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The Supreme Court had on Tuesday set up a nine-judge bench to decide if the contentious issue of right to privacy is a fundamental right under the Constitution. (Photo: PTI/File)

Sex with wife aged between 15 and 18 not rape? SC verdict tomorrow

When the age of consent was 18 years for 'all purposes', why was such an exception made in the IPC, the SC had asked the...

10 Oct 2017 9:14 PM IST

In October, 2017, in a landmark decision, the Supreme Court ruled that a man indulging in sex with his wife aged between 15 to 18 years could be prosecuted for rape on a complaint by her. (Photo: AP | Representational)

After SC ruling, Bihar to consider cases of sex with minor wife as...

This comes in accordance of Supreme Court's amendment of Exception 2 of Section 375 of the Indian Panel Code.

24 Jan 2018 9:52 AM IST

The judgement came almost 12 years after these policemen were booked for killing Dara Singh in a fake encounter case. The court had completed the trial last month and reserved the verdict after hearing arguments from both the sides.

Minor's consent is 'no consent in eyes of law' says Maharashtra court

The district judge sentenced Devendra Gupta to seven years' rigorous imprisonment for raping a teenaged girl in 2015.

25 Sept 2018 12:03 PM IST