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		<title>The Validity of Advance Sexual Consent</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The validity of â€œadvance consentâ€ is an issue which is being determined by the Canadian judiciary. Advance consent has been held to be invalid only in recent times. Throughout history, advance consent was recognised by both law and society, the &#8230; <a href="http://lawmatters.in/content/the-validity-of-advance-sexual-consent">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Rehauling Sexual Assault Law in India</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Comments on the Proposed Amendments to Criminal Law The Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill, 2010 has been made available.Â  The Bill contains proposed amendments toÂ two laws: the Indian Penal Code and the Criminal Procedure Code. The former is a substantive law &#8230; <a href="http://lawmatters.in/content/rehauling-sexual-assault-law-in-india">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Rapist Claims Copyright</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[True, the threshold for &#8216;copyrightability&#8217; is low for literary (and other) works. A literary work must be original. It should not infringe another work&#8217;s copyright. It should be written or otherwise fixed in a tangible form. Writing it should generally &#8230; <a href="http://lawmatters.in/content/rapist-claims-copyright">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Absurd Reason for Rape Acquittal</title>
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		<description><![CDATA["Law is well settled that it is not possible for a single man to commit sexual intercourse with a healthy adult female in full possession of her senses against her will."
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		<title>Suicide at a Police Station</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A mother of two young girls named Sarita, 25, alleged that two Haryana policemen &#8212; Head Constable Balraj Singh and Constable Sheelak Ram &#8212; had raped her in a police station in April 2008. The two policemen belong to a &#8230; <a href="http://lawmatters.in/content/suicide-at-a-police-station">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Medical Examination of a Suspected Rapist</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 May 2008 03:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Section 53A was inserted into the Code of Criminal Procedure in 2005 to make provision for the medical examination persons suspected to have committed rape or attempted rape. It came into effect on June 23, 2006. Who Can Conduct the &#8230; <a href="http://lawmatters.in/content/the-medical-examination-of-a-suspected-rapist-328">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Medical Examination of a Rape Victim</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Section 164A was inserted into the Code of Criminal Procedure in 2005 to make provision for the medical examination of victims of rape or of attempted rape. It came into effect on June 23, 2006. The language used in this &#8230; <a href="http://lawmatters.in/content/the-medical-examination-of-a-rape-victim-327">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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