3 verified cases involving Cruelty, newest first.
The Supreme Court upheld the acquittal of twenty persons in a murder case. The Court found that the conviction was based on eyewitness accounts that were strikingly similar in nature, which the Court deemed improbable and therefore unreliable.
An FIR was registered against five women caregivers at a daycare centre operating inside Capgemini's HAL campus in Bengaluru following disturbing videos allegedly showing toddlers being physically abused. The alleged abuse included placing children in washing machines, spraying them with toilet jet spray, locking them in bathrooms, and threatening them.
The Supreme Court of India has clarified that the legal protections against cruelty afforded under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, extend to individuals in live-in relationships. This ruling addresses the scope of domestic cruelty laws beyond formal marriages.