Consensual Sex

New Delhi: Hearing a PIL urging a direction to decriminalize the law on statutory rape invoked against 16 to 18-year-old adolescents for indulging in consensual sex, the Supreme Court on Friday sought a response from the Centre over the…

Cuttack: Orissa High Court in a recent judgment opined that a sexual relationship with an adult woman used to sex with her consent cannot be termed rape. With this opinion, the Orissa High Court acquitted a man accused of raping his…

Mumbai: The Bombay High Court has opined that like other countries of the world, it is high time for our country and Parliament to reduce the age for legal consensual sex. A single bench of Justice Bharati Dangre made this suggestion in…

Cuttack: The Orissa High Court has delivered a significant verdict stating that consensual sex preceding a failed marriage proposal should not be considered rape. The court made this observation while addressing a petition challenging the…

Shillong: A 16-year-old is capable of making a conscious decision with regard to an act of sexual intercourse, held a single-judge bench of the Meghalaya High Court. With this observation, the High Court quashed a First Information…

Cuttack: The Orissa High Court on Friday stated that if a woman has entered into a sexual relationship on consent, the accused in this case cannot be booked on rape charges. The High Court gave the verdict during the bail hearing of an…