#cuttheclutter A 10 July Bombay High Court verdict acquitted a man who was earlier convicted of raping a 17.5-year-old with whom he was in a relationship at age 25. The trial court had also held him guilty under POCSO, a tough law that seeks to punish sexual crimes against children, even though the girl involved had unequivocally declared the relationship was consensual. In Ep 1272 of Cut The Clutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at the important questions raised by the Bombay HC verdict, delivered by Justice Bharati Dangre — can a minor consent to sex, how do teenage romance & hormones fit into legislation on sexual crimes against minors, what is the impact of this gulf on India’s overburdened judicial system, and how does it fit into the UCC debate?----more----
https://theprint.in/judiciary/criminalising-consensual-teenage-relationships-burdens-courts-bombay-hc-acquits-man-in-rape-case/1669710/
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https://theprint.in/judiciary/pocso-a-secular-law-applies-to-all-how-ncpcr-opposed-marriage-of-16-yr-old-muslim-girl-in-sc/1171607/
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https://theprint.in/judiciary/can-an-under-18-muslim-girl-be-married-hc-verdict-puts-focus-back-on-child-marriage-law/604032/
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https://theprint.in/judiciary/do-laws-for-minors-override-muslim-personal-law-assam-crackdown-on-child-marriage-reignites-debate/1386439/
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https://theprint.in/judiciary/punishing-teen-romances-isnt-the-intent-behind-posco-says-madras-hc-suggests-amending-act/595274/
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https://theprint.in/judiciary/punishing-teen-romances-isnt-the-intent-behind-posco-says-madras-hc-suggests-amending-act/595274/