Some years back, I was sucked into the labyrinth of Indian Matrimonial laws and a false 498a in particular. To be fair, before it hit me, it was difficult for me to fathom the wide spread misuse of dowry laws and specially 498a in India.
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Would Removing Exception 2 from the Rape Law Benefit Indian Women? Sec 375 of the IPC (Rape: Proposed Section 63 of The Bharariya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023) mentions rape as “sexual intercourse with a woman against her will, without her consent, by coercion, misrepresentation or fraud, or at a time when she has been intoxicated or […]
Court: Allahabad High Court Bench: Ashwani Kumar Mishra, Shiv Shanker Prasad Sandeep Kumar Mishra vs State Of U.P. on 16 February, 2023 Law Point: False allegations of sexual assault on the rise JUDGEMENT 1. Heard Shri Sudhir Mehrotra, Shri Pulak Ganguly, learned counsels for the applicants and Shri Shivam Yadav, learned counsel for the informant […]
Court: Allahabad High Court Bench: Ashwani Kumar Mishra, Shiv Shanker Prasad Nafisa And 4 Others vs State Of U.P. And 3 Others on 16 January, 2023 Law Point: False Rape Case accuser gang bail dismissed JUDGEMENT 1. At the very outset, learned counsel for the petitioners states that he does not propose to file any rejoinder affidavit […]
Court: Supreme Court of India Bench: Ajay Rastogi, Hon’ble Ms. Trivedi Naim Ahamed vs State (Nct Of Delhi) on 30 January, 2023 Law Point: Every Breach Of Promise To Marry Is Not ‘Rape’ : Supreme Court Acquits Man Sentenced To 10 Years Imprisonment JUDGEMENT 1. Leave granted. 2. The appeal filed by the appellant-accused is […]
Court: Supreme Court of India Bench: JUSTICE Dr Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud Sonu @ Subhash Kumar vs The State Of Uttar Pradesh on 1 March, 2021 Law Point: The parties were in the relationship for about a period of one and a half years; and the relationship between the appellant and the second respondent was of a […]
Court: Delhi High Court Bench: JUSTICE VIBHU BAKHRU Anand Kaushal vs State (Govt. Of Nct Of Delhi) on 13 March, 2020 Law Point: JUDGEMENT 1. The petitioner has filed the present petition impugning an order dated 01.08.2019 passed by the learned ASJ (hereafter ‘the impugned order’), whereby a charge of committing an offence under Section 376(2)(n) of […]
Court: Delhi High Court Bench: JUSTICE YOGESH KHANNA Parmanand Mishra & Anr vs The State Nct Of Delhi & Anr on 5 August, 2022 Law Point: JUDGEMENT 1. This petition is filed for quashing of FIR No.24/2018 under Sections 376/313/354 IPC registered at PS Moti Nagar, Delhi and the proceedings emanating therefrom. 2. It is the submission […]
Court: Delhi High Court Bench: JUSTICE VIBHU BAKHRU State vs Sandeep on 25 September, 2019 Law Point: JUDGEMENT 1. Exemption is allowed, subject to all just exceptions. 2. The application stands disposed of. CRL.L.P. 532/2019 3. The State has filed the present petition seeking leave to appeal against a judgment dated 15.07.2019, passed by the learned Additional […]
Court: Delhi High Court Bench: JUSTICE PURUSHAINDRA KUMAR KAURAV State vs Om Prakash & Ors on 29 July, 2022 Law Point: JUDGEMENT 1. Allowed, subject to all just exceptions. 2. Application is disposed of accordingly. CRL.M.A. 12446/2022 (condonation of delay) 3. This application is filed by the petitioner for condonation of delay of 119 days, in filing […]
Court: Madhya Pradesh High Court Bench: JUSTICE S. K. AWASTHI Umesh Lilani vs The State Of Madhya Pradesh on 18 July, 2019 Law Point: Madhya Pradesh High Court Consensual Sex Even After Refusal To Marry Does Not Amount To Rape JUDGEMENT 1. Applicant/accused has preferred this petition under Section 482 of Code of Criminal Procedure, […]