Supreme Court Legal News -- SC disapproves “two-finger test” for establishing rape/sexual violence Whether a woman is “habituated to sexual intercourse” or “habitual to sexual intercourse” is irrelevant for the purposes of determining whether the ingredients of Section 375 of the IPC are present in a particular case. SC disapproves “two-finger test” for establishing rape/sexual violence and directed the Union Government as well as the State Govern...

Supreme Court Legal News Hijab Case culminated in a split verdict wherein Hon'ble Mr. Justice Hemant Gupta upheld the Hijab ban imposed by the Government of Karnataka while Hon'ble Mr. Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia held against the ban stating Hijab as a matter of choice, thereby allowing the appeal against the Karnataka High Court judgment. The Supreme Court in the light of the divergent opinion has directed the matter to be placed before the Chief Justice for appropriate directions. Aishat...

Supreme Court Legal News Prohibiting unmarried or single pregnant women (whose pregnancies are between twenty and twenty-four weeks) from accessing abortion while allowing married women to access them during the same period would be violative of Article 14. SC further held that “Married women may also form part of the class of survivors of sexual assault or rape” thereby widening the meaning of rape and included marital rape, for the purposes of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy ...

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