Woman in long-term live-in relationship can't claim rape: Supreme CourtA woman in a long-term live-in relationship cannot accuse her partner of compelling her into physical relations on a false promise of marri...
05 Mar, 2025, 04.36 PM IST
Consensual relationships do not grant license for assault: Karnataka HCThe Karnataka High Court has ruled that consensual relationships do not excuse assault and related crimes. The case involves a Circle Inspe...
25 Jan, 2025, 10.23 PM IST
Singer Jaguar Wright drops bombshell about Sean 'Diddy' Combs' health status and his friendship with Jay-ZJaguar Wright has accused Sean "Diddy" Combs of hiding an HIV diagnosis and criticized his influence on the music industry. She claims that...
31 Dec, 2024, 07.49 PM IST
SC flags worrying trend of criminalising long term consensual relationships upon turning sourThe Supreme Court quashed a rape and cheating FIR against a man, highlighting a concerning trend of criminalizing soured consensual relatio...
27 Nov, 2024, 09.16 PM IST
Conducting DNA test on rape victim's child after adoption not right: Bombay High CourtA single bench of Justice G A Sanap on November 10 granted bail to a man accused of raping a 17-year-old girl and impregnating her. The gir...
16 Nov, 2023, 02.55 PM IST
Not advisable to tinker with existing age of consent under POCSO Act: Law Commission to govtThe Law Commission in India has recommended against changing the age of consent under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCS...
29 Sep, 2023, 06.33 PM IST
Bombay HC refuses nod to 17-yr-old girl to abort pregnancy, says it's result of consensual relation and baby would be born aliveThe Aurangabad bench of the Bombay High Court has refused permission to a 17-year-old girl to abort her 24-week pregnancy, saying it was th...
31 Jul, 2023, 01.22 PM IST
MP High Court requests Centre to reduce women's consent age to 16 from 18The court said the age of consent for females at 18 has "disturbed the fabric of society". As per the prosecution, the complainant was a mi...
01 Jul, 2023, 02.13 PM IST
SEC charges former McDonald's CEO with misleading investorsFormer McDonald's CEO Stephen Easterbrook has been charged by federal regulators with making false and misleading statements to investors a...
09 Jan, 2023, 09.33 PM IST
Bombay HC refuses to discharge man from rape, cheating charges filed by Marathi actressSiddharth Banthia claimed innocence arguing that his relationship with the actress was consensual
27 Jul, 2022, 09.55 AM IST
Rape victims' testimony not confidence-inspiring: HC judgeJustice Pushpa Ganediwala recently acquitted a man accused of groping a 12-year old girl's breast because he did not make skin-to-skin cont...
29 Jan, 2021, 03.52 PM IST
A hug a day will keep negative emotions and stress awayPeople who hug enjoy better physical and psychological health, and improved relationships.
04 Oct, 2018, 06.32 PM IST
Section 377 a willing instrument of repression of LGBT community: Supreme CourtWriting a 181-page verdict, Justice Chandrachud said the human instinct to love was "caged" by constraining the physical manifestation of t...
06 Sep, 2018, 07.19 PM IST
Consensual physical relations between adults no offence: CourtThe prosecutrix was well above 18 years of age at all material times. Sexual intercourse between two adults of opposite sex with their free...
31 Aug, 2016, 05.24 PM IST
Consensual sex with minor not crime, Delhi court saysA city court has observed that consensual sex with a girl aged below 18 years does not constitute an offence under the Protection of Childr...
26 Aug, 2013, 03.16 AM IST
Women using rape laws for vengeance, Delhi high court saysFor the third time in less than a week, the Delhi high court has decried that rape laws are often misused by women.
26 May, 2013, 07.18 AM IST
- Internet cannot co-exist with the concept of governance: Kapil Sibal
A new cyber jurisprudence, having no political boundaries, needs to be evolved to deal with Internet crime, Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal sa...
06 Nov, 2012, 10.08 PM IST