False pretext of marriage Archives

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Educated woman in relationship, aware of partner’s marital status, cannot be said to be exploited or misled: Delhi High Court

“It cannot be held that the complainant had been compelled into a sexual relationship on the false pretext of marriage, particularly when she herself continued to meet the petitioner and maintain sexual relations with him even after becoming aware that he had contracted another marriage”

Case Briefs High Courts

‘Justice system should not be weaponised to punish emotional intimacy between peers’; Orissa HC grants interim bail to POCSO accused

“In cases involving adolescents or young adults, especially where the relationship is not formally sanctioned by families, legal proceedings may become a proxy for familial disapproval rather than a genuine invocation of victimhood.”

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Case Briefs Supreme Court

‘Complainant’s manipulative nature clearly established’; SC quashes FIR against person accused of sexual intercourse under false promise of marriage

The Court opined that the chats depicted the stark reality about the behavioural pattern of the complainant who appeared to be having manipulative and vindictive tendency.

Case Briefs High Courts

Delhi High Court grants bail to accused for having a sexual relationship on the false pretext of marriage

Court said evidence shows a consensual relationship between two adults where promise to marry may not have been motivating factor for sexual relationship.

Case Briefs High Courts

Live-in relationship between married adults not an offence; but woman cannot allege rape by partner on false pretext of marriage: Delhi High Court

“The objectivity of the judges is the key to fairness of justice and the decisions have to be objectively determined according to the law of land and not by moral principles of the judge concerned.”