Actor Vijay Babu receives anticipatory bail from the Kerala High Court in rape case.
Written By- Pretika Tiwari Vijay Babu v. State of Kerala On Wednesday, the Malayalam actor Vijay Babu was granted an anticipatory bail by the High Court in a rape case registered against him wherein an actress accused him of sexual exploitation. While granting
Appeal in Supreme Court on Delhi HC marital rape verdict
Written by Shaurya Mahajan An appeal has been filed in the honourable Supreme Court against the split verdict delivered by the Delhi High Court in the marital rape case. The case deals with the validity of Exception 2 of Section 375 of the
Father convicted under POCSO for raping daughter: Special Court
Written by Shaurya Mahajan On Monday, a special court in Mumbai in the case of The State of Maharashtra vs Sachin Suresh Wadekar convicted and sentenced a 37-year-old man to 25 years in jail for offences under the POCSO act. This was given
Madhya Pradesh High Court refuses to quash case against advocate for advising POCSO accused
Written by Shaurya Mahajan The Madhya Pradesh High Court in the case of Hiralal Dhurve v. The State of Madhya Pradesh and others, dismissed a revision petition filed by an advocate charged for advising his rape accused clients and the prosecutrix to hide
Criminalization of Marital Rape
Written By – Shruti Bharti Merely because of the institution of marriage, should a husband be permitted to act with impunity to assert his marital right to non-consensual or undesired intercourse with his wife? Recently, this question has been raised in a clutch
Mere Refusal To Marry After Sexual Relations Not Offence of Cheating : Bombay High Court
By – Aishwarya Justice Anuja Prabhudessai observed that in the instance case the couple had indulged in sexual relations for over three years; the woman’s testimony did not indicate that she was under a misconception of a promise of marriage nor was there
Delhi High Court upholds sodomy conviction of father-uncle duo, sentences them to life
By – Arshita Anand The Delhi High Court affirmed a father-uncle duo’s conviction for sodomising one of the accused’s juvenile daughter, but overturned their conviction for gang rape on the grounds that there was no penile-vaginal penetration, a condition for rape under the
Gujarat High Court to decide Constitutionality of IPC exemption under Section 375 to marital rape
By – Neha Virmani The division bench of High court of Gujarat comprising of Justice J.B Pardiwala and Niral R Mehta heard a challenge writ plea where the petitioner raised the issue of Constitutional validity of Exception 2 of Section 375 which deals
Low Age Of Rape Victim Is Not Considered As The Only Or Sufficient Factor To Impose Death Sentence: Supreme Court
Written by Dakshita The Supreme Court in the recent case of Irappa Sidappa Murgannavar observed that the low age of the rape victim is not considered as the only or sufficient factor for imposing a death sentence. The bench comprising of Justices L.
Condom Found At Crime Scene Is Not Sufficient To Conclude Sex Was Consensual: Mumbai Session Court.
Mumbai sessions Court on September 1, 2021 while hearing a plea for bail in the case related to rape by Navy Personnel stated that “mere presence of condom on the spot would not imply consensual sex” and granted bail to the applicant on
