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J&K and Ladakh HC | Consent of two adults entering into wedlock, ought to have pious primacy over consent of family, clan or community

Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court: Apprehension of harassment and violence at the hands of their relatives, led a young couple

Case Briefs High Courts

MP HC │ Court finds rape charges “vexatious and frivolous “; FIR quashed after delay of 18 years to file a case

Madhya Pradesh High Court: Anand Pathak, J. allowed a petition which was preferred under Section 482 of Code of Criminal Procedure seeking

Case Briefs High Courts

[Fake Rape] Utt HC | Sexual intercourse found to be a voluntary and conscious act of prosecutrix; HC acquits man wrongfully convicted for rape

Uttaranchal High Court: Ravindra Maithani, J. allowed an appeal against an order of the Trial Court which convicted a man of raping

Case Briefs High Courts

Split Verdict on Criminalisation of Marital Rape| Can a Husband be labelled as a rapist? Does MRE provides impunity to offender? One says ‘Yes’, other says ‘No’ [DETAILED REPORT]

Delhi High Court: In a split verdict the Division Bench of Rajiv Shakdher and C. Hari Shankar, JJ., laid down their opinion

Hot Off The Press News

Marital Rape will be criminalised or not? Judgment to be pronounced | Stay tuned to know the verdict

Delhi High Court will be soon pronouncing its ruling with respect to a batch of petitions filed asking for striking down marital

Op Eds OP. ED.

Rape or No Rape —That is the Question: An Analysis of Consent on the Basis of a Promise to Marry

by Sudhanshu Chaudhari* and Amit Pai**

Op Eds OP. ED.

Husband owns wife’s body after marriage: What is holding back India to criminalise this misogyny?

Decades have passed, several amendments have been introduced, yet no specific provision to punish a man indulging in sexual acts with his

Case Briefs High Courts

If Court finds that marriage failed due to incompatibility, but one of the parties withholds consent for mutual separation, would that be ‘Cruelty’? Kerala HC elaborates

Kerala High Court: Expressing that, “If the conduct and character of one party causes misery and agony to the other spouse, the

Experts Corner Sanjay Vashishtha

Rape on the Pretext of Marriage: Are the Relationships Going Sour?

by Sanjay Vashishtha†

Cite as: 2022 SCC OnLine Blog Exp 3

Case Briefs High Courts

Touching feet of a woman without her consent: Is it outraging the modesty of a woman? Bom HC answers

Bombay High Court: While addressing a matter with regard to “outraging modesty of a woman”, M.G. Sewlikar, J., expressed that, “…touching any

Case Briefs High Courts

If two people have consensual sexual relationship but boy later refuses to marry, Will that attract offence of cheating under S. 417 IPC? Bom HC explains

Bombay High Court: Anuja Prabhudessai, J., examines whether on mere refusal to marry the offence of cheating be constituted under Section 417

Case Briefs High Courts

False promise of marriage | Can mere failure to keep a promise without anything more lead to irresistible conclusion that promise had been dishonestly made from inception? Cal HC decides

Calcutta High Court: While addressing a matter under Section 376 of Penal Code, 1860 Division Bench of Joymalya Bagchi and Bivas Pattanayak,

Case Briefs High Courts

[Kottiyoor Rape Case] Ker HC upholds conviction of former priest; reduces 20 years rigorous imprisonment to 10 years

Kerala High Court: In an infamous case of sexual assault whereby the priest of the St. Sebastian Church had impregnated a minor

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

Man with autistic disorder expresses desire to engage in sexual relations: Does he understands requirement of ‘consent’ from another sexual partner? UK SC explains

To have capacity to decide to have sexual relations with another person, does a person need to understand that the other person must have the capacity to consent to the sexual activity and must in fact consent before and throughout the sexual activity?