NEW DELHI: Flagging a worrying trend of criminalisation of a soured consensual physical relationship, the Supreme Court has said a woman in an extramarital relationship for years cannot level rape charges against the man claiming that he had sex with her on the false promise of marriage.Quashing a seven-year-old FIR lodged by one Vanita S…
Prajwal Revanna (File photo) NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a bail petition filed by suspended Janta Dal (S) leader Prajwal Revanna in connection with a case involving allegations of rape and sexual assault.A bench of Justices Bela M Trivedi and Satish Chandra Sharma heard the case. During the hearing, senior Advocate Mukul…
A grand jury on Thursday indicted former movie producer Harvey Weinstein on additional charges, as announced by a prosecutor during a court hearing in New York. The details of the new charges have not yet been disclosed, Reuters reported.During a hearing on July 9, prosecutors from the Manhattan district attorney’s office announced their plans to…
