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    Delhi High Court, which refused to quash a POCSO and BNS FIR against a man who married a 16-year-old girl, holding that personal law gives no defence
    Delhi High Court holds a marriage under personal law cannot confer immunity from POCSO and BNS for sex with a wife below 18
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    Delhi High Court Refuses To Quash POCSO FIR Over Marriage To Minor; Personal Law No Defence

    Justice Sanjeev Narula of the Delhi High Court has refused to quash an FIR under Section 64(1) of the BNS and Section 6 of POCSO against a man who married a 16-year-old girl, holding that a marriage recognised under Muslim personal law confers no immunity, since the age of eighteen under POCSO and the BNS cannot be replaced by puberty.

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    Supreme Court Upholds Anticipatory Bail to MLA Rahul Mamkootathil, Expunges Kerala HC Remarks Against Survivor in Rape Case
    Supreme Court Upholds Anticipatory Bail to MLA Rahul Mamkootathil, Expunges Kerala HC Remarks Against Survivor in Rape Case
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    Supreme Court Upholds Anticipatory Bail to MLA Rahul Mamkootathil, Expunges Kerala HC Remarks Against Survivor in Rape Case

    The Supreme Court upheld anticipatory bail granted to MLA Rahul Mamkootathil in a rape case but removed adverse remarks made by the Kerala High Court against the survivor. The Court said such observations were unnecessary and ordered them to be expunged.

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    Delhi High Court PIL Pushes to Recognise Rape Against Trans Women; N Hariharan Appointed Amicus Curiae
    Delhi High Court PIL Pushes to Recognise Rape Against Trans Women; N Hariharan Appointed Amicus Curiae
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    Delhi High Court PIL Pushes to Recognise Rape Against Trans Women; N Hariharan Appointed Amicus Curiae

    A PIL in the Delhi High Court seeks to include transgender women under rape laws, challenging Section 63 BNS and Section 18 of the Transgender Rights Act. Senior Advocate N Hariharan has been appointed as Amicus Curiae to assist the Court.

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