POCSO FIR cannot be quashed on basis of compromise: P& H High Court

Source: Times of India

Punjab and Haryana HC has ruled that an FIR under Pocso Act could not be quashed on a 'compromise', even if the accused married the survivor and they had children. To read more please go to the following link:

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/pocso-fir-cant-be-quashed-based-on-compromise/articleshow/123029962.cms

SC to handle questions over the age cap in Surrogacy law

Source: Indian Express

The Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Act, 2021 and the Surrogacy (Regulation) Act, 2021, prescribe the legal framework for surrogacy. The Supreme Court this week reserved its verdict in a clutch of petitions challenging the age cap for couples seeking to have a child through surrogacy, especially those couples who had started the process before the current law on this matter was enacted by Parliament. To read more please go to the following link:

https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-law/before-the-supreme-court-questions-over-the-age-cap-in-surrogacy-law-10162551/

SC questions restrictions under Surrogacy law

Source: Times of India

Questioning the restrictions under surrogacy laws, including age limit on intended parents and surrogate mothers, Supreme Court on Tuesday said laws shouldn't frustrate the wish of childless couples, widows and divorcees to become parents through surrogacy. Instead, the laws should frustrate commercial surrogacy. To read more please go to the following link:

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/sc-questions-age-restriction-for-surrogacy/articleshow/122985706.cms

Probe agencies cannot question lawyers' professional work

Source: Times of India

In the process of framing guidelines to bar probe agencies from summoning lawyers for rendering opinion to clients, the Supreme Court on Tuesday said the privilege of immunity from prosecution is available to a lawyer as long as he or she acts as a legal practitioner for a client.

To read more please go to the following link:

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/probe-agencies-cant-question-lawyers-professional-work-sc/articleshow/122986131.cms

Principal scolding student is not abetment to suicide: Kolkata High Court

Source: Times of India

Mere scolding of a student cannot fall within the definition of abetment of suicide as it is a teacher's duty to do so, Calcutta High Court's Jalpaiguri Circuit Bench recently held while quashing criminal proceedings against the headmistress of a Jalpaiguri school in a 2022 case where a Class 8 child died by suicide. To read more please go to the following link:

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/principal-scolding-student-is-not-suicide-abetment-calcutta-hc/articleshow/122213097.cms