Rajasthan Judicial Magistrate Booked For Allegedly Asking Rape Survivor To Strip In Court And Show Her Injuries
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Rajasthan Judicial Magistrate Booked For Allegedly Asking Rape Survivor To Strip In Court And Show Her Injuries

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An FIR has been lodged against a Judicial Magistrate in Rajasthan alleging that he asked a Dalit gang rape survivor to strip in the court to show her injuries. According to Hindustan Times, the survivor had filed a complaint on March 30 alleging that the Hindaun Court Magistrate Ravindra Kumar “asked her to strip in order to see her injuries.” The survivor refused to strip and after recording statement in the court, she registered a complaint against the said magistrate. The said judicial magistrate was booked under Section 345 of IPC and under the relevant provisions of SC/ST Act based on the complaint filed by the survivor. The case has been transferred to a team led by vigilance registrar of the Rajasthan High Court Ajay Singh Jatt who also visited the rape survivor in Karauli on Wednesday and recorded her statement,” HT reported.

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Live Law  

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The Madras High Court has quashed an FIR registered against the CEO of OpIndia, Rahul Roushan, and its Editor, Nupur Sharma, for allegedly spreading fake news about migrant workers of Bihar being attacked in Tamil Nadu. Justice GK Ilanthiraiyan, on Tuesday, allowed the plea filed by Rahul and Nupur in 2023 seeking to quash the FIR registered against them by …

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Live Law  

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India TV News  

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The Hindu  

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India TV News  

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1 month, 1 week ago

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Op India  

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India Today  

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Live Law  

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New Indian Express  

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Live Law  

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Anna University sexual assault: Supreme Court stays Madras HC directions against Chennai police commissioner over FIR leak

The Hindu  

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The Hindu  

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Deccan Chronicle  

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Live Law  

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Live Law  

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Live Law  

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New Indian Express  

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India Today  

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Live Law  

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

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Live Law  

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Victim Accompanying Accused To Crowded Place Without Raising Alarm, No Injury On Body- Denotes Consensual Relationship: Punjab & Haryana HC
3 months, 3 weeks ago

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Live Law  

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

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Live Law  

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Can't Make Party Suffer For Counsel's Non-Appearance Or Failure To Make Alternate Arrangement For Appearance: Rajasthan High Court
4 months ago

Can't Make Party Suffer For Counsel's Non-Appearance Or Failure To Make Alternate Arrangement For Appearance: Rajasthan High Court

Live Law  

While hearing a writ petition, Rajasthan High Court upheld an order of the trial court that set aside an ex-parte decree against the respondents on the ground that the counsel of the respondents had underwent eye surgery and thus owing to his health conditions, he was not able to make an appearance before the court for the proceedings. However, we …

Rape case against cricketer's relative in Gujarat on ex-fiance's complaint
4 months ago

Rape case against cricketer's relative in Gujarat on ex-fiance's complaint

India Today  

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UP: Life term for man who raped Dalit girl, uploaded video online leading to her suicide
4 months, 1 week ago

UP: Life term for man who raped Dalit girl, uploaded video online leading to her suicide

Deccan Chronicle  

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Rajasthan HC clears accused of charges under SC/ST Act in 2011 ‘casteist slurs’ case
4 months, 1 week ago

Rajasthan HC clears accused of charges under SC/ST Act in 2011 ‘casteist slurs’ case

Hindustan Times  

The Rajasthan high court on Tuesday dismissed charges under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Act, 1989, against four individuals accused of using derogatory language toward public officials during an encroachment inspection in Jaisalmer. Justice Birendra Kumar observed that the alleged terms used — ‘bhangi’, ‘neech’, ‘bhikhari’ and ‘mangani’ — were not casteist slurs and therefore did not meet the …

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4 months, 1 week ago

MP: Deputy collector faces rape allegations, case registered

Deccan Chronicle  

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Anna Nagar POCSO case | Supreme Court stays order for CBI probe into sexual assault of minor in Chennai
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Anna Nagar POCSO case | Supreme Court stays order for CBI probe into sexual assault of minor in Chennai

The Hindu  

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Bollywood actress harassment case: Court permits CID to question Vidyasagar for three days
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Bollywood actress harassment case: Court permits CID to question Vidyasagar for three days

New Indian Express  

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Sexual harassment cases can’t be quashed even if accused, survivor patch up: Supreme Court
4 months, 2 weeks ago

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Firstpost  

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High Court Upholds Conviction Despite Girl's Testimony Being Unshaken
5 months ago

High Court Upholds Conviction Despite Girl's Testimony Being Unshaken

Live Law  

The Rajasthan High Court has upheld a 33-year-old trial court order convicting a man for attempting to rape a minor girl. Despite the lengthy cross-examination by the defense, the court found that the girl's statement had not been shaken and that the evidence of the assault had been established through the FSL report.

‘Will remove you from court’: CJI Chandrachud to lawyer seeking CM Mamata Banerjee's removal over Kolkata rape case
6 months, 1 week ago

‘Will remove you from court’: CJI Chandrachud to lawyer seeking CM Mamata Banerjee's removal over Kolkata rape case

Hindustan Times  

Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud on Tuesday rapped a senior counsel seeking the court's direction for the removal of Mamata Banerjee as West Bengal chief minister for her alleged failure over rape and murder of a postgraduate trainee doctor inside RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata. Chandrachud, Justice J.B. Pardiwala and Justice Manoj Misra during hearing on …

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

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The Hindu  

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BJP leader Arun Kumar Puthila gets bail in sexual harassment case
6 months, 3 weeks ago

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The Hindu  

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The Hindu  

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Police to probe alleged false case, torture of Bollywood actor in A.P.’s NTR district
6 months, 3 weeks ago

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The Hindu  

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Sexual harassment case against Sandeep Singh: Victim seeks details of SIT report
7 months, 1 week ago

Sexual harassment case against Sandeep Singh: Victim seeks details of SIT report

Hindustan Times  

The junior coach who accused former Haryana sports minister and former captain of the Indian hockey team, Sandeep Singh, of sexual harassment has filed an application seeking details on the Sandeep Singh was booked for allegedly seeking sexual favours and molesting the junior coach, who had turned down his advance. The victim said she suspects the SIT report has been …

False Sexual Harassment Allegations Create Psychological Burden On Innocent Accused, Must Be Dealt With 'Iron Fist': Punjab & Haryana HC
7 months, 3 weeks ago

False Sexual Harassment Allegations Create Psychological Burden On Innocent Accused, Must Be Dealt With 'Iron Fist': Punjab & Haryana HC

Live Law  

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has directed police to conduct investigation against a woman suspected of filing multiple false sexual harassment cases, observing that the "practice of filing false complaints of sexual harassment needs to be dealt with an iron fist in order to deter people from executing their nefarious designs and protect the interests of the innocent. The …

Refusal To Undergo Medical Examination Not Enough To Negate Minor's Accusation Of Rape: Rajasthan High Court
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Refusal To Undergo Medical Examination Not Enough To Negate Minor's Accusation Of Rape: Rajasthan High Court

Live Law  

The Rajasthan High Court has made it clear that a minor rape victim's refusal to undergo medical examination alone cannot be the basis to disbelieve the allegations levelled by her. In that view of the matter, if victim had refused to undergo medical examination, her above statement cannot be negated on this basis alone and it cannot be said that …

Charges framed against former Haryana minister in harassment case
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Charges framed against former Haryana minister in harassment case

Hindustan Times  

A local court in Chandigarh on Monday framed charges against former Haryana minister and Bharatiya Janata Party leader Sandeep Singh in an alleged sexual harassment case registered on the complaint of a junior woman coach. The court also dismissed the complainant’s plea to add section 376 in the case, he said, and fixed August 17 as the next date of …

NHRC show cause notice to Rajasthan DGP, Chief Secretary on minor girl's rape by police
8 months ago

NHRC show cause notice to Rajasthan DGP, Chief Secretary on minor girl's rape by police

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The National Human Rights Commission has issued a show cause notice to the Chief Secretary and the Director General of Police, Rajasthan, asking them to file their reply within eight weeks on why a compensation of Rs 2.50 lakh should not be recommended for the minor girl allegedly abused by the police in Dausa district, Rajasthan. Tripathy and …

HC quashes FIR against Haryana activist booked for ‘casteist’ remarks against IPS officer
8 months ago

HC quashes FIR against Haryana activist booked for ‘casteist’ remarks against IPS officer

Hindustan Times  

The Punjab and Haryana high court has quashed criminal proceedings against a Haryana activist booked for “casteist” comments against an Indian Police Service officer, Vinod Kumar, who was SP, Charkhi Dadri in 2021. Even a layman, if not an officer of IPS rank, can easily comprehend that the comments made by the petitioner cannot be termed to be with a …

SC to hear pleas challenging marital rape exception in new criminal law on July 18
8 months, 1 week ago

SC to hear pleas challenging marital rape exception in new criminal law on July 18

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday assured the petitioners that it would hear on Thursday the batch of pleas challenging the marital rape exception under the new criminal laws. Senior advocate Indira Jaising, appearing for one of the petitioners, the All India Democratic Women's Association, in the marital rape case, requested that the top court give due importance to …

Rajasthan High Court Grants Bail To Rape Accused After Prosecutrix Claims She Concocted Case To 'Get Rid Of Husband'
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Rajasthan High Court Grants Bail To Rape Accused After Prosecutrix Claims She Concocted Case To 'Get Rid Of Husband'

Live Law  

The Rajasthan High Court has granted bail to an accused charged for rape under IPC as well as POCSO Act, primarily looking at a representation made by the prosecutrix to the Superintendent of Police that revealed that the rape case was merely a façade created by her to malign her own image so that her husband abandons her. For this …

Accused 'Exploited Vulnerability': Kerala High Court Sentences Four To 30 Yrs Rigorous Imprisonment For Gang Rape Of Migrant Woman
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Accused 'Exploited Vulnerability': Kerala High Court Sentences Four To 30 Yrs Rigorous Imprisonment For Gang Rape Of Migrant Woman

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court has convicted four accused to rigorous imprisonment of 30 years under Section 376D of the IPC for committing the offence of gang rape on a migrant woman worker in 2015. the victim in this case, squarely falls within that subset and she finds herself placed at an intersection of varied identities as a woman from another …

Prosecutrix's Testimony Concerning Factum Of Occurrence & Persons Involved Ought To Be Scrutinized Before Basing Conviction On It: J&K High Court
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Prosecutrix's Testimony Concerning Factum Of Occurrence & Persons Involved Ought To Be Scrutinized Before Basing Conviction On It: J&K High Court

Live Law  

Highlighting the importance of a consistent and credible narrative from the prosecutrix in rape cases the Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has recently ruled that courts must undertake a rigorous scrutiny of a prosecutrix's testimony before reliance can be placed on it. Additionally, the investigating officer did not examine the victim's brother, who allegedly rescued her, or the …

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