June 27, 2025

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Case Comment: In Re: Alarming Rise in the Number of Reported Child Rape Incidents (Suo Motu Writ Petition (Criminal) No. 1 of 2019; MANU/SC/1204/2019)

Published on 27th June 2025 Authored By: Rishika Mishra SVKM’S NMIMS Kirit .P. Mehta School of Law, Mumbai. Introduction India’s Supreme Court on 25 July 2019 handed a landmark judgment in suo motu writ petition with case no. In Re: Alarming Rise in the Number of Reported Child Rape Incidents[1]. The court rendered the decision

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Naruto v. Slater No. 16-15469 (9th Cir. 2018)

Published on 27th June 2025 Authored By: Vedha Hiren Daga Symbiosis Law School, Nagpur The Naruto v. Slater case, an unusual legal muddle also referred to as the “Monkey Selfie Case,” revolves around a series of fascinating photographs snapped by Naruto, a crested black macaque monkey, and the ensuing copyright dispute that followed.  In 2011,

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TUKARAM V. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA (1979): THE MATHURA RAPE CASE

Published on 27th June 2025 Authored By: S. Lavanya Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology ABSTRACT: The case of Tukaram V. State of Maharashtra (1979), widely known as the Mathura Rape Case, is one of the most controversial and consequential decisions in Indian criminal law. It involved the alleged custodial rape of a 16-year-old tribal

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K.M. Nanavati v. State of Maharashtra: A Landmark Legal Battle of 1959

Published on 27th June 2025 Authored By: K. Sai Saketh NMIMS Bangalore Introduction The K.M. Nanavati v. State of Maharashtra case stands as one of the most influential criminal cases in Indian legal history. This 1959 case involving Naval Commander Kawas Manekshaw Nanavati, who was tried for the murder of his wife’s paramour, Prem Bhagwandas

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