HIGH COURT APRIL 2025 WEEKLY ROUNDUP | CLAT 2025; Chhota Rajan Gang; Le Meredin’s License; KTR Rao’s Defamation Case; and more
A quick legal roundup to cover important stories from all High Courts this week.
marital rape
“Marital Rape is not recognised under IPC”; MP High Court upholds husband’s discharge from Section 377 IPC charge
“The definition of ‘rape’ excludes acts between a man and his wife, not below the age of fifteen years, performed during the subsistence of a valid marriage.”
‘Boys will be boys’ regrettably normalises stalking, eve-teasing, assault; Rape is Rape, be it by husband’: Gujarat HC while refusing bail to mother-in-law
“The father-in-law and mother-in-law watched the lovemaking moments of her own son and daughter-in-law on the TV screen in their bedroom and that they also compelled their son to take nude videos and photographs of the daughter-in-law and shared it on family WhatsApp group.”
Protection from marital rape continues in case where wife is 18 years old or more: Allahabad HC acquits husband under S. 377 IPC
The Court remarked that in the proposed Bhartiya Nyay Sanhita which is likely to replace IPC, no provision like Section 377 IPC is included therein
A Case for Feminist Reasoning in Judicial Edict
by Balram Pandey*
Delhi High Court| Mandatory Reporting under POCSO Act shall override the restrictions imposed under S. 198(1) & (3) CrPC
Delhi High Court observed that there is no distinct category within child victims of rape as those who are married and those who are not.
The Emerging Dimensions of Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971
by Sanjay Vashishtha†
Cite as: 2023 SCC OnLine Blog Exp 10
Supreme Court September 2022| Abortion Rights to all ‘women’; Marital Rape; Pre-sentence hearing of death row convicts; Sidhique Kappan’s bail; Collegium Recommendation; and more
This roundup revisits the analyses of Supreme Court’s judgments/orders on Unmarried persons’ right to safe abortion, Inclusion of ‘marital rape’ under Abortion laws, Journalist Sidhique Kappan’s bail; Constitution Bench’s opinion on Doctrine of Precedents; Reference of question relating to Pre-sentence hearing of death row convicts; Explainers on important law points; Collegium Recommendation; and more
“Sexual assault” or “rape” under Medical Termination of Pregnancy laws includes “marital rape”: holds Supreme Court, without changing the contours of ‘rape’ defined under Section 375 IPC
“The nature of sexual violence and the contours of consent do not undergo a transformation when one decides to marry. The institution of marriage does not influence the answer to the question of whether a woman has consented to sexual relations. If the woman is in an abusive relationship, she may face great difficulty in accessing medical resources or consulting doctors.”
100 Reports from 22 High Courts | Marital Rape, Taj Mahal Case, Maternity Benefit, Right of Press, Provocative Slogans and more | May RoundUp 2022
TOP STORY OF THE MONTH Marital Rape Split Verdict on Criminalisation of Marital Rape| Can a Husband be labelled as a rapist?
Devika Sharma in Ep. 61 of SCC Online Weekly Rewind brings you two top stories of long-awaited developments, judgment on Marital Rape Exception and Stay on Sedition Law, et al.
Top Stories of the Week Sedition Law under scanner| All pending cases to be kept in abeyance; Centre/States urged not to register
Explainer | Would striking down ‘Marital Rape Exception’ create a New Offence?
In the Split verdict on Criminalisation of Marital Rape Exception (MRE), the Division Bench of Delhi High Court pronounced a 393-Pages Judgment,
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
Split Verdict on Criminalisation of Marital Rape Decision: One strikes down the exception, one upholds [Report to be updated]
In the batch of petitions filed asking for striking down marital rape to be an exception under the Penal Code, 1860, Delhi
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
[Marital Rape] “Wanton lust, vicious appetite, depravity of senses, loathsome beast of passion, unbridled unleashing of carnal desire of demonish perversion” Kar HC discusses protection provided to husband by the institution of marriage
A man is a man; an act is an act; rape is a rape, be it performed by a man the “husband”
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
SCC Online Weekly Rewind Episode 23 ft. Devika Sharma
SCC Online Weekly Rewind Episode 23rd ft. Devika Sharma, Senior Editorial Assistant is out now. The written episode along with the video episode
[Marital Rape] Ker HC | Is marital rape a form of cruelty? Can it be a ground for divorce? HC examines
Kerala High Court: The Division Bench comprising of A. Muhamed Mustaque and Kauser Edappagath, JJ., held that merely for the reason that
Marital rape: A husband cannot be permitted to treat his wife like a chattel and violate her dignity
Gujarat High Court: While deciding the present case wherein the focal point was marital rape and unnatural carnal activity, the Bench of