Delhi High Court has held that this can amount to offence under Section 69 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, which criminalises sexual intercourse by deceit or on false promise of marriage.
Condemning the incident, South Asian University asserts that it has a zero-tolerance policy on sexual harassment and all forms of violence against women.
State has notified Community Service Guidelines, rooted in the BNS, for certain first-time offenders. It hopes to ‘instil lasting lessons in empathy & accountability’.
Court decides relationship was 'consensual' and as teacher had resigned from school, teacher-student relationship did not exist anymore, so 'allegation of influence was diluted'.
The court ruled this month that Section 152 of BNS requires deliberate action with malicious intent & noted that it ‘reintroduces’ sedition law, which the govt planned to ‘repeal’ in BNS.
Speaking at an event, the former judge also spoke about the allowance of 15 days police custody, the new provision on hit-and-runs and 'burial' of the colonial era sedition law.
LPG supply eased for more industries, govt says coal gasification is next growth avenue. Centre welcomes US-Iran ceasefire but asks Indians to leave Iran.
China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.
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