Gujarat shocker: Man 'allows' landlord, aide to rape his wife, 13-year-old daughter as he could not pay Rs 2000 rentA disturbing case from Gujarat's Morbi district involves a man allegedly consenting to his wife and 13-year-old daughter being sexually ass...
16 May, 2026, 11.03 AM IST
Why some divorce grounds apply only to wives: Supreme Court rejects a man's plea challenging the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955The Hindu Marriage Act, 1955: The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a plea challenging a provision of the Hindu Marriage Act that allows on...
11 May, 2026, 05.38 PM IST
Alwar police probing rape charge against man held for rape & murder of IRS officer's daughter in DelhiA 19-year-old man arrested for a brutal rape and murder in Delhi's Kailash Hills is a serial offender. Police revealed he played Ludo onlin...
24 Apr, 2026, 07.20 PM IST
'Quiet person' with 'good behaviour': Family of accused in IRS daughter's rape and murderA Rajasthan man, described by family as quiet and good in studies, is accused of a brutal rape and murder in Delhi and another sexual assau...
24 Apr, 2026, 07.18 PM IST
Delhi murder case: Accused raped IRS officer's daughter in rooftop study, changed blood-stained clothes before fleeingA shocking crime unfolded in Delhi's Kailash Hills. A 19-year-old former domestic help allegedly raped and murdered the daughter of a senio...
23 Apr, 2026, 02.52 PM IST
'Godman' Kharat gets 14-day judicial custody in second rape caseNashik court sends self-styled godman Ashok Kharat to judicial custody until April 21. He faces a second rape case involving sexual exploit...
08 Apr, 2026, 05.51 PM IST
India one of few democracies overlooking marital rape: Shashi TharoorCongress leader Shashi Tharoor voiced concern over marital rape in India. He highlighted that despite strong anti-rape laws, husbands are e...
11 Dec, 2025, 10.21 PM IST
Gisele Pelicot, French victim of mass rape, hopes trial will help other womenGisele Pelicot, a 72-year-old rape victim, seeks to help other women by making her ordeal public. Her husband, Dominique Pelicot, admitted ...
23 Oct, 2024, 04.57 PM IST
Sexual acts with wife, including oral or anal, not a rape, consent not needed: Madhya Pradesh HCThe Madhya Pradesh High Court ruled that unnatural sex with a wife isn't rape under the IPC, regardless of consent. Justice G S Ahluwalia's...
04 May, 2024, 11.13 AM IST
Jharkhand HC seeks report from DGP, chief secretary over foreign tourist's gang-rapeA division bench comprising Acting Chief Justice S Chandrashekhar and Justice Navneet Kumar issued notices to the DGP, chief secretary and ...
04 Mar, 2024, 06.04 PM IST
High Court to pronounce on Wednesday verdict on pleas to criminalise marital rapeA bench of Justices Rajiv Shakdher and C Hari Shankar had reserved its judgement on February 21 on the petitions seeking to strike down the...
10 May, 2022, 07.44 PM IST
Karnataka HC verdict on marital rape draws mixed reaction from petitioners fighting case in Delhi HCSection 375 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), which defines the offence of rape, has the Exception-2 clause that says the non-consensual inte...
24 Mar, 2022, 07.51 PM IST
Rape is rape, even if committed by husband: Karnataka HC suggests changes in lawThe high court in its order on marital rape said that the age old thought and tradition that the husbands are the rulers of their wives, th...
24 Mar, 2022, 02.14 PM IST
Any act of rape punishable but marital relationship qualitatively different, says Delhi HCThe court questioned as to why the exception from the offence of rape granted to a married couple had remained in the legislature for sever...
11 Jan, 2022, 12.26 PM IST
Why some wives have pinned hopes on this Delhi High Court verdictMany other survivors of marital rape are now pinning their hopes of justice on the Delhi High Court, which is hearing a petition filed by t...
11 Mar, 2018, 11.37 AM IST
Marital rape a crime: Centre wary of misuseThe fact that other countries, mostly Western, have criminalised marital rape does not necessarily mean India should also follow them blind...
30 Aug, 2017, 10.47 AM IST
Kerala reports 4,269 cases of crime against women till AprilKerala reported 391 cases of rape and 1,380 complaints of molestation of women till April this year, despite the intense awareness campaign...
19 Jul, 2015, 04.15 PM IST