The Allahabad High Court on Monday dismissed a Public Interest Litigation plea which prayed for a declaration that a rape accused may seek 'Default Bail', in case a chargesheet is not filed against him within two months of lodging of FIR. The Bench of Justice Manoj Misra and Justice Vikas Budhwar dismissed the plea for being ‘misconceived’ as it noted …
The Bombay High Court on Thursday, November 25, set aside the death sentences earlier awarded to the three Shakti Mills gang-rape convicts, stating that public outcry should not guide judgment. THE SHAKTI MILLS GANG-RAPE CASE In 2013, a 22-year-old photojournalist had gone to Mumbai's defunct Shakti Mills for a photoshoot along with a male colleague. In March 2014, a sessions …
