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SC This Week: Key Rulings On Arbitral Awards, Insolvency, Rape Law, Consent Decrees And Unlicensed Money-Lending
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SC This Week: Key Rulings On Arbitral Awards, Insolvency, Rape Law, Consent Decrees And Unlicensed Money-Lending

Supreme Court weekly roundup covering key rulings on arbitration, IBC resolution plans, consensual relationships, appeals against consent decrees and unlicensed moneylenders.

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Consensual Relationship Can not Be Retrospectively Branded as Rape: SC [Read Judgment] Judiciary
Consensual Relationship Can not Be Retrospectively Branded as Rape: SC [Read Judgment]

Supreme Court discharges man, holding that a failed consensual relationship cannot retrospectively turn past intimacy into rape.

Kerala HC Upholds 10-Year Jail Term for Raping 73-Year-Old Woman [Read Judgment] Judiciary
Kerala HC Upholds 10-Year Jail Term for Raping 73-Year-Old Woman [Read Judgment]

Kerala HC upholds 10-year imprisonment for sexually assaulting a 73-year-old woman, holding that the FIR delay was explained.

Does a Long-Term Live-In Relationship Raise a Presumption of Consent in Rape Cases? Gujarat HC Answers [Read Judgment] Judiciary
Does a Long-Term Live-In Relationship Raise a Presumption of Consent in Rape Cases? Gujarat HC Answers [Read Judgment]

Gujarat HC dismisses appeal against acquittal, finding no grounds to interfere with the trial court’s decision in a rape case.

Woman Can Be Charged With Gang Rape, But Cannot Be Charged Alone: Delhi HC [Read Judgment] Judiciary
Woman Can Be Charged With Gang Rape, But Cannot Be Charged Alone: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court held that women can be charged with gang rape under Section 70 BNS and Section 376D IPC, but a woman alone cannot face such a charge.

Forensic Report Excludes Accused As Minor's Child's Father, Yet MP HC Denies Bail, Orders Probe

The Madhya Pradesh High Court denied bail despite a forensic report excluding the accused as the biological father and the minor victim turning hostile, ordering a special team probe.

“Instil Fear Among Anti-Social Elements”: SC Seeks Proactive Police Action, Real-Time Surveillance For Women's Safety

The Supreme Court stressed proactive policing, real-time CCTV monitoring and intensified patrolling to prevent sexual offences against women in Delhi-NCR.

Supreme Court This Week: Key Rulings You Should Know (2026-10-05)

Supreme Court weekly roundup featuring 6 key rulings on cheque-bounce notice, compromise decrees, BNSS cognizance, arbitration, Delhi-NCR safety and pay parity.

SC Acquits Sikkim Man Convicted In Minor Niece’s Rape-Murder, Cites DNA Mismatch [Read Judgment]

Supreme Court acquits Santosh Gurung in the rape-murder of his minor niece, finding the circumstantial evidence insufficient and noting DNA showed recovered bones were of male origin. indiankanoon.org

‘Name Tattooed On Her Chest’: Delhi HC Reduces Sentence In 2009 Rape Case [Read Judgment]

Delhi High Court reduced the sentence of a man convicted in a 2009 minor rape case, noting the adolescent relationship, mutual name tattoos, long passage of time and settled lives of both parties.

Gujarat HC Rejects Asaram’s 20-Day Temporary Bail [Read Order]

The Gujarat High Court rejected Asaram’s 20-day temporary bail plea, noting that the Supreme Court had already granted him liberty to approach it if his health deteriorates.

Delhi Bus Gang Rape: Driver and Conductor Arrested After 16-Year-Old Allegedly Assaulted Inside Moving Sleeper Bus

Delhi Police arrested bus driver Kuldeep and conductor Sandeep on August 31 after a 16-year-old Class 11 student from UP was allegedly gang-raped inside a moving sleeper bus near Kashmere Gate on the ...

Gauhati HC Upholds 15-Year Jail Term for Man Convicted of Raping Mother [Read Order]

Gauhati High Court upholds 15-year rigorous imprisonment for a man convicted of raping his mother, stressing the grave nature of incestuous sexual violence.

False Promise or Broken Promise? Jharkhand HC Acquits Man in Rape Case

The Jharkhand High Court acquitted a man in a rape case, holding that a five-year relationship was consensual and did not amount to rape on a false promise of marriage.

Supreme Court Explains Factors Courts Must Consider While Sentencing a Convict [Read Judgment]

Supreme Court commutes life sentence to 20 years' RI in a gang-rape case, laying down the factors courts must weigh proportionality, age, antecedents, gravity while sentencing a convict.


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