Sexual assault

Courts should not deal with sexual offence cases involving minors mechanically: Delhi HC

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Courts should not deal with sexual offence cases involving minors mechanically: Delhi HC

sameerlakra January 2, 2024

The FIRs in sexual offence cases involving minors are not mere printed papers but their trauma writ...

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SC allows rape survivor to terminate over 27-week pregnancy, says conception in cases of sexual assault is traumatic

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SC allows rape survivor to terminate over 27-week pregnancy, says conception in cases of sexual assault is traumatic

sameerlakra August 23, 2023

Observing that pregnancy in cases of sexual assault is a cause of stress and trauma to the...

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Removing condom without partner’s consent amounts to Sexual Assault: Canada’s Supreme Court

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Removing condom without partner’s consent amounts to Sexual Assault: Canada’s Supreme Court

vacreva August 30, 2022

Canada Supreme Court in a landmark judgment R. v. Kirkpatrick, 2022 SCC 33, rules with a 5-4...

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SC calls on courts to treat victims of sexual harassment sensitively

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SC calls on courts to treat victims of sexual harassment sensitively

vacreva August 12, 2022

A Bench of Justices D Y Chandrachud and J B Pardiwala termed police’s failure to register an...

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‘Only Yes Means Yes’ – Spain’s New Law. Is it Good news for Sexual Assault Survivors?

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‘Only Yes Means Yes’ – Spain’s New Law. Is it Good news for Sexual Assault Survivors?

vacreva May 28, 2022

Popularly known as the “only yes means yes” law, the reform means that victims will no longer...

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Successive bail applications under Section 439 Cr.P.C. in the same FIR, is not maintainable unless some changed circumstances is shown: Simla High Court

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Successive bail applications under Section 439 Cr.P.C. in the same FIR, is not maintainable unless some changed circumstances is shown: Simla High Court

Indian Law Watch January 24, 2022

In Prasanta Kumar Sarkar vs Ashish Chatterjee and Another (2010) 14 SCC 496, the Hon’ble Supreme Court...

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