The Madras Court has observed that any consensual relationships between teenagers aged 16 to 18 should not come under purview of POSCO Act. According to The Hindustan Times, Justice V Parthiban said that, “Any consensual sex after the age of 16 or bodily contact or allied acts could be excluded from the rigorous provisions of […]

The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that a consensual physical relationship between live-in partners cannot be termed as rape after the relationship dies and the man does not marry the woman due to circumstances that are not in his control, PTI reported. This announcement came when it dismissed an FIR filed by a Maharashtra-based nurse […]

While hearing a plea on marital rape, Delhi High Court said that marriage does not mean that a woman is always consenting for physical relations with her husband. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and C Hari Shankar said that in a relationship like marriage, both man and woman have a right to say ‘no’ […]

Goa branch of the Bombay High Court recently held that men cannot be convicted for rape in love instigated consensual sex. As per a report in The Times of India, a trial court had awarded seven-year jail term to a chef from Goa after a woman accused him of raping her, on false promises of marriage. […]

In a bizarre case, a man sought divorce from his wife as she refused to have sex with him during her pregnancy. He further added that she demanded her morning tea in bed. The Delhi-based man’s plea for divorce in the Delhi High Court was rejected by the bench of Justices Pradeep Nandrajog and Pratibha […]