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Del HC: Person Having Consensual Relationship Not Required to Scrutinse Other Person's DOB(29.08.2022)
Delhi High Court while granting bail to accused in rape case, has held that person, who is in consensual physical relationship with another person is .....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Date of Birth, Consensual Physical Relationship
Meghalaya HC Quashes POCSO Charges Against Man Accused of Having Consensual Sex With Minor Wife(12.08.2022)
Meghalaya High Court while setting aside charges against man under provisions of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act for allegedly.....
Tags : Meghalaya High Court, POCSO, Consensual Sex
AP HC: Rape Case Can't be Lodged Merely Because Consensual Relationship Did Not Work Out(16.08.2022)
Andhra Pradesh High Court has held that failure of a consensual relationship cannot be a ground for lodging an FIR for offence of Rape under Section 3.....
Tags : Andhra Pradesh High Court, Rape, Consensual Relationship
Telangana HC: Consensual Physical Acts Can’t be Taken as Defense if Girl is Below 18 Years of Age(18.07.2022)
Telangana High Court has held that the defense that acts of physical relationship was consensual between the accused and victim girl cannot be conside.....
Tags : Telangana High Court, Consensual Physical Acts, Minor, POCSO
Delhi HC: Sex on Promise of Marriage Not Rape if Consensual Sex Over Long Period(17.12.2020)
Delhi High Court has held that sex on promise of marriage doesn’t constitute rape if a woman has consensual sex over a long period. The Court has stat.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Consensual Sex, Rape
Bombay HC Sets Aside Conviction of Man Accused for Rape on Defence of Consensual Relationship(01.02.2021)
Bombay High Court has set aside the conviction of a man for rape after observing that the testimony of the prosecutrix did not inspire confidence and .....
Tags : Bombay High Court, Rape, Defence of Consensual Relationship
Gau. HC: Consensual Relationship and Failure to Prove Victim is Minor, Ground for Bail Under POCSO(11.05.2023)
Gauhati High Court while setting aside conviction of an accused under Section 6 of POCSO Act, has held that in cases where the prosecution fails in pr.....
Tags : Gauhati High Court, POCSO, Victim, Minor, Consensual Relationship
Del. HC to DSLSA: Educate Teenagers About Criminality of Posting Non-Consensual Intimate Content(15.05.2023)
Delhi High Court while observing that in cases of Sexual assault inappropriate videos & photographs are captured which are used for blackmailing victi.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, DSLSA, Non Consensual
Mad HC to Police: Ascertain Pending Cases Involving Consensual Relationship of Minors(11.07.2023)
Madras High Court has directed police to identify pending cases before Courts/Juvenile Justice Boards involving consensual relationships of minor chil.....
Tags : Madras High Court, Consensual Relationship, Minors
SC to Centre: Provide Response on PIL to Decriminalise Consensual Sex Between 16-18 Year Olds(21.08.2023)
Supreme Court has sought response from the Centre on seeking a direction to decriminalise consensual sexual acts of 16 to 18 year old adolescents. The.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Consensual Sex, Decriminalise, Adolescents
Cal. HC: Equating Consensual Sexual Acts with Rape Undermines the Bodily Integrity of Adolescents(19.10.2023)
Calcutta High Court while observing that law’s unintended effect has been the deprivation of liberty of young people in consensual relationships, has .....
Tags : Calcutta High Court, Consensual Sexual Acts, Bodily Integrity
Tel. HC: Partner in Consensual Sexual Relationship Not Included in the Scope of Perpetrator u/s 354C(27.10.2023)
Telangana High Court has held that under Section 354C of IPC, the ‘perpetrator’ or ‘any other person at the behest of the perpetrator’ would not mean .....
Tags : Telangana High Court, Consensual, Section 354C, Perpetrator
SC: Consensual Relationship Culminated into Marriage Not Rape on Pretext of Marriage(08.01.2024)
Supreme Court has held that a consensual relationship that turns into marriage cannot attract the offence of rape on the false pretext of marriage sin.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Rape, Marriage, Consensual Relationship
J&K&L HC: Case of Courtship & Consensual Physical Relation Does Not Amount To Rape(25.02.2022)
Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has observed that a promise to marry, whereby two adults engaged in a physical sexual relationship is a case o.....
Tags : Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court, Consensual Physical Relation