Laws Of Cruelty Attracted Even To Live-In Relationships, Void & Voidable Marriages: Karnataka High Court

The petitioner man had alleged that the complainant and him were not legally married and thus she could not have lodged a cruelty case against him and at most his…

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Consensual affair with married woman won’t attract offence of rape on promise of marriage: Kerala High Court

In a case revolving around the question whether an eight-year long consensual relationship, allegedly induced by a promise of marriage, could be classified as rape, a Single Judge Bench of…

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SC Flags Misuse of Rape Law in Failed Relationships, says physical intimacy that occurred during the course of a relationship cannot be branded as rape

The Supreme Court on Monday (November 24) quashed a rape case against an advocate who was accused of committing repeated rape on a woman on a false pretext of marriage.…

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