Indian Penal Code

As per Exception 2 to Section 375[1] (“the Exception”), Indian Penal Code, 1860 (“IPC”), any man who indulges in sexual activity with his own wife (the wife not being under eighteen years of age) will not be constituted as an offence of rape.

Kerala High Court maintains defamation suit filed by Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh against Mathrubhumi Illustrated weekly, calls RSS an identifiable body, which can file a defamation complaint.

A Special Public Prosecutor accused of sexually assaulting a law intern was denied bail by the Karnataka High Court.

A Delhi court on Tuesday directed the prosecution of four accused in a Delhi riots 2020 case in a case of attempt to murder and rioting.

The Court said the applicant's counsel had submitted that the prosecution case was imaginative with regards to granting bail. With the charge-sheet already filed, there is no hope of early conclusion of the trial and proceeded to grant bail.

Meanwhile, the Supreme Court in a writ petition observed that the ambit and parameters of the provisions of Sections 124A, 153A and 505 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 would require interpretation.

A single-judge bench of Kerala High Court has noted in its order that chargesheet has already been filed in the matter and other co accused have been granted bail.

The Patna High Court on ...

The Delhi High Court on Thursday refused to entertain a “so-called public interest litigation” seeking deportation of those foreign nationals who have been detained solely for overstaying in India beyond their visas to their respective countries.

The Delhi High Court has...