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Suicide: A Crime?

    RIGHT TO LIFE, RIGHT TO DIE             Right to Life and Right to Die are not two separate rights but two sides of the same coin. The right to Life is the right to decide whether one will or will not continue living.             On March 9, 2018, Hon'ble Supreme Court took the first step towards giving judicial support to much canvased proposition that it was inhuman to punish a distressed person who failed to end his/her life.             Section 309 of Indian Penal Code provides that ''whoever attempts to commit suicide and does any act towards the commission of such offense shall be punished with a simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year (or with fine, or with both). Regarding this issue, there is a judgement of Hon'ble Justice D.Y.Chandrachud referring to a constitution bench of...

Child’s custody case

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  CUSTODY OF KID TO MOTHER CAN'T DENY DUE TO EXTRA MARITAL AFFAIRS     FIGHTING OF MOTHER FOR THE CUSTODY OF HER CHILD.                 We all know that love of a mother towards her child cannot change at any cost, which has been approved by the Hon'ble Punjab & Haryana High Court recently.           The Hon'ble Punjab & Haryana High Court held that an Woman's extramarital affairs is not the ground to assume that she would be a bad mother and deny her custody of her child in a matrimonial dispute.           The mother had filed a Writ in the Court for the Release of her four year old daughter who is alleged to be in the custody of the father and to handover the custody to the mother.           Hon'ble Justice Anupinder Singh Grewal on May 10th of 2021 while a...