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Delhi Court: Obscenity against Women Cannot Go Unpunished(30.08.2016)

A Delhi court, while taking a stern view of a man making obscene gestures at a woman, has sent the accused to jail observing that not punishing the “l.....

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SC Admits Plea Challenging to Maharashtra’s New Obscenity Law(30.08.2016)

SC has sought a reply from Maharashtra Government to a challenge raised by dance bar owners against a new State prohibition law classifying any dance .....

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Del. HC: Language of Web Series ‘College Romance’ Doesn’t Pass Community Test of Common Man(07.03.2023)

Delhi High Court while observing that language used in web series “College Romance” doesn’t pass community test of common man and transgresses into ar.....

Tags : Delhi High Court, College Romance, Obscenity, Vulgar Language

Mumbai Court: Woman Groped on Street Can't be Prosecuted as Participant to Crime(12.04.2023)

Mumbai Sessions Court while upholding discharge of Shilpa Shetty in a 2007 obscenity case has observed that a woman being groped on the street can’t n.....

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Mumbai Court: Woman Groped on Street Can't be Prosecuted as Participant to Crime(12.04.2023)

Mumbai Sessions Court while upholding discharge of Shilpa Shetty in a 2007 obscenity case has observed that a woman being groped on the street can’t n.....

Tags : Mumbai Sessions Court, Obscenity, Shilpa Shetty, Discharge

Bom. HC: Person Working as Waiter Where Women are Dancing Cannot be Booked for Obscenity(20.09.2024)

Bombay High Court has held that a person working as a waiter in a bar and restaurant where women are dancing in obscene manner, cannot be booked for t.....

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Complaint in Bandra Court against BeerBiceps, Samay Raina and Others(11.02.2025)

A social activist has moved to the Bandra Magistrate Court and sought criminal action against YouTuber Ranveer Allahbadia (Beer Biceps), comedian Sama.....

Tags : Obscenity, Vulgarity, India’s Got Latent

Supreme Court: Calling Someone ‘Bastard’ In Heated Exchange Isn’t Obscenity under IPC Section 294(07.04.2026)

Supreme Court held that merely using abusive words like “bastard” in a heated argument does not constitute obscenity under Section 294 IPC, clarifying.....

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