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Issue of consent in sexual assault offences requires scrutiny; Delhi High Court upholds Trial Court’s Order of discharging a man accused of raping a married woman for 12 years

The Delhi High Court opined that the woman’s consent was implied and express and not coerced by deceit as she maintained the physical relationship with the man for 12 years and thus, the Court upheld Trial Court’s Order of discharging a man who was accused of raping her.

Case Briefs High Courts

Can promise to marry a married woman be legally enforceable wherein she voluntarily formed sexual relations with a man? Ker HC explains

Kerala High Court: Dr Kauser Edappagath, J., addressed a matter wherein a married woman voluntarily had sex with her former lover. In

Case Briefs High Courts

Bom HC on ‘Outraging Modesty of Woman’ | Would throwing love chit on person of a married woman amount to outraging her modesty? Read on

Bombay High Court: Rohit B. Deo, J., expressed that, The modesty of a woman is her most precious jewel and there cannot

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Consent decree recognising pre-existing rights created by oral family settlement does not require registration under section 17 of Registration Act, 1908: Supreme Court

Supreme Court: The bench of Ashok Bhushan* and R. Subhash Reddy, JJ has held that consent decree recognising pre-existing rights created by

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Married woman’s heirs on paternal side are not strangers; she can enter in family settlement with such heirs: Supreme Court

Supreme Court: The bench of Ashok Bhushan* and R. Subhash Reddy, JJ has held that when heirs of father of a female

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Married female tenant’s sibling is neither an “heir” nor a “family” under the U.P. Urban Buildings (Regulation of Letting, Rent and Eviction) Act, 1972

Supreme Court: The bench of Dipak Misra and R. Banumathi, JJ held that the brother of a married female tenant is neither