The Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi government to constitute an independent multidisciplinary Medical Board to decide, within four weeks, on parents’ request for a hysterectomy for their adult daughter with cerebral palsy, holding that disability alone can never be the only ground to deny reproductive autonomy and that its order is not an approval of the surgery.
In one of the first Supreme Court readings of Section 69 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, the Court quashed a “false promise of marriage” FIR, holding that the new offence carries the same rigour as the old law: the promise must have been made with no intention of ever fulfilling it. New Delhi: The Supreme […]
A Bengaluru woman’s alleged Bumble date video leak case has highlighted concerns around intimate image abuse, privacy violations, and cybercrime. The incident raises legal questions on consent, digital safety, and misuse of private content, with Indian laws providing remedies against such violations.
The Bombay High Court asserted that prior relationships do not imply consent for future sexual activity, reinforcing that “No means no.” The court rejected arguments questioning the survivor’s character by the convicted rapists and reaffirmed their conviction, emphasizing that rape is an assault on a woman’s dignity and privacy.
