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POCSO and age of consent debate in India: Debunking the misconceptions
August 13, 2025 5:32 pm
This criminalisation of consensual relationships, read along with the mandatory reporting provision, has deterred teenagers from accessing sexual and reproductive health services and put their lives at risk
Bengaluru Instagram shocker: You can’t click my photo unless I give my consent
July 10, 2025 10:12 pm
The arrest of a Bengaluru man for posting inappropriate photos should shine a light on something very fundamental – consent. It is never ‘optional’
Data protection Bill may lower age of consent, ease related norms
July 10, 2023 1:16 pm
The central government can issue such exemptions to entities through a notification, and the Women and Child Development Ministry, along with the IT Ministry, is expected to assess a platform’s privacy standards for children for granting them exceptions.
Age of consent increased from 13 to 16 years in Japan: Here's why
June 25, 2023 12:07 pm
This is the first time that Japan has changed its age of consent since 1907, when the law was first enacted. Besides this, other laws have been passed: banning upskirting or photo voyeurism, specifying eight scenarios of "consentless sex crimes," and also punishing offences against minors.
Age of consent in Manipur was lower than the rest of India till 2012
September 28, 2017 8:43 pm
"Women sleep outside the house to avoid the sleeping husband in the house," said Nonibala. Unaware of the concept of marital rape, many women do not know that forceful intercourse within a marriage constitutes a crime.
Before deciding on marital rape, the court will have to deal with ‘age of consent’; Here is why
September 20, 2017 9:27 am
Striking a direct conflict with the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, IPC implies that a girl can get married at the age of 15, whereas definition of a child under the Child Marriage Act has been stated as 18.
‘Tough to bring sex in child marriage on a par with age of consent’
April 17, 2014 1:23 am
Minimum age at which one can marry and make it valid on turning 18: As low as one likes.
Supreme Court notice to Centre on age of consent for sexual relations
July 10, 2013 1:58 pm
Agreeing to hear the PIL,K S Radhakrishnan sought response from the Centre on the issue.
Girl having sex at 16 bad for society,say khaps
March 16, 2013 12:37 pm
A girl won't be able to marry because she is already indulging in sex,say village council leaders.
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