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- India
Marriage not commercial venture, says Supreme Court
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday said the strict provisions of law were for the welfare of women and not means to “chastise, threaten, domineer or extort” their husbands. Justices B…
- Telangana
Police constable beaten up for bid to rape neighbour in Telangana
Hyderabad: A police constable, who allegedly tried to rape his neighbour, was beaten up by the local residents of Dhobhi Colony in Adilabad town on Thursday, April 26. Ganesh, a constable in…
- India
Allahabad HC rejects protection plea of married woman, live-in partner
Considering that a legally married Muslim woman cannot go outside marriage and start her relationship with another man, the Allahabad High Court denied providing protection to a Muslim woman who was in…
- India
Married woman cannot allege rape by live-in partner under false pretext of marriage: HC
New Delhi: A woman who is already married to someone else cannot claim to have been induced into a sexual relationship under false pretext of marriage, the Delhi High Court has said…
- Telangana
Telangana: Woman under marital distress rescued by Sakhi centre
Hyderabad: An abandoned woman was rescued by Sakhi centre, a civil society organisation in Karimnagar district and reunited her with her family on Friday. On June 16, the Sakhi centre received a…
- Bangalore
Father-son duo make video of married woman, blackmail her for money
Bengaluru: Karnataka police have lodged a case against father and son for blackmailing a married woman with her private video in Mysuru, police said on Saturday. The police have launched a hunt…
- India
Sex worker entitled to decline consent, but not married woman: Delhi HC verdict
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court, in its split verdict on criminalisation of marital rape, has observed that rape is rape and a rapist remains a rapist, and while every other woman,…
