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HC seeks Centre's clarification whether it wants to withdraw its affidavit
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 28 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Friday asked the Centre to inform whether it wants to withdraw its earlier affidavit in which it had submitted that marital rape cannot be made a criminal offence.
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Floodgate of litigations cannot be ground to deny right to wife to prosecu
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 18 (ANI): Senior Advocate Rajshekhar Rao, who is amicus curiae in the matter relating to criminalisation of marital rape, on Tuesday said the perception that law may be misused and open floodgate of litigations, cannot be the ground to deny the right of legal remed
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Law does not consider sexual assault by loved one as rape, Amicus argues i
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 12(ANI): Amicus Curiae Rajshekhar Rao on Wednesday told the Delhi High Court that the law does not consider it as rape when a woman is sexually assaulted by her loved one but the same is considered a sexual offence when a stranger forces himself on her.
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Delhi Police files FIR under UAPA on lawyers' complaint regarding 'threat
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 12 (ANI): The Delhi Police on Wednesday registered an FIR under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) on the basis of lawyers' complaints stating that they had received calls threatening judges over the case r
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Casting director arrested in Mumbai for demanding sexual favours from woma
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], January 11 (ANI): Police arrested a man from the Malad region of Mumbai for allegedly demanding sexual favours from a woman promising her a role in films.
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Delhi HC hears petitions on marital rape; points difference between marria
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 10 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Monday raised differences between marriage with other relationships and opined that this qualitative difference may have played a part in the exception provided under Section 375 (rape) of the Indian Penal Code.
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Marital rape a crime of cruelty in India, says Delhi Govt to High Court
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 7 (ANI): The Delhi Government on Friday told the Delhi High Court that marital rape has already been covered as a crime of cruelty under the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
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Amit Shah writes to MPs; seeks suggestions for amendment to IPC, CrPC, Ind
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 6 (ANI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah has written to MPs, seeking their suggestions regarding amendments in the Indian Penal Code (IPC), the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) and the Indian Evidence Act at the earliest.
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Punjab Dy CM writes to Centre for Presidential assent to pending state bil
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], December 20 (ANI): Deputy Chief Minister of Punjab, Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa, who also holds the home portfolio, has urged the Union Government to give nod to The Code of Criminal Procedure (Punjab Amendment) Bill, 2018 and The Indian Penal Code (Punjab Amendmen
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Delhi Police registers case in Rohini Court blast
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 18 (ANI): Delhi Police has registered a case under section 307, 436 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and section 3 of the Explosives Act in connection with the low-intensity blast that took place at Rohini Court Complex on December 9, said Delhi Police Commissioner
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Laws should be enacted to protect women from sexist comments: Brinda Karat
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 25 (ANI): Communist Party of India (Marxist) Politburo Member and Former Rajya Sabha MP Brinda Karat slammed Rajasthan Minister Rajendra Singh Gudha for his sexist comment and said that law should be made in Parliament and Assemblies against such comments on women
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Man booked for sexually assaulting a minor labourer in Shimla
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], November 25 (ANI): A man has been booked by the Shimla Police under various provisions of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act for allegedly sexually assaulting a 17-year-old migrant labourer in the Boileau
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