INDIAN PENAL CODE
No Marriage Certificate? Supreme Court Says Live-In Partners Can Still Get Section 498A Protection
Bombay High Court Quashes Voyeurism FIR, Says ‘Staring at Colleague’s Chest Not Section 354C Offence’
MP High Court Drops ‘Unnatural S*x’ Charge Against Husband, Says An*l, Oral S*x With Wife Not an Offence
‘Placing Pen*s Over Vagi*a, Ejaculating Without Penetration Does Not Amount to Rape’: Chhattisgarh High Court
'Section 498A Is Like Squeezing Lemon on a Relationship': Supreme Court Says Mother-in-Law and Husband Very Wary of Wife Due to False Complaints, Calls 498A Very Draconian
Calcutta High Court Quashes Cases Filed by Wife Against Her Husband and In-Laws, Says 'Expecting Educated and Earning Wife To Contribute to Household Expenses Is Not Cruelty'
Taunting Wife About Her Complexion Is Not Cruelty Under Section 498A of IPC, Says Bombay High Court; Acquits Man Convicted for Wife's Suicide
Undressing Woman To Commit Rape Is Attempt To Rape, Says Allahabad High Court; Upholds Trial Court's Order Against Man Who Tried To Sexually Assault Victim
Raising Voice Against Public Servant Does Not Amount to Offence Under Section 353 of IPC, Says Karnataka High Court; Quashes Criminal Case Registered Against Home Guard
Pressing Lips and Sleeping Next to Minor Victim Amounts to 'Outraging Modesty' but Not 'Aggravated Sexual Assault' if Overt Sexual Intent Is Absent, Says Delhi High Court
SC on 498A: Merely Because Wife Didn't File Complaint Under Section 498A of IPC for Many Years Doesn't Mean There Was No Cruelty by Husband, Says Supreme Court; Rejects Man's Plea for Discharge
Supreme Court Quashes Cruelty Case Against Husband and His Family, Says Provision of Section 498-A IPC Has Become Legal Weapon for Wives, Her Relatives To Settle Scores
Bombay High Court Raises Concerns Over Misuse of Section 498A IPC, Says ‘Even Grandparents and Bedridden Individuals Are Implicated in Such Cases’
SC on 498A: Section 498A of IPC Can't Be Applied Mechanically in All Cases Where Wife Complains of Harassment or Ill-Treatment by Husband, Says Supreme Court
Mumbai Shocker: Man Allegedly Brings 13-Year-Old Girl Playing With Her Friends to His Room in Chawl, Rapes Her; Arrested
HC on Woman Called Darling: Addressing Unknown Lady As ‘Darling’ Is Patently Offensive, Amounts to Using Sexually Coloured Remark, Says Calcutta High Court
Rape Accused Flees Police Station in Mumbai: Man Accused of Rape Escapes Vanrai Police Station on Pretext of Going to Bathroom; Arrested
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