Tag Archives: Delhi High Court
Pre marital sex with promise of marriage – Delhi high court calls it rape
DNA Reports: The Delhi high court on Monday held that sex without marriage amounted to rape The court rejected pre-arrest bail to a man who repeatedly had sex with a woman but refused to marry her even after their engagement. The woman stayed with her fiancé, Nikhil Prasar, in Mumbai for a few days, “where […]
Amnesty International asks countries to follow India’s example in Gay Rights
This may be a bit old but I have somehow missed it by far. Soon after the historic judgment of Delhi High Court last year which decriminalized homosexual realtionship amongst consenting adults, the international human rights organisation Amnesty International issued this statement asking remaining remaining countries to follow India’s example and de-criminalize homosexuality. To quote […]
History is created today, Delhi High Court rules being Gay is no longer a crime in India
Writing this in hurry, couldn’t have waited. History have been created today in India, this morning Delhi High Court gave its judgment on the petition filed by Naz Foundation challenging the constitutionality of Section 377 of IPC which criminalizes all acts of oral and anal sex between individuals irrespective of age and consent. High Court […]
RK Anand: A personal shame
The Delhi High Court on Thursday convicted two senior lawyers R.K. Anand and I.U. Khan of criminal contempt for trying to “persuade” key witness Sunil Kulkarni in the BMW hit-and-run case to turn hostile. The court held the two guilty of “… obstructing the administration of justice”. The court has debarred the duo from appearing […]
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