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The Centre has urged the Supreme Court to declare its landmark ruling decriminalising adultery in the Joseph Shine v. Union of India as "not good law", raising fundamental questions about how courts interpret morality and exercise judicial review under the Constitution. In written submissions filed in the ongoing Sabarimala case proceedings, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta argued that while the Centre does not contest the striking down of Section 497 of the IPC as violative of Article 14, it str ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 8 (PTI) Constitutional morality can never be a ground for judicial review to decide essential religious practices and beliefs in a religion, the Centre told the Supreme Court on Wednesday while stressing that two previous verdicts on decriminalisation of consensual gay sex and adultery provisions based on this doctrine were "not a good law". A nine-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Surya Kant was told by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta that constitutional morality i ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 8 (PTI) The Centre on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that the two landmark judgements on decriminalising adultery and same-sex consensual relationships were based on the subjective application of "constitutional morality" and should be declared as "not a good law". The submission was made during the hearing by a nine-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant on the petitions related to discrimination against women at religious places, including the Sa ...Read More >
Mumbai, December 17: Popular gamer and YouTuber Payal Dhare, known as Payal Gaming, issued a statement on Wednesday, December 17, to address a controversy involving a viral video. In her statement, she expressed her distress over the situation, clarifying that the content circulating online - which many have identified as an AI-generated deepfake - has no connection to her. Payal Gaming wrote: "I never expected to have to speak publicly about something so personal and distressing. Over the past ...Read More >
The State opposed the plea, arguing that the matter of consent could only be determined during the trial. Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court has quashed an FIR against a 23-year-old man accused of raping a woman he met on a dating app, observing that a relationship entered into by mutual consent cannot be converted into a criminal offence except in the "clearest of cases". Allowing the petition filed by the man, Justice M Nagaprasanna said, "A relationship born of mutual volition, even if it ...Read More >
New Delhi: Delhi High Court has rejected the anticipatory bail of a man accused of raping a 17-year-old girl.The court stated that friendship does not give a licence to repeatedly rape, confine, or beat the girl mercilessly. "The contention on behalf of the applicant that the applicant and the complainant were friends and therefore, it could be a case of consensual relationship, cannot be accepted by this court," it added.Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma noted that the accused had not joined the inv ...Read More >
New Delhi: In a bid to curb user harm from AI-generated deepfakes and synthetically produced content, the IT Ministry has proposed draft amendments to IT rules that mandate labelling and prominent markers to ensure users can distinguish synthetic and authentic content and mooted greater accountability for major social media platforms. With the increasing availability of generative AI tools and the resulting proliferation of synthetically generated information (deepfakes), the potential for misu ...Read More >
At a time when most people use keyboards to write, does handwriting really matter? Yes, say Indian courts, if the writer is a doctor. Jokes around the notoriously bad handwriting of many doctors that can only be deciphered by pharmacists are common in India, as around the world. But the latest order emphasising the importance of clear handwriting came recently from the Punjab and Haryana High Court which said that "legible medical prescription is a fundamental right" as it can make a differenc ...Read More >
Mumbai: The 40-year-teacher from a Mahim school, who has been booked for sexually assaulting her 17-year-old student, claimed in her bail plea that their relationship was consensual, while pointing out that the teen even referred to her as his wife in their messages. She had filed the plea earlier this week, which came up for hearing on Friday. Special POCSO judge Sabina Malik asked the investigating officer and the complainant to submit their replies on Monday, after which the arguments will b ...Read More >
Bengaluru: A 26-year-old man accused of operating an Instagram account that uploaded non-consensual videos of women walking in Bengaluru's public spaces has been detained by police. The arrest comes after a viral Instagram post by a young woman who alleged she had been secretly filmed and subjected to harassment online. The woman had flagged the issue in her post, alleging that she was secretly filmed on Church Street and despite reporting the account and requesting the video to be taken down, ...Read More >
Mumbai: The central bank on Wednesday issued draft guidelines on a structured mechanism for novation of over-the-counter (OTC) derivative contracts, wherein it proposed that novation can only be carried out with the consent of the remaining party at the prevailing market rates. The remaining party refers to the user who will continue to be a counterparty in the new contract after novation, which is a legal process where an existing contract is replaced with another, typically involving a consen ...Read More >
Pune, July 5 (PTI) An acquaintance detained by the police over the alleged rape of a Pune IT professional has been released after being served a notice, directing him to cooperate with the investigation, an official said on Saturday. The Pune police had said on Friday that the suspect, who was detained in connection with the alleged rape of the techie at her home, was her friend, casting doubts on the woman's claim that a stranger gained entry by posing as a courier delivery agent. Police Comm ...Read More >
Pune, July 4: Police on Friday said the suspect detained in connection with the alleged rape of a Pune IT professional at her home was her friend, casting doubts on the woman's claim that he was a stranger and had gained entry by posing as a courier delivery agent. Police Commissioner Amitesh Kumar said neither was there any sign of forced entry nor any spray that could be used on the victim. Moreover, the selfie in question was taken with the consent of both, and it was the victim who edited th ...Read More >
Mumbai: Hooliganism under the guise of Marathi pride will not be tolerated in the state, CM Fadnavis warned on Friday. He said police had registered an FIR and taken action in the Mira Road incident where a businessman was beaten up by MNS workers for not knowing Marathi.Speaking to the media, Fadnavis said beating up someone over language was wrong. "We are Marathi and are proud of the language. Insisting that a person speak in Marathi is not wrong, but beating up a businessman because he does ...Read More >
Pune: City police commissioner Amitesh Kumar on Friday said investigation into the alleged rape of a 22-year-old data scientist by a "delivery agent" in a Kondhwa flat on Wednesday revealed that there was "no forced entry into the woman's flat, no chemical was sprayed to render her unconscious and the selfie on her cellphone was taken with her consent before she herself cropped the image". Kumar told TOI, "We have detained her 27-year-old friend, an IT professional with a software company in Ban ...Read More >
Pune, Jul 4 (PTI) Police on Friday said the suspect detained in connection with the alleged rape of a Pune IT professional at her home was her friend, casting doubts on the woman's claim that he was a stranger and had gained entry by posing as a courier delivery agent. Police Commissioner Amitesh Kumar said neither was there any sign of forced entry nor any spray that could be used on the victim. Moreover, the selfie in question was taken with the consent of both, and it was the victim who edi ...Read More >
Kochi, July 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Kerala High Court has held that a married woman cannot allege that she was coerced into sex under the false promise of marriage. The court's ruling came while hearing the prosecution's statement against the petitioner (accused) that he sexually assaulted the woman after falsely promising to marry her. He was also accused of having threatened to publish her photos and videos after borrowing Rs 2.5 lakh from her. "It is observed that while considering the case ...Read More >
New Delhi, June 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) has dismissed a plea filed by the Resolution Professional (RP) of the Think and Learn Private Limited (TLPL), the parent company of edtech firm Byju's, against an earlier order by the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT). The NCLT had directed that the shareholding in Aakash Educational Services should remain unchanged until further hearings. A two-member bench of the NCLAT, comprising Justice Sharad Kumar S ...Read More >
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