Calling someone ‘bastard’ in anger is not obscene: Supreme CourtThe Supreme Court of India ruled that using the word "bastard" in a heated exchange does not constitute obscenity under Section 294 of the ...
08 Apr, 2026, 04.34 PM IST
Gifting, wellness brands find love on qcomm this Valentine’s weekValentine’s Day is becoming a major sales event for the quick commerce and D2C brands, spanning fashion, jewellery, beauty, and sexual well...
14 Feb, 2026, 07.09 AM IST
Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma announces FIR against YouTubers, influencers for obscenity on India’s Got LatentAssam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced that Guwahati Police have filed an FIR against several YouTubers and social media influe...
10 Feb, 2025, 11.08 PM IST
POCSO case: Karnataka HC grants anticipatory bail to Yediyurappa, remits matter to trial courtKarnataka High Court partly allowed former Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa's petition challenging POCSO Act proceedings. The court remitted ...
07 Feb, 2025, 01.12 PM IST
POSCO court hands death sentence to former school warden in Arunachal Pradesh for assaulting 21 childrenA POCSO court in Arunachal Pradesh sentenced a former school warden to death for sexually assaulting 21 children. The verdict also convicte...
26 Sep, 2024, 08.55 PM IST
Hema Committee Report: Second case against director Ranjith on male actor's complaintA second sexual offence case has been filed against director Ranjith in Kerala based on a male actor's complaint. The actor alleges that Ra...
31 Aug, 2024, 01.17 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
Sexual harassment complaint by wrestlers: DCW demands registration of FIR against police officers for not lodging caseThe Delhi Commission for Women has demanded an FIR against police officers for not registering a case on the sexual harassment allegations ...
26 Apr, 2023, 01.39 PM IST
Two-finger test must not be conducted on rape victim, orders SCThe two-judge bench of Justices Chandrachud and Hima Kohli directed the Union Health Ministry to ensure that survivors are not subjected to...
31 Oct, 2022, 11.57 PM IST
POCSO gets back its extracted teethSex crimes, particularly those involving children, are complicated and difficult to pin down. Therefore, to limit the scope of the judicial...
01 Dec, 2021, 11.23 PM IST
TikTok updates community guidelines, bans ‘misleading’ information, ‘hateful’ ideologiesTikTok said in a blog post on Wednesday that the changes offer clarity around how it defines harmful or unsafe content not permitted on the...
08 Jan, 2020, 05.34 PM IST
Complainant in Pachauri case to challenge lower court order on dropping 3 chargesAlthough the court had on September 14 held that there was sufficient material to frame charges against Pachauri, it had dropped four charg...
20 Oct, 2018, 07.31 AM IST
Section 377 moored in gender stereotypes that reinforce sexism: Supreme CourtJustice Chandrachud quoted from Andrew Koppelman, to argue that the taboo against homosexuals “polices the boundaries that separate the dom...
10 Sep, 2018, 07.56 AM IST
Supreme Court to reconsider its 2013 decision to criminalise gay sexUnder Section 377 of the IPC, consensual sexual acts between members of the same sex are an offence entailing punishment up to life term.
09 Jan, 2018, 07.21 AM IST
After TVF, ScoopWhoop founder Suparn Pandey accused of sexual harassmentInvoking section 354 A (sexual harassment), section 509 (insulting the modesty of a woman), and section 506 (criminal intimidation), the co...
12 Apr, 2017, 01.57 PM IST
Women drive sexual care product salesWomen like Sonia, an IT entrepreneur from Bangalore, are willing to splurge a lot, even more than men, on sexual-wellness products, spendin...
17 Nov, 2014, 11.58 AM IST
Gay sex verdict: Government moves Supreme Court for reviewThe govt has filed its review petition against the SC's decision to uphold Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code which criminalizes homosexu...
20 Dec, 2013, 04.37 PM IST