Supreme Court Expresses Concern Over Increasing Rape Allegations Following Breakups in Consensual Relationships
A Bench of Justice BV Nagarathna and Justice N Kotiswar Singh flagged the “worrying trend” of attributing criminality to the male partner after a consensual sexual relationship turns sour later. On Tuesday, the Supreme Court held that a long-term physical relationship between partners, where the woman neither objected nor insisted on marriage, signifies consent rather […]