Delhi court likely to frame charges in Muzaffarpur shelter home sexual assault case on 18 March
5 years, 10 months ago

Delhi court likely to frame charges in Muzaffarpur shelter home sexual assault case on 18 March

Firstpost  

On 7 February, the Supreme Court ordered authorities to transfer the case from Bihar to a Protection of Children from Sexual Offences court in Saket District Court complex in Delhi, which would conclude the trial within six months by holding preferably day-to-day hearing. New Delhi: A Delhi court on Wednesday fixed 18 March for the framing of charges in the Muzaffarpur shelter home sexual assault case. Five people accused in the case had earlier denied allegations levelled against them by the CBI and said there was not enough evidence to prosecute them. Several girls were allegedly raped and sexually abused at an NGO-run shelter home in Muzaffarpur, Bihar.

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Delhi High Court directs hospitals to provide free, immediate care to rape survivors
3 weeks, 1 day ago

Delhi High Court directs hospitals to provide free, immediate care to rape survivors

India TV News  

In a significant ruling, the Delhi High Court has said that government and private hospitals and nursing homes must provide free and immediate medical attention to rape survivors, acid attack and sexual violence victims and that they cannot refuse medical treatment to them. A division bench of Justice Pratibha M Singh and Amit Sharma said, "It is incumbent upon all …

IIT-BHU gang rape case: Victim allowed cross-examination via video conferencing
1 month ago

IIT-BHU gang rape case: Victim allowed cross-examination via video conferencing

Hindustan Times  

A Varanasi court partially accepted a plea from the Indian Institute of Technology-Banaras Hindu University gang rape victim, seeking permission to appear in court for cross-examination through video conferencing. The court ordered that the cross-examination statement of the plaintiff/victim be recorded on the scheduled dates in the Vulnerable Witness Room located within the court premises. From a protest in November …

Kerala: Three shelter home caretakers arrested for assaulting toddler, injuries to genitals found
1 month, 1 week ago

Kerala: Three shelter home caretakers arrested for assaulting toddler, injuries to genitals found

India TV News  

Kerela police have detained three caretakers of a child welfare home in Thiruvananthapuram on charges of assaulting a two-and-a-half-year-old girl. The arrests were made after the Kerala State Council for Child Welfare filed a complaint accusing the trio of injuring the child as punishment for bedwetting causing injuries to her genitals. Reports indicate the child was frequently punished for bedwetting, …

Delhi court awards 15-yr jail term to man for repeated rape of minor girl
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Delhi court awards 15-yr jail term to man for repeated rape of minor girl

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi, A Delhi court sentenced a man to 15 years of rigorous imprisonment for the alleged repeated rape of a minor girl in 2018, observing the offence not only intruded upon the survivor's dignity but was also a crime against society. Delhi court awards 15-yr jail term to man for repeated rape of minor girl Additional Sessions Judge Harleen …

Delhi court convicts man for 'attempting' to sexually assault boy in 2015
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Delhi court convicts man for 'attempting' to sexually assault boy in 2015

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi, A court here has convicted a man for "attempting" to commit unnatural sexual offence on a seven-year-old boy in 2015. Delhi court convicts man for 'attempting' to sexually assault boy in 2015 Additional Sessions Judge Amit Sahrawat was hearing the case against the accused who was charged under section 377 of the Indian Penal Code and section 6 …

Five arrested for gang rape of woman, her minor niece in Delhi
2 months ago

Five arrested for gang rape of woman, her minor niece in Delhi

Hindustan Times  

The Delhi Police has arrested five men for allegedly gang-raping a 22-year-old woman and her 17-year-old niece after reportedly spiking their drinks with alcohol and driving them to a house in Lajpat Nagar on Saturday night, officers said on Tuesday. The victims, in their statement to the police, said that while they stood outside the club in Defence Colony, five …

Arunachal rape-molestation case: Death sentence for prime accused, 20 years RI for two others
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Arunachal rape-molestation case: Death sentence for prime accused, 20 years RI for two others

New Indian Express  

GUWAHATI: A special POCSO court at Yupia in Arunachal Pradesh awarded death sentence to the prime accused and 20 years of rigorous imprisonment to two others in a 2022 case of alleged rape and molestation of 21 minor students. ‘Shocked’ that a Special Court in Arunachal granted bail to the prime accused, the Gauhati High Court had in July last …

SC says it will consider listing pleas challenging marital rape exception soon
3 months, 4 weeks ago

SC says it will consider listing pleas challenging marital rape exception soon

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday said that pleas challenging the marital rape exception had not been taken due to a day-long hearing in another matter relating to customs appeals today. A batch of pleas were pending in the top court for hearing, including the of plea of AIDWA challenging the marital rape exception under the new criminal laws. …

"Juveniles Treated Too Leniently In This Country, Legislature Has Still Not Learnt Any Lessons From Horrors Of Nirbhaya": MP High Court
3 months, 4 weeks ago

"Juveniles Treated Too Leniently In This Country, Legislature Has Still Not Learnt Any Lessons From Horrors Of Nirbhaya": MP High Court

Live Law  

While upholding the conviction of a juvenile for rape of a four-year-old girl, the Madhya Pradesh High Court lamented the "lenient" laws in the country so far as juvenile offenders are concerned. Justice Subodh Abhyankar sitting at Indore observed, “Court is once again at pains to observe that juveniles in this country are being treated rather too leniently, and that …

Delhi court sentences man to 12-year jail in minor’s sexual assault case
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Delhi court sentences man to 12-year jail in minor’s sexual assault case

The Hindu  

A New Delhi Court has sentenced a man to 12 years of imprisonment for kidnapping and sexually assaulting a six-year-old girl in 2020. It also awarded ₹7.5 lakh as compensation to the victim, saying the purpose of the criminal justice system is not only to attain catharsis by handing down proportional punishment but also to rehabilitate the victim. “In the …

Badlapur assault case: SIT registers FIR against school authorities
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Badlapur assault case: SIT registers FIR against school authorities

Op India  

The special investigation team for Badlapur sexual assault against minors has registered an FIR against the school authorities, for not complying with the provisions of section 19 of the POCSO Act which mandates that every authority when they come to know about any such kind of sexual assault against minors are obligated to report this to police authorities for further …

Badlapur minors' alleged sexual assault case: FIR registered against school authorities
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Badlapur minors' alleged sexual assault case: FIR registered against school authorities

India TV News  

The Special Investigation Team probing the sexual assault case involving minors at a school in Badlapur has registered an FIR against the school authorities. The FIR was filed for failing to comply with Section 19 of the POCSO Act, which mandates that any authority aware of a sexual assault against minors must report it to the police. The Bombay High …

Badlapur sexual assault case: ‘Did you register any case against the school?’ Bombay HC asks girls
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Badlapur sexual assault case: ‘Did you register any case against the school?’ Bombay HC asks girls

Live Mint  

Amid violent protests in Maharashtra, the Bombay High Court has taken suo motu cognizance of the alleged sexual assault of two girls at a school in Badlapur. ‘Accused will be severely punished.,’ says Piyush Goyal Union Minister and BJP MP from North Mumbai, Piyush Goyal said, “The accused should be severely punished and strict action should be taken at the …

Supreme Court to hear marital rape pleas next week
5 months, 1 week ago

Supreme Court to hear marital rape pleas next week

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday assured the petitioners that it would hear the batch of pleas challenging the marital rape exception under the new criminal laws next week. The three-judge bench of the apex court, led by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra, while taking on the submissions of senior advocate …

Delhi court directs police to take action against woman for false rape complaint
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Delhi court directs police to take action against woman for false rape complaint

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi, A court here has directed the Delhi Police to take legal action against a woman for registering a false rape case, saying the special privileges given to women should not be used as "sword" to settle personal scores. Delhi court directs police to take action against woman for false rape complaint Additional Sessions Judge Shefali Barnala Tandon also …

Pocso case: Delhi court says punishment must correspond to offence
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Pocso case: Delhi court says punishment must correspond to offence

Hindustan Times  

The punishment awarded to a convict should be commensurate with the gravity of offence in order to serve as an effective deterrent to like-minded people, a Delhi court said while sentencing a man for raping a minor girl in 2019. Additional sessions judge Susheel Bala Dagar sentenced Ashraf Rain to life imprisonment under section 6 of the Prevention of Children …

SC to hear pleas challenging marital rape exception in new criminal law on July 18
5 months, 4 weeks 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 …

Police Must Commence Investigation Immediately In Missing Children Cases Without Waiting For 24 Hours: Delhi High Court
6 months ago

Police Must Commence Investigation Immediately In Missing Children Cases Without Waiting For 24 Hours: Delhi High Court

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court has directed all the police stations in the national capital to ensure that there shall be no waiting period for 24 hours to start inquiry or investigation in cases of missing children. A division bench comprising Justice Prathiba M Singh and Justice Amit Sharma directed the Commissioner of Delhi Police to give directions to all the …

No financial settlement in sexual abuse cases: Delhi High Court
6 months, 1 week ago

No financial settlement in sexual abuse cases: Delhi High Court

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: In a significant stance against the commercialisation of justice, the Delhi High Court has declared that cases involving allegations of sexual violence cannot be terminated through financial settlements. This observation came as the High Court declined to quash an FIR registered under Section 376 of the Indian Penal Code. Justice Swarna Kanta Sharma, while deliberating on the case, …

Delhi court sentences 49-year-old man to 10 years of RI in child marriage and rape case
7 months, 1 week ago

Delhi court sentences 49-year-old man to 10 years of RI in child marriage and rape case

New Indian Express  

Apart from the compensation of Rs 10.5 lakh, the court also imposed a fine of Rs 15,000 on the accused. The prosecution had established that the child was a victim of circumstances who was forced into marriage by her maternal grandmother who was the only one in her family to sustain the living. As per the victim’s statement, she was …

Parents Of Victim Have History Of Long Matrimonial Discord: Delhi HC Grants Bail To Person Who Was Alleged For Raping His Daughter
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Parents Of Victim Have History Of Long Matrimonial Discord: Delhi HC Grants Bail To Person Who Was Alleged For Raping His Daughter

Live Law  

Noticing that the parents of the victim have a history of matrimonial discord and they have filed multiple complaints against each other, the Delhi High Court held that age of minor victim vis-à-vis age of the accused, the family relationship between the victim and the accused and the chances of the accused threatening the victim, must be considered while deciding …

Minor raped for months, impregnated in Karnataka's Hubballi, 19-year-old arrested
8 months, 1 week ago

Minor raped for months, impregnated in Karnataka's Hubballi, 19-year-old arrested

India Today  

A 19-year-old man was arrested on charges of raping a minor girl for months and impregnating her in Karnataka's Hubballi. According to the police, the accused allegedly raped the 17-year-old girl several times between January 1, this year, until May 3. "Acting on the complaint, we registered a case and arrested the accused and are ensuring all further police action …

Muzaffarnagar Student Slapping Case : After Supreme Court Rebuke, Uttar Pradesh Govt Complies With TISS Recommendations On Counselling
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Muzaffarnagar Student Slapping Case : After Supreme Court Rebuke, Uttar Pradesh Govt Complies With TISS Recommendations On Counselling

Live Law  

In the latest development in the Muzaffarnagar student slapping case, the State of Uttar Pradesh on Friday informed the Supreme Court that it has complied with the recommendations made by the Tata Institute of Social Studies on counselling the other children involved in the incident. In a scathing order passed in November last year, the court had pulled up the …

Minor's Rape Case: High Court Denies Default Bail To Delhi Govt's Suspended Women & Child Department Officer, Wife
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Minor's Rape Case: High Court Denies Default Bail To Delhi Govt's Suspended Women & Child Department Officer, Wife

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court on Monday denied default bail to Delhi Government's suspended Women and Child Development Department officer Premoday Khakha, accused of raping a minor girl over several months and impregnating her. Court also denied relief to Khakha's wife.Justice Jyoti Singh rejected the pleas moved by Khakha and his wife seeking default bail under Section 167 of Code of. …

Calcutta High Court Refuses Urgent Listing Of Plea Seeking 'Protection' For Women In Violence-Affected Sandeshkhali
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Calcutta High Court Refuses Urgent Listing Of Plea Seeking 'Protection' For Women In Violence-Affected Sandeshkhali

Live Law  

The Calcutta High Court on Monday refused urgent hearing for a plea seeking orders for the 'protection of women residents' of Sandeshkhali, West Bengal, amidst allegations of sexual violence faced by them from certain miscreants allegedly belonging to the ruling dispensation.Live Law had earlier reported on a suo moto motion taken up by the Calcutta High Court regarding the aforesaid …

Delhi Police urges court to frame charges against ex-WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh
1 year ago

Delhi Police urges court to frame charges against ex-WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh

The Hindu  

Delhi Police on January 6 urged a court here to frame charges against BJP MP and former WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh in a case of alleged sexual harassment of women wrestlers. The police opposed the contention of the accused that since some of the alleged incidents took place overseas, they do not fall in the jurisdiction of courts …

Man sentenced to 20-year imprisonment for sexually assaulting minor girl
1 year, 1 month ago

Man sentenced to 20-year imprisonment for sexually assaulting minor girl

The Hindu  

The Additional District and Sessions Court in Kalaburagi has sentenced Jagannath Karani, a resident of Muganur village in Sedam taluk of Kalaburagi district, to 20 year imprisonment for sexually assaulting a minor girl. As per the details provided by Shanthaveer Tuppad, Public Prosecutor in the case, the convict had lured the girl in with a promise of marriage and had …

Delhi HC Flags Rising Kidnapping Cases Of Minor Girls Subjected To Sexual Assault Under Guise Of Marriage, Forced To Abandon Studies
1 year, 1 month ago

Delhi HC Flags Rising Kidnapping Cases Of Minor Girls Subjected To Sexual Assault Under Guise Of Marriage, Forced To Abandon Studies

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court has flagged rising incidents of kidnapping of minor girls, who are subjected to sexual assault under the guise of marriage, as a result of which they are forced to abandon studies and denied opportunity to pursue careers. Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma said that when a girl is forced to abandon her education due to such incidents, …

Fifteen-Yr-Old Gang-Raped by Five Men in UP, Two Arrested
1 year, 3 months ago

Fifteen-Yr-Old Gang-Raped by Five Men in UP, Two Arrested

News 18  

A 15-year-old girl was allegedly raped by five men on her way back home after attending a Ganesh Chaturthi event in a village in Bahedi area of Bareilly. An FIR was registered at Bahedi police station under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code and POCSO Act against Raja Gupta, Shivam Gupta, Anshul Gupta and two unidentified men. As per …

Delhi Minor Rape: Fresh Case Registered After Girl Alleges Sexual Assault by More Persons
1 year, 3 months ago

Delhi Minor Rape: Fresh Case Registered After Girl Alleges Sexual Assault by More Persons

News 18  

The Delhi Police has registered a fresh case after the minor girl who was allegedly raped by suspended Delhi government officer Premoday Khakha alleged that she was sexually assaulted by few other persons as well, officials said on Friday. ”A fresh statement of the complainant was obtained and a case under Sections 376 of the Indian Penal Code and six …

Courts Can’t Be Used As "Matrimonial Facilitators" For Pressurizing Rape Accused To Get Married To Victim Or To Obtain Bail: Delhi High Court
1 year, 4 months ago

Courts Can’t Be Used As "Matrimonial Facilitators" For Pressurizing Rape Accused To Get Married To Victim Or To Obtain Bail: Delhi High Court

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court has observed that courts cannot be used as “matrimonial facilitators” for pressurizing the accused to get married to the victim or be denied bail in sexual assault cases. “The Courts of law cannot be used as a forum for the purpose of facilitating marriages and be used as marriage facilitators by first lodging an FIR alleging …

Boy Sexually Assaulted at Shelter Home in Delhi, DCW Issues Notice to Police
1 year, 4 months ago

Boy Sexually Assaulted at Shelter Home in Delhi, DCW Issues Notice to Police

News 18  

A boy was allegedly sexually assaulted by another boy at a private shelter home in northwest Delhi’s Jahangirpuri area, police said on Sunday. He has informed that on August 31, when he went to the washroom in the evening, an older boy living in the home sexually assaulted him,” the DCW said. The DCW said it has issued a notice …

Delhi High Court Takes Suo Motu Cognizance Of Minor's Rape Allegedly By Delhi Govt's WCD Official
1 year, 4 months ago

Delhi High Court Takes Suo Motu Cognizance Of Minor's Rape Allegedly By Delhi Govt's WCD Official

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court on Monday took suo motu cognizance of a minor girl's rape allegedly by an official of Delhi government’s Women and Child Development Department.Premoday Khakha is accused of raping the minor over several months and impregnating her. The Delhi High Court on Monday took suo motu cognizance of a minor girl's rape allegedly by an official of …

Delhi Minor Rape Case: Accused & Wife Held, DCW's Maliwal Spends Night at Hospital to Meet Victim
1 year, 4 months ago

Delhi Minor Rape Case: Accused & Wife Held, DCW's Maliwal Spends Night at Hospital to Meet Victim

News 18  

Delhi Commission for Women chief Swati Maliwal continued her ‘dharna’ at the hospital in Delhi where the minor girl, who was allegedly raped by a senior official in the Delhi government’s Women and Child Development department, has been admitted. The DCW chief alleged that she had not been allowed to meet the minor victim or her family since Monday morning. …

65% Pocso cases pending in Delhi, several accused walk free
1 year, 4 months ago

65% Pocso cases pending in Delhi, several accused walk free

Hindustan Times  

On July 30, Asafak Alam, 29, was arrested for the rape and murder of a five-year old girl in Ernakulam, Kerala. A little over 65% of cases related to sexual offices committed against minors have been pending trial for at least a year, resulting in the release of several offenders on bail, according to data shared by Delhi Police. And …

Rape Victims Be Taken To Hospital For MTP Within 24 Hours Even When Gestation Period Less Than 20 Weeks: Delhi High Court
1 year, 5 months ago

Rape Victims Be Taken To Hospital For MTP Within 24 Hours Even When Gestation Period Less Than 20 Weeks: Delhi High Court

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued various guidelines to be followed by the doctors and the Delhi Police while dealing with cases of medical termination of pregnancy of victims of rape.Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma directed that where an order for medical termination of pregnancy has been passed, the Delhi Police’s Investigating Officers must produce the victim before the. The …

Manipur viral video case: Supreme Court to hear Centre’s plea today
1 year, 5 months ago

Manipur viral video case: Supreme Court to hear Centre’s plea today

Live Mint  

The Supreme Court will hear the central government's plea to transfer the trial of the case relating to the Manipur sexual assault case where two women were stripped naked and paraded by a mob of warring tribe. Supreme Court had taken suo moto cognizance of the matter on July 20, asking the state government and centre to take immediate steps …

Arunachal: 21 minor students sexually abused by warden, Gauhati HC takes suo moto case
1 year, 5 months ago

Arunachal: 21 minor students sexually abused by warden, Gauhati HC takes suo moto case

Op India  

On Friday, July 21, the Gauhati High Court has taken up a suo moto case of sexual abuse of 21 students by the warden of a residential school in Arunachal Pradesh and cancelled the bail application granted to the accused by a trial court earlier in February this year. While cancelling the bail granted to the accused by a Special …

Gauhati High Court 'Shocked' By Bail Granted To Hostel Warden Accused Of Sexually Abusing 21 Children; Suo Motu Cancels Bail
1 year, 5 months ago

Gauhati High Court 'Shocked' By Bail Granted To Hostel Warden Accused Of Sexually Abusing 21 Children; Suo Motu Cancels Bail

Live Law  

The Gauhati High Court on Friday, suo moto cancelled the bail granted by the trial court to the Hostel Warden of a Government Residential School in Arunachal Pradesh who is alleged to have sexually assaulted 21 children, aged 6 to 12 years from 2019 to 2022. The Court took registered suo moto cancellation of bail application on the basis of …

Muzaffarpur Shelter Home Case: Supreme Court Extends Interim Protection From Arrest To Mother & Wife Of Rape Convict Brajesh Thakur In Money Laundering Case
1 year, 6 months ago

Muzaffarpur Shelter Home Case: Supreme Court Extends Interim Protection From Arrest To Mother & Wife Of Rape Convict Brajesh Thakur In Money Laundering Case

Live Law  

The Supreme Court has extended interim protection against arrest until completion of process to the mother and wife of rape convict Brajesh Thakur in the Muzaffarpur Shelter Home Money laundering case. The mother of Thakur, Manorama Devi, and his wife, Kumari Asha, had moved the Supreme Court after their Anticipatory bail pleas were rejected by the Patna High Court. Sundresh …

Disturbing Pattern Emerging Where Accused Marries Rape Victim To Evade Criminal Charges, Abandons Her Once FIR Is Quashed: Delhi High Court
1 year, 6 months ago

Disturbing Pattern Emerging Where Accused Marries Rape Victim To Evade Criminal Charges, Abandons Her Once FIR Is Quashed: Delhi High Court

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court has said that a disturbing pattern is emerging where in certain instances, the accused marries the rape victim to evade criminal charges and promptly abandons her once the FIR is quashed or bail is secured. "Shockingly, numerous cases have come to light where the accused deceitfully enters into a marriage under the guise of willingness, particularly …

Bombay High Court denies minor rape victim permission to abort 28-week-old fetus
1 year, 6 months ago

Bombay High Court denies minor rape victim permission to abort 28-week-old fetus

India Today  

The Aurangabad bench of the Bombay High Court on Monday refused to permit a 15-year-old rape victim to abort her 28-week pregnancy as doctors have opined the baby would be born alive even if forcible delivery is performed at this stage. The high court bench expressed concerns that a forced delivery could result in the birth of an underdeveloped child …

Delhi High Court Permits 13-Yr-Old Rape Victim To Undergo Medical Termination Of Pregnancy, Directs DSLSA To Look Into Grant Of Compensation
1 year, 7 months ago

Delhi High Court Permits 13-Yr-Old Rape Victim To Undergo Medical Termination Of Pregnancy, Directs DSLSA To Look Into Grant Of Compensation

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court on Monday permitted a 13-year-old minor rape victim to undergo medical termination of pregnancy with 24 to 26 weeks old foetus. A vacation bench of Justice Jasmeet Singh also directed the Delhi State Legal Services Authority to look into the compensation to be paid to the minor. On June 09, the court had directed the medical …

Delhi HC to examine which court would hear minor wrestler’s sexual harassment plea against WFI chief
1 year, 7 months ago

Delhi HC to examine which court would hear minor wrestler’s sexual harassment plea against WFI chief

The Hindu  

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued notices to its Registrar General, the city government and the city police to decide which court will hear the plea of a minor wrestler, who has accused Wrestling Federation of India President Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh of sexual harassment. Earlier, a trial court here had issued notices on the plea by wrestlers who …

Delhi court orders FIR against woman, her father in false rape case charges
1 year, 7 months ago

Delhi court orders FIR against woman, her father in false rape case charges

Hindustan Times  

A Delhi court has ordered filing of a first information report against a woman and her father for filing false charges of gangrape, cruelty and wrongful confinement against her husband and his family members. “Rape is a heinous crime which is required to be dealt strictly but simultaneously false allegations qua rape are also required to be dealt firmly since …

DC Edit | Sexual predators must face full might of the law
1 year, 8 months ago

DC Edit | Sexual predators must face full might of the law

Deccan Chronicle  

India’s highly decorated wrestlers had to approach the Supreme Court before an FIR was registered by the Delhi Police against a person accused of being a sexual predator. The conclusion is simple enough — no matter how powerful politically and rich, those accused of sexual harassment of either women or men must face the charges in a court. It is …

Bombay High Court upholds 10-yr sentence of man who sexually assaulted girl-child
1 year, 9 months ago

Bombay High Court upholds 10-yr sentence of man who sexually assaulted girl-child

India Today  

Holding that "a little girl of 3-½ years, who is not even introduced to her own organs, cannot be expected to give an exact description of her private parts," the Bombay High Court has upheld a 10-year sentence against a Mumbai man. READ | Bombay High Court allows anticipatory bail to police constable accused of rape On the afternoon of …

Issue of consent in sexual assault cases needs scrutiny: Delhi high court
1 year, 9 months ago

Issue of consent in sexual assault cases needs scrutiny: Delhi high court

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: The issue of consent needs close scrutiny by constitutional courts for analysis of any sexual assault offences, the Delhi high court said on Monday while upholding the exoneration of a man for allegedly raping a married woman for 12 years and having two children with her. The Delhi high court said the issue of consent needs scrutiny by …

Sexual Assault Victims Entitled To Fair Trial, But Justice System's Responsibility Of Protecting Rights Of Accused Can’t Be Ignored: Delhi High Court
1 year, 9 months ago

Sexual Assault Victims Entitled To Fair Trial, But Justice System's Responsibility Of Protecting Rights Of Accused Can’t Be Ignored: Delhi High Court

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court on Monday said that while the complainants in sexual assault cases are entitled to fair trial, the responsibility of criminal justice system towards protecting the rights of the accused persons cannot be ignored. Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma said that in cases of rape and sexual violence, “conceptualization of definition of sexual consent” is of utmost importance …

Bombay High Court refuses to expedite trial in 2022 Nashik shelter home rape cases
1 year, 11 months ago

Bombay High Court refuses to expedite trial in 2022 Nashik shelter home rape cases

India Today  

While refusing to expedite the hearing of rape cases related to minor girls in a Nashik shelter home, the Bombay High Court on Tuesday told the petitioners, "Do you know how many matters are pending in special courts? We cannot tell the special court to hear a 2022 case first and to keep a 2015 case pending." READ | Bombay …

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