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Morning brief: Madhya Pradesh HC asks Centre to reduce women’s consent age to 16

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Published on: Jul 1, 2023, 09:03:54 IST
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‘Injustice to boys’: Madhya Pradesh HC asks Centre to reduce women’s consent age to 16

The Madhya Pradesh high court has urged the central government to consider reducing the age of consent from 18 to 16 (Shutterstock)
The Madhya Pradesh high court has urged the central government to consider reducing the age of consent from 18 to 16 (Shutterstock)

The Madhya Pradesh high court has urged the central government to consider reducing the age of consent from 18 to 16 to avoid the “injustice” of adolescent boys being treated as criminals, an observation it made while scrapping an FIR against a 20-year-old man accused of rape. Read more

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