1. Madras HC to examine and quash criminal cases against minor boys for consensual relationships with minor girls
The Madras High Court has decided to begin an exercise of quashing criminal cases registered against minor boys for having consensual relationships with, or having eloped with minor girls, if it finds that these cases are mere abuse of law.
Passing interim orders on a habeas corpus petition filed last year on a missing minor girl (who was later found to have eloped) in Cuddalore district, Justices N. Anand Venkatesh and Sunder Mohan have also decided to put an end to the two-finger test conducted on victims of sexual offences and the archaic potency test conducted on the suspects, by collecting their sperm.
