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Bombay HC upholds validity of clause that provides death penalty for repeat rape offenders
Scroll Staff
· Jun 03, 2019 · 12:05 pm
Section 377: Supreme Court to pronounce judgement on validity of law on Thursday
Scroll Staff
· 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
Scroll Staff
· Aug 31, 2018 · 08:24 am
Punjab Cabinet approves draft of bill that makes sacrilege punishable with life imprisonment
Scroll Staff
· 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
Scroll Staff
· Jul 17, 2018 · 01:24 pm
Supreme Court to begin hearing pleas challenging law that criminalises homosexuality
Scroll Staff
· Jul 10, 2018 · 08:06 am
Six new petitions in Supreme Court seek quashing of law that criminalises homosexuality
Scroll Staff
· Apr 27, 2018 · 10:49 pm
‘The dead also have dignity’: Supreme Court asks why media often names rape victims
Scroll Staff
· Apr 25, 2018 · 03:59 pm
Centre wants stricter Supreme Court guidelines on female genital cutting, an offence under IPC
Scroll Staff
· 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
Scroll Staff
· Jan 29, 2018 · 01:56 pm
Supreme Court refers PIL against law on adultery to a Constitution bench
Scroll Staff
· 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
Scroll Staff
· Sep 01, 2017 · 10:15 am
Watch: The law says you can be arrested for ‘looking poor’ in India
Scroll Staff
· 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
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