‘Failure of love is not a crime’: Odisha HC quashes rape charges against cop, quotes Simone de Beauvoir
3 weeks, 5 days ago

‘Failure of love is not a crime’: Odisha HC quashes rape charges against cop, quotes Simone de Beauvoir

Live Mint  

The Odisha High Court has quashed a rape complaint filed by a woman against her partner of nine years. The Odisha HC observed that the relationship not culminating into marriage could be a source of personal grievance, but ‘failure of love is not a crime’. “The law does not extend its protection to every broken promise nor does it impose criminality upon every failed relationship. That the relationship did not culminate in marriage may be a source of personal grievance, but the failure of love is not a crime, nor does the law transform disappointment into deception,” Hindustan Times quoted Justice Sanjeeb Panigrahi said in his February 14 verdict. The man and the woman entered into a relationship in 2012, when both were competent, consenting adults, capable of making their own choices, of exercising their own will, and of shaping their own futures,” the Odisha High Court said.

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Woman can't claim rape if she was in long-term live-in: Supreme Court
2 weeks, 3 days ago

Woman can't claim rape if she was in long-term live-in: Supreme Court

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court has ruled that a woman may not be able to accuse a man of forcing sexual relations on her through a promise of marriage if the two were in a long-term live-in relationship. The man can’t be charged for rape if the couple was living together for a long period of time, the top court ruled, saying …

Rape cases involving false marriage promises need clear evidence: Delhi HC
2 weeks, 5 days ago

Rape cases involving false marriage promises need clear evidence: Delhi HC

Hindustan Times  

The Delhi high court has acquitted a man in a rape case, ruling that a long-term consensual sexual relationship does not automatically imply the woman’s consent was solely based on a promise of marriage. A bench of justice Jasmeet Singh emphasised that a conviction for rape under the false pretence of marriage requires strong evidence proving the relationship was established …

If A Man's Intention While Making Promise To Marry Is To Deceive A Girl Into Sexual Relations, Her Consent Gets Vitiated: Bombay High Court
3 weeks, 5 days ago

If A Man's Intention While Making Promise To Marry Is To Deceive A Girl Into Sexual Relations, Her Consent Gets Vitiated: Bombay High Court

Live Law  

When the promise to marry is false and the intention of the maker at the time of making the promise itself was not to abide by it but to deceive her to convince her to engage in sexual relations, there is a 'misconception of fact' and the same 'vitiates' the girl's consent, the Bombay High Court held recently while upholding …

'Presumption That Woman Engages In Intimacy Only To Marry Is Patriarchal': Orissa HC Questions Criminalising Sex On False Promise Of Marriage
1 month ago

'Presumption That Woman Engages In Intimacy Only To Marry Is Patriarchal': Orissa HC Questions Criminalising Sex On False Promise Of Marriage

Live Law  

The Orissa High Court has questioned the underlying presumption behind criminalisation of sex on 'false promise of marriage' and held that the assumption that a woman engages in acts of intimacy with a man only as a 'prelude' to marriage is a patriarchal thought and not a principle of justice. To assume otherwise is to deny women the full measure …

'Failure Of Love Not A Crime': Orissa HC Quashes Rape Charges Against Man Accused Of Sex On False Promise Of Marriage
1 month ago

'Failure Of Love Not A Crime': Orissa HC Quashes Rape Charges Against Man Accused Of Sex On False Promise Of Marriage

Live Law  

The Orissa High Court has quashed rape charges against a man who was accused of having repeated sex with a woman/complainant stretching over a period of about nine years on false promise of marriage. The Single Bench of Dr. Justice Sanjeeb Kumar Panigrahi said that non-culmination of the relationship into marriage may be a source of personal grievance but not …

DMK MP slams Chhattisgarh High Court ruling, demands India criminalise marital rape
1 month, 1 week ago

DMK MP slams Chhattisgarh High Court ruling, demands India criminalise marital rape

India Today  

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam MP K Kanimozhi strongly condemned the Chhattisgarh High Court’s ruling that acquitted a man convicted of raping and brutalising his wife, reigniting the debate on marital rape in India. However, the High Court overturned the conviction, arguing that the legal framework does not classify forced sexual acts within marriage as rape or unnatural offences. The court's judgment …

Mere Refusal To Marry Does Not Constitute Offence Of Cheating Unless Ingredients U/S 90 Of IPC Are Met: Gauhati High Court
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Mere Refusal To Marry Does Not Constitute Offence Of Cheating Unless Ingredients U/S 90 Of IPC Are Met: Gauhati High Court

Live Law  

The Gauhati High Court recently set aside the judgment and sentence order passed by a Trial Court under Section 417 of IPC on the ground that mere refusal to marry would not constitute an offence under Section 417 of IPC until and unless the requirement under Section 90 of IPC is established by the prosecution. The single judge bench comprising …

'Consensual Relationship Turned Sour': Madras High Court Acquits Man Convicted For Committing Rape On False Promise Of Marriage
1 month, 3 weeks ago

'Consensual Relationship Turned Sour': Madras High Court Acquits Man Convicted For Committing Rape On False Promise Of Marriage

Live Law  

The Madras High Court has recently quashed a case against a 26-year-old man who was convicted and sentenced for allegedly raping his partner on a false promise to marry. The court also noted that the victim's statement revealed that the couple's physical relationship was not merely due to the alleged promise to marry and that the couple shared a good …

Rape On False Marriage Promise A Reprehensible Offence, Act Can't Be 'Executed' By A Subsequent Marriage Offer : Allahabad HC
2 months ago

Rape On False Marriage Promise A Reprehensible Offence, Act Can't Be 'Executed' By A Subsequent Marriage Offer : Allahabad HC

Live Law  

The Allahabad High Court has observed that the act of sexual exploitation under the false promise of marriage is a reprehensible offence which reduces the victim to an object for someone's personal gratification. This Court is of the view that the applicant's act cannot be executed by a subsequent offer of marriage,” the single judge observed in its order denying …

Nowadays There Can Be No Presumption That Victim Would Always Tell Entire Story Truthfully In Rape Cases: Allahabad High Court
2 months, 1 week ago

Nowadays There Can Be No Presumption That Victim Would Always Tell Entire Story Truthfully In Rape Cases: Allahabad High Court

Live Law  

While granting bail to a man accused of sexually exploiting a married woman on the pretext of providing her government job, the Allahabad High Court recently observed that nowadays, there can be no presumption that in all rape cases, the prosecutrix would always tell the entire story truthfully. “No doubt in the matter of rape, the statement of the prosecutrix …

Know The Law | When Can Sex On Promise To Marry Amount To Offence Of Rape?
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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Know The Law | When Can Sex On Promise To Marry Amount To Offence Of Rape?

Live Law  

Recently, the Supreme Court expressed concern over the 'worrying trend' of initiating criminal proceedings under rape charges soon after a proloned consensual relationship breaksdown. Consent known to be given under fear or misconception- A consent is not such a consent as it intended by any section of this Code, if the consent is given by a person under fear of …

Know The Law | When Can Sex On Promise To Marry Amount To Offence Of Rape?
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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Know The Law | When Can Sex On Promise To Marry Amount To Offence Of Rape?

Live Law  

Recently, the Supreme Court expressed concern over the 'worrying trend' of initiating criminal proceedings under rape charges soon after a proloned consensual relationship breaksdown. Consent known to be given under fear or misconception- A consent is not such a consent as it intended by any section of this Code, if the consent is given by a person under fear of …

Rape On False Promise To Marry Requires Proof That Physical Relationships Was Only Based On Marriage Promise : Supreme Court
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Rape On False Promise To Marry Requires Proof That Physical Relationships Was Only Based On Marriage Promise : Supreme Court

Live Law  

A recent Supreme Court judgment has given clarity as to when a consensual sexual relationship can amount to the offence of rape on the false promise of marriage.The Court observed that when a woman has maintained a physical relationship with a man for a long period, it cannot be said with certainty that such relationship was solely because of a …

Karnataka High Court Quashes Rape Charges Against Live-In Partner After 22-Year-Long Relationship
4 months ago

Karnataka High Court Quashes Rape Charges Against Live-In Partner After 22-Year-Long Relationship

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court has quashed rape charges against a man in a live-in relationship, by his partner of 22 years. While granting interim relief and staying all further proceedings qua the petitioner earlier the court had observed, “This case forms a classic illustration, as to what can become an abuse process of law. Seeking to quash the prosecution the …

Man Cannot Be Held Guilty Of False Promise To Marry When Victim Willingly Consented To Physical Relationship: Calcutta High Court
4 months, 1 week ago

Man Cannot Be Held Guilty Of False Promise To Marry When Victim Willingly Consented To Physical Relationship: Calcutta High Court

Live Law  

The Calcutta High Court has held that when an adult victim knowingly and willingly consented to sexual relations with a man, the man cannot later be held guilty for committing the offence of rape on the pretext of marriage. The victim lady being an adult was aware of the consequences of such relationship and denial on the part of the …

'Consensual Relationship without Misconception of Fact': Kerala HC Quashes Rape Case Filed after 13 Years
8 months ago

'Consensual Relationship without Misconception of Fact': Kerala HC Quashes Rape Case Filed after 13 Years

News 18  

The Kerala High Court has quashed the criminal proceedings against a man accused of rape, in a case filed after 13 years of the alleged incident, concluding that the sexual intercourse was consensual and not based on any misconception of fact. The court observed that no formal complaint was filed until 2017, with the first alleged incident occurring 13 years …

Merely Because Love Wanes Away With Time, Consensual Acts Between Two Adults Cannot Be Called Rape: Karnataka High Court
8 months ago

Merely Because Love Wanes Away With Time, Consensual Acts Between Two Adults Cannot Be Called Rape: Karnataka High Court

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court has reiterated that consensual acts between two adults who were in love over a long period of six years will not attract the offence of rape. The court said, “The duration of relationship between the two which was founded on love was for a period of six years, merely because love wanes away by efflux of …

India marital rape: Woman accuses husband of ‘unnatural sex’ but judge says it is not a crime in marriage
10 months, 2 weeks ago

India marital rape: Woman accuses husband of ‘unnatural sex’ but judge says it is not a crime in marriage

CNN  

CNN — An Indian judge has dismissed a woman’s complaint that her husband committed “unnatural sex,” because under Indian law it’s not illegal for a husband to force his wife to engage in sexual acts. According to the Madhya Pradesh High Court order, the woman told police her husband came to her house in 2019, soon after they were married, …

If Consent Of Woman Was Based On False Promise Of Marriage From Inception, Offence Of Rape Is Made Out : Supreme Court
1 year, 1 month ago

If Consent Of Woman Was Based On False Promise Of Marriage From Inception, Offence Of Rape Is Made Out : Supreme Court

Live Law  

To sustain the offence of rape on the ground of false promise of marriage, it must be established that right from the inception, the consent of the woman was obtained based on the false promise, reiterated the Supreme Court. "If it is established that from the inception, the consent by the victim is a result of a false promise to …

CJI says petitions to criminalise marital rape to be listed in mid-October
1 year, 6 months ago

CJI says petitions to criminalise marital rape to be listed in mid-October

The Hindu  

Chief Justice of India D.Y. “We will list it sometime in mid-October after the Constitution Bench hearings,” Chief Justice Chandrachud addressed senior advocate Indira Jaising and advocate Karuna Nundy, who jointly mentioned the case for urgent listing. “A man is a man; an act is an act; rape is a rape, be it performed by a man the ‘husband’ on …

How are ‘false promise to marry’ cases treated in the new criminal law Bill? | Explained
1 year, 6 months ago

How are ‘false promise to marry’ cases treated in the new criminal law Bill? | Explained

The Hindu  

The story so far: If a man promises to marry a woman but never intends to, and still has ‘consensual’ sex with her, it will amount to a criminal offence under Section 69 of the proposed Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. Chapter 5 of the Bill, titled “Offences against woman and children” describes ‘sexual intercourse by employing deceitful means etc.’, as …

Karnataka HC rebukes woman for alleging rape against man she dated for 6 years; man cleared of all charges
1 year, 7 months ago

Karnataka HC rebukes woman for alleging rape against man she dated for 6 years; man cleared of all charges

Firstpost  

Justice Nagaprasanna reasoned that given the extensive duration of the sexual relationship spanning six years, it cannot be construed as rape under Section 376 of the Indian Penal Code In a case shedding light on the misuse of laws, the Karnataka High Court has dismissed two criminal cases against a man from Bengaluru. The cases were brought by a woman …

“Rape Law Misused As A Weapon By Females Upon Differences With Male Counterpart”: Uttarakhand High Court
1 year, 8 months ago

“Rape Law Misused As A Weapon By Females Upon Differences With Male Counterpart”: Uttarakhand High Court

Live Law  

The Uttarakhand High Court has recently quashed pending criminal proceedings against a man for allegedly having sexual intercourse with a lady for decades on the false promise of marriage. While disapproving the continuance of such case, the Single Bench of Justice Sharad Kumar Sharma observed, “In fact, the offence under Section 376 of the IPC as of now in this …

'Not A Case Of False Promise Of Marriage': Gujarat High Court Quashes Second Rape Case Against Man
1 year, 8 months ago

'Not A Case Of False Promise Of Marriage': Gujarat High Court Quashes Second Rape Case Against Man

Live Law  

The Gujarat High Court recently quashed a rape case against a man, observing that the case is of consensual sex. The court said that the complainant was well aware of the pros and cons of the relationship and that no false promise of marriage was given at the early stage. It is not the case that, but for the false …

Consensual sex not rape if promise of marriage broken: Orissa High Court
1 year, 8 months ago

Consensual sex not rape if promise of marriage broken: Orissa High Court

Firstpost  

The Supreme Court order had said that if two persons maintained a physical relationship on an assurance of marriage to the victim, which due to some reasons failed to materialise later, it cannot be called rape with a claim that the promise had been broken, the bench observed. The Orissa High Court has said that if a consensual physical relationship …

Consensual sex not rape if promise of marriage is broken: Orissa High Court
1 year, 8 months ago

Consensual sex not rape if promise of marriage is broken: Orissa High Court

India TV News  

Orissa High Court on Friday asserted that a consensual physical relationship cannot be considered rape if the promise of marriage could not be materialised for some reasons. “In the former case, for any such sexual intimacy, an offence under Section 376 IPC is not made out, whereas, in the latter, it is, since the same is based on the premise …

[False Promise To Marry] One Person Can't Be Prosecuted For Rape Merely Because Mutual Relationship Turned Sour: Bombay High Court
1 year, 11 months ago

[False Promise To Marry] One Person Can't Be Prosecuted For Rape Merely Because Mutual Relationship Turned Sour: Bombay High Court

Live Law  

When two people invest in a relationship, one of them cannot be blamed merely because the other alleged rape after things went south and the relationship didn’t culminate into a marriage, the Bombay High Court observed while discharging a man accused of raping his girlfriend since eight years. Justice Bharati Dangre set aside the trial court’s order refusing to discharge …

Mere Breach Of Promise Not Equivalent To Giving False Promise To Marry: Madhya Pradesh High Court Quashes Rape Case
1 year, 11 months ago

Mere Breach Of Promise Not Equivalent To Giving False Promise To Marry: Madhya Pradesh High Court Quashes Rape Case

Live Law  

The Madhya Pradesh High Court at Gwalior quashing a rape case observed that a mere breach of promise to marry cannot be said to be a false promise to marry. Justice Deepak Kumar Agarwal observed that only a false promise to marry made with the intention to deceive a woman would vitiate the woman's consent being obtained under the misconception …

Length Of Relationship Considerable Factor In Rape Case Over False Promise To Marry: Karnataka High Court
2 years ago

Length Of Relationship Considerable Factor In Rape Case Over False Promise To Marry: Karnataka High Court

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court has quashed charges of rape levelled against an accused who was booked on the complaint made by the victim, after the accused refused to marry her on being in a relationship with her for over five years. Therefore, for five long years, it cannot be said that the consent of a woman has been taken for …

'Consensual Relationship, Promise To Marry Was Not False': Kerala High Court Quashes Rape Case
2 years, 2 months ago

'Consensual Relationship, Promise To Marry Was Not False': Kerala High Court Quashes Rape Case

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday quashed rape case against a 31-year-old man, observing that he and the complainant were in a consensual relationship and his promise to marry her was not with an intention to deceive her.The accused and the complainant had worked together in the Malayalam Serial, 'Akashadooth'. The Kerala High Court on Tuesday quashed rape case against …

Odisha court hands out 20 year jail to man against whom wife had levelled rape charge
2 years, 4 months ago

Odisha court hands out 20 year jail to man against whom wife had levelled rape charge

The Hindu  

An old rape allegation levelled by a girl in Odisha’s Angul district came to haunt her when a local court handed out 20-year jail term to her husband whom she had identified as her tormenter. On January 1, 2021, a girl of Banarpal area lodged a complaint against Gobardhan Naik that the man had sexually assaulted her in the pretext …

Failed Relationship Not Ground To Lodge FIR For Repeated Rape U/S 376(2)(n) IPC: Andhra Pradesh High Court
2 years, 6 months ago

Failed Relationship Not Ground To Lodge FIR For Repeated Rape U/S 376(2)(n) IPC: Andhra Pradesh High Court

Live Law  

The Andhra Pradesh High Court in a recent case reiterated the law laid down by the Supreme Court in 599) that if the complainant willingly stayed in a relationship, then the relationship eventually not working out cannot be a ground for lodging an FIR for the offence under Section 376 of IPC. Brief Facts of the Case The Criminal Petition …

Promise Of Marriage Made In Good Faith But Subsequently Not Fulfilled : Supreme Court Quashes Rape Case
2 years, 7 months ago

Promise Of Marriage Made In Good Faith But Subsequently Not Fulfilled : Supreme Court Quashes Rape Case

Live Law  

While quashing a rape case, the Supreme Court observed that there is a distinction between a false promise to marriage and a breach of promise which is made in good faith but subsequently not fulfilled.The court noted that, in this case, both parties were admittedly in a consensual relationship from 2009 to 2011. While quashing a rape case, the Supreme …

Not Rape If Sexual Relationship Between Willing Partners Doesn’t End In Marriage: Kerala HC
2 years, 8 months ago

Not Rape If Sexual Relationship Between Willing Partners Doesn’t End In Marriage: Kerala HC

News 18  

Even if a sexual relationship between two willing partners does not culminate in marriage, it will still not amount to rape, in the absence of any factor that vitiates the consent for sex, said the Kerala high court while granting bail to Navaneeth N Nath, a Central Government Counsel. The court observed: “A sexual relationship between two willing adult partners …

Subsequent Refusal To Marry After Sex Not Sufficient To Constitute Offence Of Rape: Kerala High Court
2 years, 8 months ago

Subsequent Refusal To Marry After Sex Not Sufficient To Constitute Offence Of Rape: Kerala High Court

Live Law  

While granting bail to a Central Government Counsel in a sexual assault case, the Kerala High Court held that a subsequent refusal to marry or a failure to lead the relationship into a marriage is not sufficient to constitute the offence of rape even if the partners had indulged in a physical relationship.Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas observed that a sexual …

Relationship Turning Sour Later Will Not Attract Offence Of Rape: Kerala High Court Reserves Verdict In Central Govt Counsel's Bail Plea
2 years, 8 months ago

Relationship Turning Sour Later Will Not Attract Offence Of Rape: Kerala High Court Reserves Verdict In Central Govt Counsel's Bail Plea

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court on Thursday orally observed that rape charges will not be attracted against a man merely because the relationship between him and a woman turned sour over time while reserving its verdict in the bail application moved by a Central Government Counsel in a sexual assault case. The Court was adjudicating upon a bail application moved by …

The Delhi High Court’s split verdict on marital rape needs resolution
2 years, 10 months ago

The Delhi High Court’s split verdict on marital rape needs resolution

The Hindu  

A division Bench of the Delhi High Court recently delivered a split verdict on whether exception two to Section 375 of the Indian Penal Code, i.e., marital rape exception, is unconstitutional. Since there is no rational nexus between the differentia and the object of the law, marital rape exception fails the test of reasonable classification and must be struck down …

Marital Rape And Right To Equality: What Karnataka HC Had Said Before Delhi HC Split Verdict
2 years, 10 months ago

Marital Rape And Right To Equality: What Karnataka HC Had Said Before Delhi HC Split Verdict

ABP News  

A two-judge bench of the Delhi High Court Wednesday gave a split verdict on the question of criminalising marital rape. While Justice C. Hari Shankar rejected the plea to criminalise rape within marriage, Justice Rajiv Shakdher, who headed the bench, struck down as unconstitutional the exception to IPC Section 375 that says sexual intercourse with wife aged 15 or above …

Marital rape a crime? Delhi HC verdict split
2 years, 10 months ago

Marital rape a crime? Delhi HC verdict split

Hindustan Times  

The Delhi high court on Wednesday delivered a split verdict on the criminalisation of marital rape on Wednesday — with one judge calling an exception that exempts husbands from being prosecuted for non-consensual sex with their wives as “morally repugnant” and the other saying it did not violate any law, was not unconstitutional and could continue to exist. Mariam Dhawale, …

A far-reaching verdict that ends a regressive exception
2 years, 11 months ago

A far-reaching verdict that ends a regressive exception

The Hindu  

Over the last several months, arguments challenging the constitutionality of the marital rape exception in Section 375 of the Indian Penal Code had gripped the Delhi High Court. Roots of the principle The exception to marital rape in common law was due to the dictum by Chief Justice Matthew Hale of Britain in 1736 where he stated: “But the husband …

A win for justice
2 years, 11 months ago

A win for justice

Live Mint  

The Karnataka high court this week declined to quash rape charges levelled by a wife against her husband, denying him an infamous exception in our rape law. “A man is a man; an act is an act; rape is a rape, be it performed by a man the ‘husband’ on the woman ‘wife’,” a single-judge bench of Justice M. Nagaprasanna …

Marital rape | Process on to amend criminal laws: Government
3 years, 1 month ago

Marital rape | Process on to amend criminal laws: Government

The Hindu  

The government has started the process of comprehensive amendments to criminal laws, Minister for Women and Child Development Smriti Irani told Parliament on Wednesday in response to a question on marital rape, but warned against condemning every man as a rapist and every marriage as a violent one. "The Government of India has initiated the process for comprehensive amendments to …

Marital rape debate: Arguments for and against criminalisation explained
3 years, 2 months ago

Marital rape debate: Arguments for and against criminalisation explained

Op India  

A High Court bench is hearing a batch of petitions that argues against the ‘marital rape’ exception in the Indian Penal Code. In 2013, the Congress government had said that criminalising marital rape would weaken traditional family values in India, and that marriage presumes consent. Once that happens, this law also would logically say, “Sexual intercourse by a man with …

Mere Refusal To Marry After Sexual Relations Not Offence of Cheating : Bombay High Court
3 years, 3 months ago

Mere Refusal To Marry After Sexual Relations Not Offence of Cheating : Bombay High Court

Live Law  

Mere refusal to marry a woman after a long relationship would not constitute the offence of 'cheating' under section 417 of the Indian Penal Code if there is no evidence of fraudulent misrepresentation of promise of marriage for sex, the Bombay High Court held. Justice Anuja Prabhudessai observed that in the instance case the couple had indulged in sexual relations …

'Complainant Was Conscious Of The Fact That Marriage May Not Take Place': Madras High Court Dismisses Rape Charges On False Promise To Marry
3 years, 6 months ago

'Complainant Was Conscious Of The Fact That Marriage May Not Take Place': Madras High Court Dismisses Rape Charges On False Promise To Marry

Live Law  

The Madras High Court on Monday ruled that an offence of rape under Section 376 IPC on the pretext of false promise to marry is not made out when the complainant willingly engages in the sexual act knowing that the intended marriage may not take place at all on account of her own marital status. The facts of the case …

Maharashtra: 4 held for threatening man over failed love affair
3 years, 6 months ago

Maharashtra: 4 held for threatening man over failed love affair

India Today  

Police have arrested four people here in Maharashtra for allegedly threatening a man with dire consequences after he married a woman with whom one of the accused was in love, an official said on Wednesday. The victim was on his way to work from Diva town in Thane district in an auto-rickshaw on September 15 when two motorcycle-borne persons allegedly …

Can't Use 'Astrological Incompatibility' To Avoid Rape Charges On False Promise Of Marriage – Bombay High Court
3 years, 6 months ago

Can't Use 'Astrological Incompatibility' To Avoid Rape Charges On False Promise Of Marriage – Bombay High Court

Live Law  

The Bombay High Court refused to discharge a 32-year-old man accused of 'rape on false promise of marriage' and cheating, rejecting his claims of 'astrological incompatibility' as valid reason for refusing the marriage. "Thus, I am convinced.it is a case of false promise to marry which apparently vitiates the complainant's consent", the judge noted. The accused booked for rape and …

That's how love kills in India, literally
3 years, 6 months ago

That's how love kills in India, literally

India Today  

A 26-year-old hospital staff was stabbed to death on a crowded Delhi street in April. LOVE CAN BE FATAL It now turns out romantic relationships, including extra marital, account for more than ten per cent of all murders in the country. According to the recently-released Crime in India Year 2020 report by the National Crime Records Bureau, as many as …

Why hasn’t marital rape been criminalised in India yet?
3 years, 6 months ago

Why hasn’t marital rape been criminalised in India yet?

The Hindu  

Recent rulings by High Courts pointing out that any sexual act between a man and his wife, even if it involves force, is not rape perhaps highlights the lacuna in the IPC. Like with the Navtej Johar case when the Supreme Court missed an opportunity to provide the entire spectrum of civil marital inheritance rights to non-heterosexual couples, the Supreme …

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