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SC sets aside Calcutta HC's order which asked adolescent girls to control sexual urges
4 months ago

SC sets aside Calcutta HC's order which asked adolescent girls to control sexual urges

Op India  

On Tuesday, 20th August, the Supreme Court disapproved the statements made by the Calcutta High Court that asked adolescent girls to ”control sexual urges’ so that they are not deemed ‘losers’ by society. Supreme Court sets aside the judgement of Calcutta High Court which had advised “adolescent girls to control their sexual urges”. On January 4th, 2024, 2-Judge Supreme Court …

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Supreme Court sets aside Calcutta HC's order asking young girls to ‘control sexual urges’
4 months ago

Supreme Court sets aside Calcutta HC's order asking young girls to ‘control sexual urges’

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday set aside the controversial judgment by the Calcutta high court delivered on October 18, 2023, asking adolescent girls to “control their sexual urges”. A Supreme Court bench consisting of Justices Abhay S Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan set aside the high court's judgment asking girls to control their sexual urges and acquitting 25 year old man …

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Supreme Court restores conviction in minor's rape, overturns Calcutta HC's order acquitting man
4 months ago

Supreme Court restores conviction in minor's rape, overturns Calcutta HC's order acquitting man

Live Mint  

The apex court criticised the verdict last year and termed some of the high court's observations “highly objectionable and completely unwarranted.” The Supreme Court of India has today restored the conviction of a man who raped a minor girl after he was acquitted by the Calcutta High Court, which in its judgement asked adolescent girls to "control their sexual urges", …

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Marital rape: Appeal filed in SC against Delhi HC’s split verdict
2 years, 7 months ago

Marital rape: Appeal filed in SC against Delhi HC’s split verdict

Hindustan Times  

NEW DELHI: An appeal has been filed in the Supreme Court against the Delhi High Court’s split verdict on a bunch of pleas seeking to criminalise marital rape. Khushboo Saifi moved the appeal through her counsel days after the high court last week gave the verdict while referring the matter to the Supreme Court for an authoritative decision. Both the …

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NCW to Challenge Bombay HC's Judgment on Groping Without 'Skin to Skin' Contact in SC
3 years, 10 months ago

NCW to Challenge Bombay HC's Judgment on Groping Without 'Skin to Skin' Contact in SC

News 18  

The National Commission for Women on Monday said it will challenge in the Supreme Court the Bombay High Court judgment which said groping without "skin to skin" contact is not sexual assault as defined under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act. This judgment will not only have a cascading effect on various provisions involving safety and security of …

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NCPCR seeks urgent appeal against Bombay HC's no sexual assault without 'skin to skin' contact judgment
3 years, 10 months ago

NCPCR seeks urgent appeal against Bombay HC's no sexual assault without 'skin to skin' contact judgment

India Today  

National Commission for Protection of Child Rights, India's apex child rights body, asked the Maharashtra government on Monday to file an urgent appeal against Bombay High Court's recent judgment that an act cannot be termed as sexual assault if there is no "skin-to-skin" contact. The Bombay High Court ruled that groping without ‘skin to skin’ contact is not sexual assault …

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Uttarakhand HC's Decision In 'Bhuwan Chandra Pandey v. UOI': A Much Needed Beacon For Complainants In Sexual Harassment Inquiries
4 years, 4 months ago

Uttarakhand HC's Decision In 'Bhuwan Chandra Pandey v. UOI': A Much Needed Beacon For Complainants In Sexual Harassment Inquiries

Live Law  

It has been more than two decades since the Supreme Court of India in Vishaka v. State of Rajasthan, AIR 1997 SC 301, laid down the famous 'Vishaka guidelines', which inter alia, provided for the creation of an internal complaints mechanism for inquiring into complaints of sexual harassment by women employees. The latest in the line of progressive judgements dealing …

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School's Handling of Sexual Harassment Complaints Sparks Outrage, As High Court Orders Forwarding of Complaints to Police
7 years ago

School's Handling of Sexual Harassment Complaints Sparks Outrage, As High Court Orders Forwarding of Complaints to Police

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court has slammed a school for its handling of sexual harassment complaints against a music teacher. The court found that the school's response to the complaints was inadequate and that it failed to take any legal action against the accused teacher. The court also ordered the school to forward all the complaints to the police. The court's …

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