Can a yoga teacher be convicted when the complainant does not testify? Goa court says No, and acquits the accused after holding that the US national complainant was the best witness to prove what allegedly happened. PANAJI: A yoga teacher was acquitted by the Fast Track Special Court at Panaji, Goa, in a 2017 rape…
Can repeated consensual intimacy over years be retrospectively termed as rape without proof of coercion or deception? The court held that criminal law cannot be invoked where consent was freely and voluntarily given throughout the relationship. In a judgment dated 13.04.2026, the Additional Sessions Judge Vishal Pahuja at Tis Hazari Court acquitted an accused in…
Can a person claim ₹50 lakh for being falsely accused and detained In Rape Case? Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court steps in—but what really happened behind this serious allegation? SRINAGAR: The High Court of Jammu Kashmir and Ladakh at Jammu has issued a notice in a petition seeking compensation of ₹50 lakh over…
They travelled to Bali, Egypt and hill stations together, then why was FIR filed months later? Punjab & Haryana High Court has now quashed the rape case, making key observations on consent and failed promise to marry. CHANDIGARH: The Punjab and Haryana High Court has quashed a rape case against a man and held that…
Can a legally married woman allege rape after months of consensual relations based on promise of marriage? Punjab & Haryana High Court held that without proof of false promise from the start, consent remains valid and the case was quashed. CHANDIGARH: The Punjab & Haryana High Court, through Justice N.S. Shekhawat, examined a case where…
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