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promise to marry

Kerala High Court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

Kerala High Court refuses to quash case against priest accused of rape on pretext of marriage

Kerala High Court said that there was no undue delay in filing the FIR, as the relationship was predicated on the promise of marriage

Published on October 9, 2024October 17, 2024By Apoorva
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rape on false promise to marry
Case BriefsSupreme Court

‘No rape on false promise to marry’; Supreme Court quashes rape case by married woman

Supreme Court took note of the evident consent of the complainant as well as her parents and daughter, who were living in the same house.

Published on March 9, 2024March 14, 2024By Ridhi
1 Comment16976 views
punjab and haryana high court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

‘A woman cannot be forced to marry a person due to prior intimacy’: Punjab and Haryana High Court grants anticipatory bail

Punjab and Haryana High Court pointed out that from the suicide note, it could not be said that the petitioner ever came in contact with the complainant’s son after the day of settlement between the two families.

Published on September 11, 2023September 15, 2023By Ridhi
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delhi high court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

Neither appropriate nor feasible for Courts to draw conclusions at the stage of bail: Delhi High Court

At this stage of bail, it can hardly be said with any conviction that the promise of marriage made by the petitioner to the prosecutrix is ex-facie false; and that it has been made in bad faith, with no intention of being adhered to when it was given.

Published on June 2, 2023June 7, 2023By Simranjeet
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Bombay High Court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

Cases where relationship turns sour cannot be inferred that the physical relationship established on every occasion was against will; Bombay High Court discharges accused in false promise of marriage

Bombay High Court commented that refusal to discharge the accused merely with an observation that intercourse was forcible at some time cannot be said to be a justified exercise of power.

Published on April 8, 2023April 14, 2023By Ridhi
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Case BriefsSupreme Court

Supreme Court grants anticipatory bail to man accused of rape after 10 years of courtship; sets aside Rajasthan High Court’s order

The Supreme Court, while allowing the special leave petition filed by the petitioner, set aside the order passed by the Rajasthan High Court which had dismissed the anticipatory bail application without considering the facts and circumstances of the case.

Published on December 5, 2022December 8, 2022By Editor_4
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Whether promise to marry made to married women is legally enforceable? Ker HC deliberates in light of settled position of law

Kerala High Court: In a bail matter, P.V. Kunhikrishnan, J., noted the position of law that, a promise to marry made to

Published on May 30, 2022June 3, 2022By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsSupreme Court

Maternal uncle rapes his 14-year-old niece; will subsequent act of him marrying prosecutrix extinguish all criminal liabilities? SC decides  

Supreme Court: In an interesting case, the Division Bench comprising of L. Nageswara Rao and B.R, Gavai, JJ., acquitted the appellant  who

Published on May 17, 2022May 17, 2022By Editor
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Live-in relationships are engulfing ethos of Indian society, and promoting promiscuity and lascivious behavior, giving further rise to sexual offences: Madhya Pradesh HC 

Madhya Pradesh High Court, Indore: Subodh Abhyankar, J., expressed that, the bane of live-in-relationship is a by-product of the Constitutional guarantee as

Published on April 20, 2022April 20, 2022By Bhumika Indulia
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Op EdsOP. 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**

Published on March 25, 2022March 25, 2022By Editor_4
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Case BriefsDistrict Court

Woman alleges sexual harassment by man whom she met through matrimonial column – Pattern seen of filing similar complaints. Read whether trial court pronounced guilt of accused

Court of XXXII Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Bengaluru: Padmakar Vanakudre, XXXII Addl. CMM, in a case wherein a woman, alleged that she

Published on March 10, 2022March 10, 2022By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

P&H HC | No police action against Prince Harry for breaking promise to marry! So-called Prince Harry may be sitting in a cyber cafe in a Punjab village: Court dismisses lawyer’s plea alleging broken promise to marry

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Arvind Singh Sangwan, J., dismissed a petition wherein the petitioner/Advocate filed a petition seeking legal action against

Published on April 13, 2021April 23, 2021By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Bom HC | Whether absence of ‘dishonest concealment of fact’ exempt a person from being punished under S. 417 IPC? Read on

Bombay High Court: Sandeep K. Shinde, J., addressed a matter wherein the appellant challenged the conviction and sentence passed by Additional Sessions

Published on March 3, 2021March 5, 2021By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Ker HC | If consent given out of love and passion on a promise of marriage, sexual intercourse is not rape: Court while granting pre-arrest bail to rape accused

Kerala High Court: Raja Vijayaraghavan V, J., allowed pre-arrest bail to the applicant accused of raping a women whom he allegedly met on

Published on July 9, 2020July 17, 2020By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Del HC | Promise to marry cannot be held out as inducement to have physical relationship over indefinite period, FIR alleging rape quashed

Delhi High Court: Vibhu Bhakru, J. while disposing of the petition upheld the decision of the trial court on finding no infirmity

Published on October 11, 2019October 14, 2019By Bhumika Indulia
1 Comment3555 views
Case BriefsHigh Courts

‘A well educated lady’ can’t be easily deceived by a promise to marry on several occasions

Kerala High Court: It is now from the last decade or two that it has become a matter of common parlance that women

Published on February 9, 2017February 24, 2017By Saba
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