The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has upheld the order of the Principal Sessions Judge, Kathua, which set aside the trial Magistrate's order granting interim maintenance to a…
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that merely attempting to initiate an unwelcome conversation with a woman—though "annoying"—does not, by itself, constitute the criminal offence of outraging her…
The Allahabad High Court has held that a man’s refusal to marry his partner after being in a consensual relationship for four years does not constitute a cognisable offence, dismissing…
Fourteen years after a rape complaint was filed, a fast-track special court here has acquitted a rape accused because the only witness who turned up to testify was a police…