New Delhi: The proposed law to raise the age of consent for sex from 16 years to 18 will be "undemocratic" and a "backward" step, a Delhi court has said, adding that it will also give a "tool" to the police to harass teenagers. Additional Sessions Judge Virender Bhat said it while acquitting Sandeep Paswan a native of Uttar Pradesh, charged with kidnapping and raping a minor girl, who had...
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New Delhi: Lawmakers should "re-think" on the existing law regarding "age of consent" for sex keeping in mind the changing "social attitudes", a Delhi court has said. "It is time for the legislators to have a re-think regarding existing law by creating certain exceptions and of making allowances regarding the age of the consent/protection keeping in view the changing social attitudes and social sensibilities," Additional Sessions Judge Kamini Lau said....12:07 PM, Apr 29, 2012
New Delhi: The Cabinet on Thursday approved amendments in a Bill under which any sexual activity, even consensual, with a person below the age of 18 would be considered an offence. In the earlier version of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Bill, 2011, consensual sexual activity with children between the age groups 16 to 18 was not considered a crime. The Ministry recommended these amendments to its original...09:28 PM, Apr 26, 2012
London: Consensual sex can cause as many vaginal injuries in women as rape, according to a new study. Researchers at the University of Southern Denmark have carried out the study and found that vaginal injuries are as common among women who have had voluntary sex as among rape victims, Forensic Science International journal reported. The study, in which the researchers compared rape victims with nursing students to come to their...04:26 PM, Apr 01, 2012
London: England's one-day captain Alastair Cook insists that he is not after the Test captaincy. Cook denied reports that he was taking his ODI captaincy as an audition for the Test captaincy. I feel honoured to captain England's One-day side. It's certainly not an audition, as it's a job on its own. Andy Flower and Andrew Strauss are our two big leaders and Stuart Broad and I are very fortunate...01:07 AM, Feb 07, 2008
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