HIV criminalisation cases

The latest cases curated for the HIV Justice Network from global news reports.

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India: Case filed against husband for alleged HIV non-disclosure

Latest update 10 September 2023

India Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

India: Man living with HIV wanted by Karnataka police for alleged deliberate HIV exposure

Latest update 18 February 2022

India Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

India: Woman reports her husband to the police in Karnataka for alleged HIV non-disclosure

Latest update 15 January 2022

India Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

India: Woman lodges complaint against her husband in Uttar Pradesh for alleged HIV transmission

Latest update 1 November 2021

India Alleged sexual transmission

India: Mumbai judge rules that sex worker living with HIV cannot be released as she would “pose a danger to society”

Latest update 17 October 2021

India Alleged sexual exposure Sex workers Women

India: Delhi High Court set aside attempted murder conviction in rape case

Latest update 30 November 2020

India Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

India: Laboratory technician charged for act likely to spread infection of a dangerous disease

Latest update 12 October 2020

India Medical/dental

India: Police registers civil case against a husband and his family for alleged HIV non-disclosure

Latest update 1 September 2020

India Alleged sexual transmission Women

India: Man living with HIV arrested for biting policeman

Latest update 23 April 2020

India Biting

India: 38-year-old man reports his wife and in-laws to the police for alleged HIV non-disclosure

Latest update 23 January 2020

India Alleged sexual exposure Women

India: Man and his family charged after his wife lodges a complaint for alleged HIV non-disclosure and transmission

Latest update 6 January 2020

India Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

India: Woman lodges police complaint against medical staff of blood bank after contracting HIV during transfusion

Latest update 23 November 2019

India Medical/dental

India: Woman seeks legal recourse against partner for alleged HIV non-disclosure

Latest update 15 October 2019

India Alleged sexual transmission

India: 43-year-old man sentenced to 6 months for allegedly not disclosing his status to his wife

Latest update 11 October 2019

India Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

India: 8 members of a family charged for allegedly conducting the marriage of a man by concealing his HIV status

Latest update 22 July 2019

India Other

India: ‘Poisoning’ charges used for the first time to prosecute two people living with HIV

Latest update 8 February 2019

India Alleged sexual exposure

India: Police to investigate case filed by newly-wed against her husband for alleged HIV transmission

Latest update 7 January 2019

India Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

India: Woman takes her husband to court to seek compensation for alleged HIV non-disclosure

Latest update 12 May 2017

India Alleged sexual exposure Women

India: Man living with HIV and his mother charged with murder and dowry death for alleged HIV non disclosure after his wife’s suicide

Latest update 8 March 2017

India Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

India: Assam state begins criminal investigation into HIV blood transfusions at Darrang Civil Hospital

Latest update 15 June 2013

India Medical/dental