Sexual Offences (Women and Children)

Understanding contemporary sexual assault in India from the lens of the caste system
Bombay HC directs POCSO Act offender to compensate for upbringing of child born out of sexual assault
Delhi HC reserves verdict on plea to criminalise marital rape
Time to criminalise marital rape
The mirage of married women’s rights: marital rape proceedings before Delhi HC
'HC can strike down exception to marital rape, without explaining how it can be proved.  Let trial courts adjudicate on the basis of facts of each case', counsel tells Delhi HC
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Immunity to husband from marital rape is to protect civil liberty of the husband, Men Welfare Trust tells Delhi HC
The ugly face of vigilantism in Delhi
It cannot be said that Parliament was unmindful of the rights of the wife, counsel tells Delhi HC seeking to retain marital rape exception
Exception to marital rape ought to go in order to enhance substantive equality, Delhi HC told
Husband’s conjugal expectations can’t override wife’s right to say no, Amicus Curiae tells Delhi HC in the challenge to the marital rape exception case
Gauhati High Court.
Marital rape exception is an instrument of oppression, argues Amicus Curiae, Rebecca John, before Delhi HC
Marital rape exception allows absurdity to prevail, argues Amicus Curiae, Rebecca John, before Delhi HC
Why the trial court’s acquittal of Bishop Franco Mulakkal in the Kerala nun rape case is legally vulnerable
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Marital rape exception: Foundation of consent is right to bodily integrity, argues Amicus Curiae before Delhi HC
Marital rape exception: law should not hesitate to call a spade a spade, says Amicus Curiae to Delhi HC
How a false promise to marry blurs the distinction between consent and its absence
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Sexual assault victims need protection from further harassment, ridicule during probe of case: Kerala HC
Courtesy: Asia in Global Affairs
Court cannot direct  DNA testing  of rape survivor's child for determining paternity, says Allahabad HC
Delhi HC grants bail in POCSO case saying accused ‘happily cohabiting’ with the alleged victim
It is important that the courts uphold the spirit of the right against sexual harassment, says SC
Supreme Court of India.
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HC acquits man awarded death penalty in gang-rape, murder case
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