"The instant case is a classic case of blind faith and unfortunate realities of our times," the Court remarked while condemning the persistence of human sacrifice rituals in remote areas.
The Allahabad High Court directed the Union railway ministry to provide details of the specific measures undertaken to prevent sexual crimes against women on trains in motion and at railway stations.
If small disputes in a marriage is viewed as "cruelty" under divorce law, then many marriages would have to be dissolved even if there is no actually cruelty by either spouse, observed the Allahabad High Court recently.
"Such conduct of the teacher would certainly create an atmosphere of fear in the minds of people of society and such perpetrator should not go unpunished," the Allahabad High Court added.