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…
The Karnataka High Court on Monday (August 18) dismissed a 52-year-old woman's plea for quashing a sexual assault complaint registered by the parents of a minor boy against her under…