Rape
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Constitutionality of Marital Rape in India: From Law Commission Reports to Substantive Testing
Listen to the article here. In the process of the Delhi High Court on 10 January, 2022 continuing the hearing of petititons on Marital Rape, there is unclarity on its… Read more.
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Rape Laws in India: Things that need to change
In India, the history of rape laws began with the enactment of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), in 1860. Since then, there have been several amendments to deter and punish… Read more.
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Drawing the line between Active and Deliberate Consent and No Consent in cases of Sexual Intercourse on Promise of Marriage
Introduction Under Section 375 IPC[i], Rape has been defined as certain sexual acts when committed on a female, under any of the circumstances mentioned under Section 375 IPC. If you… Read more.
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The Legality of Compounding in Rape Cases – Removing the Confusion (Part II)
To view the first part of the series, click here. The Correct Position of Law In the previous post, we went through a series of decisions that were allowing compounding… Read more.
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Re-examining the Marital Rape Exemption
“The study of inequality” should be concerned with power at its extremities, in its ultimate destinations, with those points where it becomes capillary.” M. FOUCAULT The existence of marital exemption… Read more.
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The Legality of Compounding in Rape Cases: The Unlawful Compromise (Part I)
In this Bipartite blog series, the author carefully analyses and examines the line of cases allowing and not allowing compounding in cases of rape. The conflicting decisions by various High… Read more.
