All HC | Minor girl raped and entire family was asked to convert their religion; Bail rejected
Allahabad High Court: Ajit Singh, J., rejected the bail application observing that the incident involves the rape of a minor and family
Minor girl
Kar HC | Merely because second marriage is permissible in Mohammedan law it does not mean that right to marry a minor girl accrues; Bail denied inspite victim gave ‘no objection’
Karnataka High Court: K Natarajan, J., rejected the prayer for bail and dismissed the petition. The instant criminal petition was filed under
All HC | If a minor girl enters into an “agreement of marriage”, what would be the legality of such agreement? Option to ratify or rescind would be available? HC throws light in view of Ss. 11 and 23 of Contract Act
Allahabad High Court: Vikas Kunvar Srivastav, J., addresses whether a minor girl on attaining majority can ratify the agreement of marriage that
Bom HC | “Consent induced by fiduciary relationship not a free consent”: Bom HC while refusing bail to rape accused business partner of victim’s father
Bombay High Court: Bharati Dangre, J., while addressing a petition with regard to the rape of a minor girl, made an observation that:
Del HC | Alt News co-founder alleged to have harassed a minor girl on Twitter: HC directs no coercive action to be taken
Delhi High Court: Yogesh Khanna, J., held that no coercive action shall be taken against the co-founder of ALT News with regard to
Tri HC takes suo-motu cognizance on reports of minor girl being pushed into flesh trade outside State; Co-operative efforts of agencies resulted in bringing the girl back to Tripura
Tripura High Court: A Division Bench of Akil Kureshi, CJ and S. Talapatra, J., initiated suo motu petition with regard to report wherein
Ker HC | Rape accused freed as prosecution fails to prove act committed without victim’s consent
Kerala High Court: P.B. Suresh Kumar, J., overturned the conviction of a rape accused by giving him benefit of doubt. Case of the
P&H HC | Courts should abstain from introducing personal ideas related to social morality
Punjab and Haryana High Court: While deciding the instant petition filed by a runaway couple seeking protection from arrest and bodily harm
Bom HC | 16 year old girl, victim of rape, allowed for medical termination of 24 weeks pregnancy; In case child born is alive, all necessary facilities to save its life shall be taken
Bombay High Court: S.C. Gupte, J., allowed medical termination of 24 weeks pregnancy of 16 year old girl victim of rape & sexual
Ker HC | No pre-arrest bail for offence against the minor girl; even if custodial interrogation of applicant unwarranted
Kerala High Court: Raja Vijajayaraghavan, J. rejected an application for pre-arrest bail on the ground that victim was a minor girl. An
Sikkim HC | Conviction under POCSO Act maintained on failure of rebutting presumption of culpable mental state
Sikkim High Court: A Bench of Vijay Kumar Bist, C.J., and Meenakshi Madan Rai, J., dismissed an application filed against the judgment of
Petition for termination of 28 weeks old pregnancy of a minor girl rejected: Punjab and Haryana High Court
Punjab and Haryana High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Rakesh Kumar Jain, J., refused to grant permission to terminate pregnancy
Nothing other than “death sentence” is the punishment for gruesome murder of a child only to satisfy lust
Madhya Pradesh High Court: While dismissing the appeals filed in regard to the commitment of heinous crime of gang rape and murder,
Breaking| Asaram to undergo life imprisonment in 2013 rape case
Self-styled Godman Asaram has been found guilty of the rape of a 16 year old girl in 2013 by the Special Trial
Consent for sexual intercourse, of a girl aged 14 years is immaterial and it is rape under POCSO Act
Karnataka High Court: While deciding a criminal petition filed under Section 439 of CrPC, a Single Judge Bench of Budihal R.B., J.