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Rape Conviction Quashed By Supreme Court as Accused and Victim Marry: “A Sixth Sense” for Justice

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In a rare and humanitarian intervention, the Supreme Court of India has quashed the rape conviction and 10-year sentence of a man after he and the prosecutrix decided to marry during the pendency of the appeal. Invoking its extraordinary powers under Article 142 of the Constitution, the Court ruled that the “interest of justice” would…

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Amit Sharma
Amit Sharma
Amit Sharma is the Content Editor at JurisHour. He has been writing about the Indian legal market. He has covered tax & company litigation stories from the Supreme Court, High Courts and Various Tribunals. Amit graduated from MLSU Law College with B.A.LL.B. and also holds an LL.M. from MLSU, Udaipur, Rajasthan. An Advocate in Taxation, and practised in Tribunals as well as Rajasthan High Court and pursued Masters in Constitutional Law. He started out small with little resources but a big plan to take tax legal education to the remotest locations across India and eventually to the world. His vision is to make tax related legal developments accessible to the masses.

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