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.
Read Full ArticleThe 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, does not constitute the offence.
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 inherently impossible and disputed facts must be investigated.
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 child below 12.
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.
YouTuber Shikha Metray, aka Kunwari Begum, in police custody for promoting content on infant sexual abuse after a complaint by mens rights activist Deepika Bhardwaj.
The Karnataka HC said the object of POCSO Act is not to criminalize consensual relationship between two adolescents.
Justice N Anand Venkatesh had made certain pertinent remarks on the plight of sexual abuse victims and the ordeal that they had to go through in courts.
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