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Delhi HC Concerned Over Accused Marrying Rape Victims To Evade Charges

The Delhi High Court has recently expressed alarm at a rising trend where accused individuals marry rape victims to avoid criminal charges but abandon them once the Fir is quashed or bail... Read more »

Gujarat HC Quashes Case Against 86-Year-Old Woman, Citing Misuse Of Section 498A IPC

The Gujarat High Court has recently dismissed FIR filed against an 86-year-old woman under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code. Justice Sandeep N Bhatt recognized that the FIR would cause significant... Read more »

Awdhesh Rai Murder Case: Court Verdict Against Gangster Mukhtar Ansari Today

A special MP/MLA court in Uttar Pradesh’s Varanasi will deliver verdict in 32-year-old Awadhesh Rai’s murder case on Monday at around 2 PM, in which gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari is the prime accused.... Read more »

Punjab & Haryana HC Rejects FIR For Alleged Religious Sentiment Offense In Music Video

The Punjab and Haryana High Court dismissed FIR against Punjabi singer Miss Pooja, actor Harish Verma, and others for allegedly hurting religious sentiments in their 2018 music video ‘Jeeju’ depicting Yamraj as... Read more »

Teen Gets 20-Year Jail Term For Raping 7-Year-Old Girl In AP

The Andhra Pradesh’s special sessions judge sentenced a 17-year-old boy to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for sexually assaulting a 7-year-old girl under the POCSO Act. The judge imposed a fine of... Read more »

Punjab & Haryana HC Grants Interim Bail To Times Now Journalist Bhawana Kishore

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has recently granted interim bail to Times Now journalist Bhawana Kishore in a rising case from an alleged rash driving incident where she was accused of... Read more »

Ejaculation Of Semen Not Necessary To Constitute Penetrative Sexual Assault Under POCSO Act: Andhra Pradesh HC

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has recently held that merely because semen wasn’t detected at the time of examination of a rape survivor, doesn’t mean that there was no act of penetrative... Read more »

No Proof Of Obscenity Against Actress: Mumbai Court

The Mumbai court today stated “ A woman who is groped on the street is a victim and cannot be termed an accused” while discharging Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty in an obscenity... Read more »

Hate Speech Case: Right-Wing Activist Kajal Hindustani Sent To Judicial Custody By Gujarat Court

The Gujarat court has recently sent right-wing activist Kajal Hindustani to 14-days judicial custody for her ‘hate speech’ at the recent Ram Navami event after which the city witnessed clashes between the... Read more »

Peeping Into Bathroom When Woman Is Bathing Offence Under IPC: Delhi HC

The Delhi High Court recently held that taking a bath in a bathroom is a ‘private act’ even if the bathroom is a public bathroom and doesn’t have a door but only... Read more »