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TopicAge of consent

Topic: age of consent

Refusing to junk POCSO case, how Delhi HC rejected exceptions for ‘near-majority consensual relations’

At a time when courts are carving out exceptions on humanitarian grounds for 'consensual' relations between near-adult juveniles, Delhi HC has stuck to stricter interpretation of POCSO Act.

POCSO vs teen romance: As SC reviews age of consent, NCRB data shows 9 out of 10 youth get acquitted

Experts suggest that rather than a blanket law, courts should be empowered to deal with age of consent on a case-to-case basis.

Who was the Gujarati poet praised by Tennyson? The man behind India’s age of consent law

Behramji Malabari got support from the government to translate the Hibbert Lectures to Sanskrit, Bengali, Marathi, Hindi and Tamil.

Law panel recommends against bringing down age of consent under POCSO, cites child abuse, trafficking

Commission suggests giving judiciary discretion to hand out reduced sentences. This comes when courts have been delivering conflicting rulings on sexual relationships involving minors.

While quashing rape case, Madhya Pradesh HC judge makes a case for lowering age of consent

The single-judge bench said 'nowadays girls & boys reaching puberty early', urges govt to consider reducing age of consent from 18 to 16 to avoid ‘injustice caused to adolescent boys’.

How courts are ‘creatively interpreting’ grey zone between minors & consent in POCSO cases

Last year, both the Bombay and Madras High Court noted there were issues with the POCSO Act and its harming teenagers in consensual relationships.

Don’t misread SC judgment, not all early-age marriages are forced

SC judgment on sex with minor wife should not be interpreted as a tool for parents and community leaders to “tame” rebellious daughters.

SC resolves age consent issue, but may have opened a can of worms

Will it now be mandatory to report sexual intercourse in child marriage as well?

The court has ruled a marital bedroom is not an inviolable space, but questions remain

If a minor is incapable of grasping the meaning of consent, is she capable of grasping the meaning and implications of marriage? The government has...

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Trump brings the Age of Humiliation for friends. Modi needs stoicism abroad, humility at home

Trump has ushered in the age of humiliation. His method is to push around America’s friends rudely and publicly. He knows none of them can afford to fight back.