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Gulshan Prakash v. State of Haryana (2010) 1 SCC477

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Gulshan Prakash v. State of Haryana (2010) 1 SCC 477||Case Summary  Introduction  In this appeal, the Court has interpreted Article 15(4) of the Fundamental Right. It has been added by the 1st Amendment Act, of 1951. Facts The State of Haryana instructed Maharshi Dayanand University (MDU), Rohtak to conduct entrance examination for MD/MS/PG courses for the Session 2008-2009. The appellant made a representation to the Health Secretary for providing reservation for SC and ST in the Post Graduate courses, Since there was no response from the Health Secretary the Appellant filed a petition in the High Court.  The High Court dismissed the petition of the appellant therefore the appellant approached the Supreme Court by Special Leave Petition under Article 136. Appellant Contentions  MDU, Rohtak has provided 20% reservation for the graduate level courses or undergraduate courses therefore the said University should also provide reservation in for the PG courses.  The Government o
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Woman get 10 year punishment for Sexual assault on 4 year old minor girl in 2016

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Woman get 10 year punishment for Sexual assault on 4 year old minor girl in 2016 Delhi High Court has sentenced a woman to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment and also imposed a fine of Rs16,000 for the offence of Sexual Assault committed in 2016 under Section 6 (Aggravated Penetrative Sexual Assault) of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) and Section 354, IPC (Assault or Criminal Force to Woman with intent to outrage her modesty). Committing penetrative sexual assault with the minor girl by applying her mouth on the vaginal area.  Additional Session Judge Rajat Kumar observed the heinous crime caused "immense mental trauma to the victim and her family". However, after looking at the economic condition of the family of the culprit, the Court punished him only under Section 6 of the POCSO Act, 2012 as it was higher in decree and the object and purpose of the Sentence is that the Offender should not go unpunished and justice be done to the victim
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