Searched for
MARITAL RAPE SC
Criminalisation of marital rape: SC questions impact on marriage, petitioner argues it's personal, not institutionalThe Supreme Court of India queries if criminalizing marital rape may destabilize the institution of marriage, with the CJI-led bench explor...- Marital rape: Will decide constitutional validity of laws granting immunity to husbands, says SCThe Supreme Court of India will review the constitutionality of legal provisions that grant immunity to husbands from prosecution for marit...
- SC to hear pleas against laws granting immunity to husbands in marital rape casesThe Supreme Court will hear pleas on Tuesday regarding whether a husband should be immune from prosecution for raping his adult wife. The c...
- SC to hear pleas on marital rape next weekThe Supreme Court scheduled to hear pleas concerning the immunity of husbands from prosecution for raping their adult wives. The bench's bu...
- Delhi HC allows widow to terminate 29-week pregnancy amid mental health concernsThe Delhi High Court has allowed a widow with depression to terminate her 29-week pregnancy, citing mental stability issues. The Supreme Co...
- SC to hear pleas on marital rape in mid-OctoberThe Supreme Court has announced that it will hear pleas regarding the issue of marital rape in mid-October. The pleas question whether a hu...
- SC to mull over if husbands enjoy immunity from prosecution in marital rape casesThe Supreme Court will examine whether a husband enjoys immunity from prosecution for the offence of rape if he forces his wife, who is not...
- SC to hear batch of petitions pertaining to criminalisation of marital rape on May 9The top court on January 16 had sought a response of the Centre on a batch of petitions pertaining to criminalisation of marital rape.One o...
- NGO opposes criminalisation of marital rape in SC, says it would destabilise institution of marriageThe petition filed by NGO Purush Aayog Trust through its president Barkha Trehan has sought the court's intervention in a batch of petition...
- Waiting for views of states in marital rape case: Centre to SCThe bench permitted the Centre time till February 15 to file its counter and posted the matter for resumed hearing on March 21. In Septembe...
- SC seeks response of Centre on pleas seeking criminalisation of marital rapeOne of pleas has been filed in relation to the Delhi High Court's split verdict on the issue. This appeal has been filed by Khushboo Saifi,...
- Experts, gender activists welcome SC order on abortion, marital rapeThe court ruled that under the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, the definition of rape must include marital rape. Experts said this ob...
- Supreme Court rules all women entitled to safe, legal abortionThe Supreme Court has ruled that all women, regardless of their marital status, were entitled to benefits of safe and legal abortion till 2...
- All women are entitled to safe & legal abortion, says Supreme CourtThe Supreme Court of India said that all women are entitled to safe and legal abortion. The apex court has also ruled that the exclusion of...
- Appeal filed in SC against Delhi HC's split verdict on criminalisation of marital rapeHowever, both the judges --Justice Rajiv Shakdher and Justice C Hari Shankar--on the bench concurred with each other for granting a certifi...
- Centre 'relied upon Supreme Court's 2017 ruling to propose 21 as uniform marriage age'In the judgement, the Supreme Court had observed that "law cannot be hidebound and static. It has to evolve and change with the needs of so...
- SC has highest regard for woman: CJI blames recent controversies on‘misreporting’CJI said he had never asked anyone to marry and never heard a marital rape case and blamed the media for the controversy. “Everything was m...
- 'Let us know if you want to marry her': CJI SA Bobde to man accused of raping minorThe Bombay high court had cancelled bail granted by a sessions court to the accused at the complainant’s behest in the first case
- SC ’17 ruling behind move on age of marriageThe government’s move to revise the legal age of marriage for women, in a bid to curb maternal mortality, may have been triggered by a Supr...
- So what is India’s human rights record really like?The UPR has a specific format and is not intended to be a naming and shaming exercise, says former United Nations special rapporteur Miloon...
Load More
