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Supreme Court of India NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday said in a prolonged live-in relationship, consensual sex between a couple could not be categorised as rape if the man failed to keep his promise of marriage to the woman. “Making a false promise to marry is wrong. Even a woman should not promise to marry and then break away. But that does not mean in a prolonged live-in relationship, sexual intercourse would be categorised as rape,” a bench of Chief Justice S A Bobde and Justices A S Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian said. The case related to two call centre employees who were in a live-in relationship for five years. The man finally married another woman, leading to the spurned lover slapping rape charges against him, accusing the man of indulging in sexual intercourse on the false promise of marriage. Appearing for the man, senior advocate Vibha Datta Makhija said if consensual sex in a live-in could result in rape charges, which leads to arrest of the ....
Making false marriage promises wrong, but consensual sex in live-in not rape: Supreme Court Supreme Court was hearing a case related to two call centre employees who had been in a live-in relationship for five years. (Image Source: File Photo) Updated: Mar 2, 2021, 12:18 PM IST Any couple who have been in a live-in relationship since long, consensual sex between them cannot be termed as rape, if the man failed to keep his promise of marriage to the woman. The Supreme Court of India on Moday said this in its observation. Supreme Court was hearing a case related to two call centre employees who had been in a live-in relationship for five years. The man however married another woman. This led the live-in partner to slap rape charges against the man, accusing him of indulging in sexual intercourse on the false promise of marriage. ....
ET Politics NEWS Powered by Let us know if you want to marry her : CJI SA Bobde to man accused of raping minor SECTIONS Let us know if you want to marry her : CJI SA Bobde to man accused of raping minorBy Share Synopsis The Bombay high court had cancelled bail granted by a sessions court to the accused at the complainant’s behest in the first case In another case, Bobde asked if a man’s sexual conduct, however brutal, could attract rape charges if it was made by his partner. Chief Justice of India SA Bobde triggered a controversy on Monday with his remarks in two cases. In one case, he asked a man accused of rape in a relationship with a 16-year-old, whether he was willing to marry the complainant. The man faces accusations of rape, cheating and criminal intimidation, besides charges under the stringent Pocso Act designed to prevent exploitation of children. ....