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Brutal Rapes Persist Despite Nationwide Awakening And Legal Reforms That Followed Nirbhaya Case
Delhi HC denies bail in brutal rape case, stressing zero tolerance and urgent need for hospital safety measures.Hits: 26864 -
SC Very Rightly Acquits Mother-In-Law In Section 498A IPC Case
Supreme Court acquits mother-in-law in dowry harassment case under Section 498-A IPC, setting aside Uttarakhand HC judgment.Hits: 21795 -
Assam Police's sedition case against senior journalists faces Supreme Court scrutiny, raising free press concerns.Hits: 20063
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Taking Photos Of Woman Does Not Always Amount To Stalking: HP HC
Himachal Pradesh High Court grants anticipatory bail, ruling that taking photos of a woman is not always stalking.Hits: 23611 -
Bombay HC Refuses To Quash FIR Based On Compromise In Rape Case
Bombay HC refuses to quash rape FIR in Dnyaneshwar v State of Maharashtra, citing no compromise in heinous crimes like rape.Hits: 20054 -
Failed Relationship Not Ground To Allege Rape: Kerala HC
Kerala HC grants anticipatory bail in rape case, stresses on judicial caution in consensual relationships turning sour.Hits: 16712 -
Wives Misusing Section 498A To Settle Personal Scores: Nagpur Bench Of Bombay HC
Bombay HC flags misuse of IPC 498A in matrimonial cases; quashes charges against husband's kin citing lack of specific, credible allegations.Hits: 20170 -
Forced Unnatural Sex and Assault on Wife Amounts to Cruelty Under 498A IPC: MP HC
MP High Court rules that forced unnatural sex and assault on wife amounts to cruelty under Sec 498A IPC; quashes charges under Sec 377Hits: 20325 -
SC Quashes Rape Case On a Man On False Promise Of Marriage
SC quashes rape FIRs in Batlanki Keshav Kumar case, calls them “bundle of lies”; urges caution against misuse of rape laws on false promise of marriage.Hits: 19147 -
Rajasthan HC In An Exception Quashes Rape Case After Marriage Between Accused and Complainant
Shanmugavel vs State that the working culture of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has deteriorated to the pointHits: 15036 -
Delhi HC Rightly Warns Against Treating Women Like Property
X vs The State & Inderjeet Singh warned against treating women like property by referring to the treatment of Draupadi in the Mahabharat while deciding a 2010 case pertaining to allegations of...Hits: 18293 -
Assumption That Indian Woman Won't File False Sexual Assault Case Incorrect: Kerala HC
Ajith vs Kerala that Indian women would not raise false allegations of sexual assault as it may affect her image in society is incorrect.Hits: 22295 -
Don't Treat Sexual Assault Complaint By Woman As Gospel Truth: Kerala HC
Noushad K vs Kerala the police against unilateral investigation in sexual assault cases based solely on the complainant's statement, especially when the complainant is a woman.Hits: 22413 -
Women Must Now Get At Least 33% Reservation In Bar Bodies In All Our Courts
Ensure gender equity in legal representation! Explore the urgent call for 33% reservation for women in bar associations across India, backed by recent Supreme Court rulings and growing advocacy....Hits: 15327 -
SC Quashes Workplace Harassment Case Filed By Female Employee Against Her Colleagues
Madhushree Datta vs Karnataka that had been filed by a female employee against her colleagues mincing absolutely just no words to observe that the allegations arose from employment disputes that...Hits: 12379 -
HCL Technologies Ltd vs N Parsarathy that: Any act or words that make a woman feel uncomfortable at her workplace, or are perceived by her as being unwelcome constitute an act of sexual harassmentHits: 20885
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Physical Relations Does Not Imply Sexual Assault: Delhi HC
Sahjan Ali Through Parokar Banu Khatun vs State Through SHO PS Madhu Vihar has acquitted a man serving life imprisonment on charges of rape and sexual assault of a 14-year-old girl under the...Hits: 17540 -
Rinku Baheti vs Sandesh Sharda has expressed its serious concerns about the misuse of domestic violence and dowry laws by disgruntled wives and cautioned women most unequivocally not to abuse the...Hits: 14630
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Section 498A IPC, news is pouring in all newspapers and so also in news channels and in media that Atul Subhash who was a 34-year-old techie and automobile company seniorHits: 13095
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Victim Being An Adult Lady Could Not Have Been A Prey To The Promise To Marry Concept: Calcutta HC
Biswanath Murmu vs West Bengal has set aside the conviction of a rape accused observing that the victim being an adult lady could not have been a prey to the promise to marry concept.Hits: 17465 -
Mere Break Up Of Relationship Cannot Lead To Rape Case Against Man: SC
Prashant vs State of NCT of Delhi quashed a rape case that had been lodged against a man citing girl’s prolonged association and physical relationship with him, implying her consent.Hits: 18847 -
Women Booking Hotel Room With A Men Does Not Imply Her Consent For Sex: Bombay HC
State Through Canacona Police Station Vs Gulsher Ahmed that a woman booking a hotel room with a man and going inside the room with him does not imply that she consented to sexual intercourse with him.Hits: 18806 -
Delhi HC Slams State For Initiating Frivolous Appeal Against Acquittal In Attempt To Rape Case
State vs Manpal That she had filed a false case. It also merits mentioning that the Delhi High Court while most strongly condemning the reprehensible practice of filing frivolous litigation noted...Hits: 14189 -
Domestic Violence Act Applicable To All Women Irrespective Of Religion, Social Background: SC
S Vijikumari vs Mowneshwarachari C that the Domestic Violence Act is a piece of Civil Code which is applicable to every woman in India irrespective of her religious affiliation and social...Hits: 18805 -
Every Sexual Relationship Despite Promise To Marry Cannot Be Considered Rape: Gujarat HC
every sexual relationship where a man fails to marry a woman despite having promised to do so cannot be considered rape.Hits: 27583 -
Delhi HC Enhances Compensation For Sexual Abuse Victim From Rs 85k To Rs 10.5 Lakhs
X vs State that, Compensation for victims of sexual abuse is an essential part of justice and is meant to help the victim become whole again.Hits: 16573 -
Agreement To Settle Rape Case Is Void, Against Public Policy: Kerala HC
Abdul Jaleel vs Kerala that an agreement between a complainant and accused to settle a rape case is void as it is opposed to public policy.Hits: 10865 -
Baba Singh vs UP that: A complaint under Section 498A is by now reputed to be lodged against the entire family in order to pressurize themHits: 10532
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Samad Habib Mithani vs Maharashtra and Fareen that merely because the complaint states that the in-laws supported the husband in subjecting her to cruelty would not mean that they have committed...Hits: 10901
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Pregnancy Is Not Sickness; Can’t Be Ground To Deny Public Employment: Delhi HC
Isha vs Union of India that pregnancy is not an illness or a disability and it cannot be ground to deny government employment to women.Hits: 13944
