of N.I Act
- If the accused is admonished by the court then the court cannot impose compensation too
- Class 2 – Principles on Sentencing Policy & Victim Compensation
- Closure report & PMLA: Closure report filed in predicate offence deserves to be challenged to continue proceedings under PMLA hence though the ED is neither aggrieved person nor victim it may approach the High Court as ED is connected to the issue
- POCSO: Acquitted based on victim’s statement recorded under section 164 Cr.P.C
- POCSO: Penetration not proved: Since the victim’s evidence does not establish that there was penetrative sexual assault the accused was convicted under 9(m) of the POCSO Act, which is punishable under Section 10 of the POCSO Act
- POCSO: Joint compromise accepted by the Hon’ble High Court since the accused married the victim
- Quash: From the statement of victim boy itself reveals that he was reprimanded by the petitioner for watching and commenting girls karate training
- Section 313 Cr.P.C: Rape case: The stand taken by the accused that they have paid money for sexual intercourse was not put in the cross-examination of victim
- POCSO: Accused did not rebut the evidence against evidence of victim
- POCSO Case: Petition for compromise quash filed by the victim herself stating she wants to marry some other person: Madras High Court after enquiry dismissed the petition on impression that the petitioner was not filed the petition voluntarily
- During a criminal trial, the counsel appointed by the victim takes over the prosecution from the state prosecution examine the same in the light of the legal provisions
- Victim appeal rights: High court’s revisional powers explained
- Victim rights in Courts
- POCSO: Evidentiary value of the victim girl
- POCSO: Acquittal: Less IQ for the victim
- Whether the same accused can be arrested and grant bail for new offence added in the FIR? Whether “Victim” has rights during bail?
- Victim rights.
