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Radhakrishna Meena v/s Rajasthan that married educated women, depending upon the facts of each case, is supposed to be well aware of the consequences of having sexual intercourse with a man prior...Hits: 5745
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Bombay HC Speaks Up For Mother Who Was Dis-housed
Suryakant Kisan Pawar vs Deputy Collector, Mumbai directed a son who deprived his mother from leading a normal life to vacate the house expeditiously, noting that the mother had suffered immensely...Hits: 4489 -
498A And 304B: Casual Reference Of Family Members Of Husband In FIR Not Enough To Prosecute: SC
Mirza Iqbal @ Golu v/s Uttar Pradesh quashed the criminal proceedings lodged for a dowry death and dowry demand against a man and a woman observing that the husband's family members are frequently...Hits: 8060 -
Bombay HC Asks Govt To Consider Making Section 498A A Compoundable Offence
Siddhivinayak Umesh Vindhe v/s Maharashtra asked the Maharashtra State Government to consider making offence punishable under Section 498A of IPC a compoundable offence. The Court also pointed out...Hits: 6278 -
Recording Wife's Phone Secretly Violation Of Her Right To Privacy And Cannot Be Accepted As Evidence
Neha vs Vibhor Garg Recording of telephonic conversations of the wife without her knowledge amounts to infringement of her privacy and the transcripts of such conversations cannot be accepted as...Hits: 14938 -
Mere Refusal To Marry After Sexual Relations Not Offence Of Cheating: Bombay HC
Kashinath Narayan Gharat v/s Maharashtra that mere refusal to marry a woman after a long relationship would not constitute cheating under Section 417 of the IPC if there is no evidence of...Hits: 9737 -
Kumari D v/s Karnataka has held most commendably that the right of a woman to exercise her reproductive choice is a dimension of personal liberty as understood under Article 21 of the Constitution...Hits: 6073
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Mamta Devi Vs UP Thru. Prin. Secy. Home, Lucknow the rescue of a married woman who had moved the High Court with her protection plea claiming that she is facing threats from her family membersHits: 5232
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Irappa Siddappa Murgannavar vs Karnataka the low age of the rape victim is not considered as the only or sufficient factor for imposing a death sentence.Hits: 6712
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Can't Misuse Sexually Explicit Image/Videos Even If Captured With The Consent Of Women: All HC
Guruvinder Singh v UP even if sexually explicit images and videos are captured with the consent of a woman, the misuse of the same can't be justified once the relationship between the victim and...Hits: 6261 -
Consent For Sexual Act Obtained By Making False Promise Of Reemployment Isn't Free Consent: MP HC
Rajkishore Shrivastava vs. MP that getting the consent of the prosecutrix to involve in a sexual act by making false promise of re-employment, can't be called 'free consent' and it would amount to...Hits: 7034 -
Aarti Sharma vs Ganga Saran provisions of Domestic Violence Act, being a social welfare legislation, cannot be used by a son as a ploy to either claim a right in his father's property or to retain...Hits: 5348
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No Lenience To Man Who Attacked Woman With Acid For Rejecting Proposal: Karnataka High Court
Mahesha vs Malebennur Police Davanagerewhile displaying zero tolerance for crimes against humanity laid down in no uncertain termsHits: 5300 -
Monika vs HP there should be no restraint to a woman throughout the period of her pregnancy as restraints and confined spaces might cause mental stress to a pregnant woman.Hits: 6406
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STATUS OF WOMEN TRAFFICKING AND PROSTITUTION IN INDIA
Mohasina Mukhtar PhD Scholar Law, RIMT University,Mandi Gobindgarh, PunjabHits: 9041 -
REVISION OF MARITAL AGE IN INDIA
This article puts light on how a woman's life could have a positive impact if the marital age is revised.Hits: 6246 -
Record Rape Victim's Statement Before Magistrate Within 24 Hours: SC
fast-tracking rape trials, the Supreme Court has said that a rape victim should be taken directly to a Magistrate for recording her statements within 24 hours of the crime.Hits: 6992 -
Woman Must Be Protected From Sexual Harassment At Workplace
huge surge in complaints by women of sexual harassment at workplace. As things stand, if strongest possible action is not taken against the culprits who dare to sexually harass a womanHits: 5701 -
Make Marital Rape An Offence : Delhi Court
A rape is a rape. Just because a man has married a woman that by itself does not confer the legitimate right to man to have sex with woman against her wish by forcing her in anyway.Hits: 5157 -
Marital rape situational analysis
The idea of marital rape has always been under a limelight when it came to the situations of India. The laws in India have extensively worked on rape, sexual assault and sexual abuse but have...Hits: 5364 -
Dr Sandeep Mourya vs State in Bail Appn granted anticipatory bail to a doctor based in Delhi accused of raping a woman on the pretext of false promise of marriage after observing that there was no...Hits: 7237
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Sangita v/s Maharashtra has issued additional guidelines to restrain print/electronic media as well general public, using social media, from publishing information related to rape victim that could...Hits: 6629
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Satish vs Maharashtra groping a child's breasts without skin-to-skin contact would amount to molestation under the Indian Penal Code but not the graver offence of sexual assault under the...Hits: 13965
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Marital Rape Must Be Punished With The Strictest Punishment
marital rape an offence. A rape is a rape. A husband who is supposed to protect his wife and take care of her in all possible respects if himself starts raping his wife must be awarded the...Hits: 6446 -
J & K v/s Md. Imran Khan while reminding the mandate of Section 228A of the J&K Ranbir Penal Code directed the Trial Courts of the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh to avoid...Hits: 6495
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Smt. Neeraj v. Rajasthan A female government servant is entitled to grant of maternity leave, irrespective of the fact that she had given birth to the child prior to her joining government service.Hits: 7972
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Maheshwar Tigga vs Jharkhand have acquitted a man accused of raping a woman on the pretext of marriage. It observed that misconception of fact arising out of promise to marry has to be in proximity...Hits: 7798
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X vs State of Kerala Guidelines for maintaining rape victim's anonymity in the matters instituted before it. Justice PB Suresh Kumar who authored this recent, remarkable and righteous judgment...Hits: 6852
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Muhammad Abbas Vs The State in Jail Supreme Court of Pakistan observed that extremism and violence has permeated through Pakistani society and it has been brutalized. Not enough is done to ensure...Hits: 5866
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Rape Is Violation Of Victim's Fundamental Right Under Article 21: Gauhati HC
Nasiruddin Ali vs The State of Assam rape is a violation of victim's fundamental right under Article 21 of the Constitution. Mrs Justice Rumi Kumari Phukan of Gauhati High Court who authored this...Hits: 9270
