Sir — The Supreme Court recently raised a question in the context of a case: should brutality in sexual intercourse on the part of the husband be tantamount to rape (“CJI marital rape quer...

At certain moments the current of history can almost be seen to turn back and plunge into an abyss. The Bombay High Court had set aside the anticipatory bail given by a sessions court to a person accu...

A 22-year-old man was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly killing a minor girl after a failed rape attempt, police said, adding that the victim’s body was exhumed from his house in Uttar  P...

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Chief Justice of India  S.A. Bobde on Monday asked Mohit Subhash Chavan, a rape accused: “Will you marry her?” Chavan’s counsel said he would seek instructions from the petitio...

Chief Justice of India S.A. Bobde on Monday wondered whether a consensual sexual relationship can be termed rape because the man had refused to marry. “If two people are married to each other a...

A journalist has been booked in Chitradurga in Karnataka for writing about the brother of a prominent Lingayat seer who is accused in a rape case. G. Mahantesh, based in Bangalore, had on February 6 ...

An international film festival venue in Kerala on Thursday witnessed a protest seeking the immediate release of journalist Siddique Kappan who has been jailed in Uttar Pradesh for over three months. ...

The Supreme Court on Monday directed that imprisoned journalist Siddique Kappan be released for five days to meet his critically ill mother in Kerala, rejecting objections from solicitor-general ...

Eight persons out of about four dozen who were arrested in connection with the attack on chief minister Hemant Soren’s carcade last month were on Thursday granted bail by the court of additional...