Bombay HC upholds validity of clause that provides death penalty for repeat rape offenders

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· Jun 03, 2019 · 12:05 pm

Section 377: Supreme Court to pronounce judgement on validity of law on Thursday

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· Sep 05, 2018 · 05:21 pm

Crackdown on activists shows India needs to drop ‘criminal conspiracy’ as a penal offence

K Chandru

· Aug 31, 2018 · 05:00 pm

Berating the country cannot be treated as sedition, observes Law Commission

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· Aug 31, 2018 · 08:24 am

Punjab Cabinet approves draft of bill that makes sacrilege punishable with life imprisonment

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· Aug 21, 2018 · 08:52 pm

Supreme Court shouldn’t just decriminalise homosexuality. Its verdict must also foster inclusion

Namita Bhandare

· Jul 20, 2018 · 08:00 am

Supreme Court reserves judgement on Section 377 as hearing challenging archaic law ends

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· Jul 17, 2018 · 01:24 pm

Supreme Court to begin hearing pleas challenging law that criminalises homosexuality

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· Jul 10, 2018 · 08:06 am

Six new petitions in Supreme Court seek quashing of law that criminalises homosexuality

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· Apr 27, 2018 · 10:49 pm

‘The dead also have dignity’: Supreme Court asks why media often names rape victims

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· Apr 25, 2018 · 03:59 pm

Centre wants stricter Supreme Court guidelines on female genital cutting, an offence under IPC

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· Apr 21, 2018 · 12:27 pm

Rape laws: Why is sexual violence against India’s transgender community not being taken seriously?

Ankita Ramgopal

· Mar 03, 2018 · 06:30 pm

Telangana tightens law against dissent, to allow arrests, cases without court nod

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· Jan 29, 2018 · 01:56 pm

Supreme Court refers PIL against law on adultery to a Constitution bench

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· Jan 05, 2018 · 04:46 pm

Child marital rape is now illegal. It is time to criminalise adult marital rape too

Sruthisagar Yamunan

· Oct 12, 2017 · 12:30 pm

Video: Supreme Court rules sex with minor wife is rape and opens the door for marital rape law

Smitha Nair

· Oct 12, 2017 · 09:00 am

Video: Five claims commonly made to argue against the criminalisation of marital rape

Smitha Nair

· Sep 09, 2017 · 09:00 am

Marriage is not an exception when defending sex offences against children, says Supreme Court

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· Sep 01, 2017 · 10:15 am

Watch: The law says you can be arrested for ‘looking poor’ in India

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· Jun 29, 2017 · 05:40 pm

Suicide attempts are no longer punishable by law. Here’s why that’s a good thing

Avantika Mehta

· May 24, 2017 · 11:30 am