Supreme Court takes suo motu cognisance of recent rape and sexual assault cases in Delhi-NCR, directing a four-week vulnerability, lighting and CCTV audit and status reports on existing safety mechanisms.
Read Full ArticleTelangana High Court sets aside the order permitting a potency test on trainee IPS officer M. Uday Krishna Reddy, holding that such an examination cannot be ordered routinely without showing its relevance and nexus with the alleged offence of digital penetration.
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.
Himachal Pradesh High Court grants bail to an astrologer accused of sexual assault, holding that no prima facie case of a false promise to marry was made out.
The Supreme Court quashed a POCSO case against a West Bengal school teacher, holding that the students’ statements did not establish sexual intent necessary for aggravated sexual assault.
The Kerala High Court quashed a Section 69 BNS case, holding that a married woman with a subsisting marriage could not claim her sexual relationship was induced solely by a promise of marriage.
The Karnataka High Court quashed a sexual harassment case under Section 75(2) BNS, holding that accidental exposure while answering nature’s call, without sexual intent directed towards the woman, d...
The Madhya Pradesh High Court refused to quash a sexual assault FIR against an advocate filed by his former client, holding that an advocate-client relationship does not make such allegations inherent...
Calcutta High Court upholds 10-year POCSO sentence, holding that a minor's consent cannot mitigate sexual assault and 'Romeo-Juliet' benefit was inapplicable as the victim is now married elsewhere.
The Delhi High Court modified a POCSO conviction, holding that the act did not amount to penetrative sexual assault but constituted an attempt to commit aggravated penetrative sexual assault on a chil...
Kerala High Court upholds investigation into rape allegations against police officers, holding Section 175(4) BNSS does not apply to acts unrelated to official duty.
SC dismisses POCSO convict’s plea to recall child victim, calls it “disturbing” and directs ₹10.5 lakh compensation for survivor.
Delhi HC rules calling a woman “r***i” amounts to outraging modesty under Sec 509 IPC, distinguishing generic abuse from sexual insults.
Delhi court convicts man for calling woman ‘r****i’, ruling it outrages her modesty and amounts to criminal intimidation under IPC Sections 506 & 509.
Patna High Court criticizes Bihar Police for delay in probing a minor foreign national’s sexual abuse case, orders proper investigation and electronic evidence review.
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