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Gisele Pelicot Mass Rape Trial In France May Spur Changes To Law
France may introduce changes to its rape law to include consent for the first time, after a mass rape trial shook the country, challenging the limits of existing legislation and prompting some leading politicians to call for change.
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Bombay High Court Refuses To Cancel Rape Case Against T-Series Owner Bhushan Kumar
A case of rape cannot be cancelledmerely because the victim granted her consent to do so, the Bombay High Court said on Wednesday while expressing its disinclination to cancelan FIR of rape registered against T-Series owner Bhushan Kumar.
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"For 'Romantic Cases'...": Consent Age In Child Rape Law Needs Relook, Says Chief Justice
POCSO Act criminalises all sexual activity for those under 18, regardless of whether consent is factually present, notes CJI DY Chandrachud at seminar
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"Consent Of Minor Is Not Consent": Court Denies Bail To Man In Rape Case
Consent of a minor is not consent in the eyes of law, Delhi High Court has observed while denying bail to a man accused of raping a 16-year-old girl and also getting her date of birth changed on her Aadhaar card.
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Reconsider Consent Age In Rape Cases On Minors: High Court To Law Panel
The Karnataka High Court has directed the Law Commission of India to reconsider the age of consent in the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
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Being Friendly Can't Be Construed As Consent: Bombay High Court In Rape Case
The Bombay High Court has observed that merely because a girl is friendly with a boy, it does not allow the boy to construe it as her consent to establish a sexual relationship with her.
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"Political Conspiracy": Sena Leader Accused Of Rape, Forced Abortion Refutes Charge
The Pune police registered a case under section 376 (rape) and 313 (causing miscarriage without woman's consent) of the IPC against Mr Kuchik based on a complaint lodged by the woman.
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"Go Home, Don't Shout Or Cry," Mother Told As Dalit Girl Was Cremated
Four days after a young Dalit girl's alleged rape and murder in Delhi and her cremation without her family's consent, the police have yet to establish the cause of her death.
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Rape Survivor's Past Sexual Experience Doesn't Imply Consent: Delhi Court
A Delhi court has rejected the anticipatory bail application of a Mumbai based television journalist in a rape case, saying that consent cannot be implied from the complainant's previous experiences with the accused.
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Cannot Hide Behind Minor's Consent: Rights Panel Member On Alleged Rape
A member of the National Commission for Women on Saturday asked why action cannot be taken in the alleged Baran rape case in Rajasthan even if the girls went out with the accused on their own, saying consent does not matter when minors are involved.
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"Today, I Am A Dalit": Mamata Banerjee At Kolkata Rally On Hathras
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is leading a protest march against what has come to be known as the Hathras horror - the alleged rape and fatal assault of a 20-year-old Dalit woman, and her 2:30AM cremation by Uttar Pradesh Police without the family's consent or presence leading to nationwide outrage.
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BJP MP Asks Yogi Adityanath To Catch "Guilty" Cops In Hathras Cremation
A BJP MP has written to his party colleague and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to take "strict action" against officials who went ahead with the hasty cremation of a woman who was gang-raped and died after battling for her life in a hospital in Delhi.
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#ThisIsNotConsent: Why Women Around The World Are Sharing Underwear Pics
Women across the world have been sharing pictures of their underwear on social media with the hashtag 'This is not consent', in an expression of their outrage over a 27-year-old man in Ireland being acquitted of rape charges based on the teen survivor's thong.
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Minor's Consent Is "No Consent In Eyes Of Law" In Rape Cases, Says Court
A court in Maharashtra's Thane has observed that a minor's consent is "no consent in the eyes of law", while awarding seven years' rigorous imprisonment to a 31-year-old man for raping a teen girl in 2015.
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Her Eyes Were Closed, Said Attorneys. Later, Court Said She Wasn't Raped
Two years ago, an 18-year-old was allegedly gang-raped at the Running of the Bulls festival in Spain.
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Gisele Pelicot Mass Rape Trial In France May Spur Changes To Law
France may introduce changes to its rape law to include consent for the first time, after a mass rape trial shook the country, challenging the limits of existing legislation and prompting some leading politicians to call for change.
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Bombay High Court Refuses To Cancel Rape Case Against T-Series Owner Bhushan Kumar
A case of rape cannot be cancelledmerely because the victim granted her consent to do so, the Bombay High Court said on Wednesday while expressing its disinclination to cancelan FIR of rape registered against T-Series owner Bhushan Kumar.
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"For 'Romantic Cases'...": Consent Age In Child Rape Law Needs Relook, Says Chief Justice
POCSO Act criminalises all sexual activity for those under 18, regardless of whether consent is factually present, notes CJI DY Chandrachud at seminar
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"Consent Of Minor Is Not Consent": Court Denies Bail To Man In Rape Case
Consent of a minor is not consent in the eyes of law, Delhi High Court has observed while denying bail to a man accused of raping a 16-year-old girl and also getting her date of birth changed on her Aadhaar card.
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Reconsider Consent Age In Rape Cases On Minors: High Court To Law Panel
The Karnataka High Court has directed the Law Commission of India to reconsider the age of consent in the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
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Being Friendly Can't Be Construed As Consent: Bombay High Court In Rape Case
The Bombay High Court has observed that merely because a girl is friendly with a boy, it does not allow the boy to construe it as her consent to establish a sexual relationship with her.
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"Political Conspiracy": Sena Leader Accused Of Rape, Forced Abortion Refutes Charge
The Pune police registered a case under section 376 (rape) and 313 (causing miscarriage without woman's consent) of the IPC against Mr Kuchik based on a complaint lodged by the woman.
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"Go Home, Don't Shout Or Cry," Mother Told As Dalit Girl Was Cremated
Four days after a young Dalit girl's alleged rape and murder in Delhi and her cremation without her family's consent, the police have yet to establish the cause of her death.
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Rape Survivor's Past Sexual Experience Doesn't Imply Consent: Delhi Court
A Delhi court has rejected the anticipatory bail application of a Mumbai based television journalist in a rape case, saying that consent cannot be implied from the complainant's previous experiences with the accused.
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Cannot Hide Behind Minor's Consent: Rights Panel Member On Alleged Rape
A member of the National Commission for Women on Saturday asked why action cannot be taken in the alleged Baran rape case in Rajasthan even if the girls went out with the accused on their own, saying consent does not matter when minors are involved.
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"Today, I Am A Dalit": Mamata Banerjee At Kolkata Rally On Hathras
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is leading a protest march against what has come to be known as the Hathras horror - the alleged rape and fatal assault of a 20-year-old Dalit woman, and her 2:30AM cremation by Uttar Pradesh Police without the family's consent or presence leading to nationwide outrage.
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BJP MP Asks Yogi Adityanath To Catch "Guilty" Cops In Hathras Cremation
A BJP MP has written to his party colleague and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to take "strict action" against officials who went ahead with the hasty cremation of a woman who was gang-raped and died after battling for her life in a hospital in Delhi.
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#ThisIsNotConsent: Why Women Around The World Are Sharing Underwear Pics
Women across the world have been sharing pictures of their underwear on social media with the hashtag 'This is not consent', in an expression of their outrage over a 27-year-old man in Ireland being acquitted of rape charges based on the teen survivor's thong.
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Minor's Consent Is "No Consent In Eyes Of Law" In Rape Cases, Says Court
A court in Maharashtra's Thane has observed that a minor's consent is "no consent in the eyes of law", while awarding seven years' rigorous imprisonment to a 31-year-old man for raping a teen girl in 2015.
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Her Eyes Were Closed, Said Attorneys. Later, Court Said She Wasn't Raped
Two years ago, an 18-year-old was allegedly gang-raped at the Running of the Bulls festival in Spain.
