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No phone calls with wife for 13 days; she dies by suicide; Gulf engineer husband lands in jail; Supreme Court overturns his conviction for this reasonHusband worked in Oman and could not talk with late wife; Wife committed suicide by saying refusal to speak to her over the phone caused he...
Rape case of minor: SC notice to Rajasthan on Asaram's plea challenging Rajasthan HC judgmentThe Supreme Court has asked the Rajasthan government to respond within two weeks to a plea by Asaram, challenging his life sentence for the...
14-year-old girl gang-raped by two teenagers in UP's Bareilly; neighbour films assault, posts onlineA 14-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped in Bareilly. The crime occurred on August 3. A neighbor filmed the assault and shared it online...
Sexual intercourse before child is sexual harassment of the minor: Kerala HCThe Kerala High Court ruled that exposing a naked body or having sexual intercourse in front of a minor constitutes sexual harassment under...
Bhubaneswar private school detains students in classroom over 'unpaid' feesAs many as 34 students were kept in a room for around five hours on Monday and were not allowed to eat, drink or go to the toilet, their pa...
Personal laws need to be reviewed, harmonised with landmark court rulingsThe Cabinet's recent proposal to raise the minimum age of marriage for women to 21 years has focussed attention on the need to review the m...
Parliament approves bill providing death penalty for sexual assault against childrenThe Bill, which was already approved by the Rajya Sabha, defines child pornography, making it punishable.
SC to hear Kathua witnesses plea alleging police harassment on May 16The petition today alleged that the state police was now asking them to re-appear and re-record their statements and exerting pressure in t...
Crime against women, juvenile offenders: Courts acted toughSeveral offences against women and children by their trusted friends or family members and persons in authority also shocked the conscience...
December 16 gangrape: NGO says juvenile convict deserves 2nd chanceNGO working for the protection of men's rights in the country today said the juvenile convict in the 2012 Delhi gangrape case deserves a se...
Supreme Court asks AIIMS to examine medical condition of AsaramA bench headed by Justice T S Thakur directed that the board file its report before the court within four weeks.
Jodhpur rape case: Supreme Court to hear Asaram Bapu's bail pleaThe SC today agreed to hear bail plea of Asaram Bapu on health grounds in Jodhpur rape case and directed setting up a board of doctors to e...
Charges framed against Asaram in Jodhpur minor rape caseCharges were framed against self-style godman Asaram today for rape, criminal conspiracy and other offences by a Jodhpur court.
December 16 gang rape: Our tears haven't dried, says father of victimSince the fateful incident, the family of the girl remains in grip of shock, grief and anger though four of the rapists were sentenced to d...
- Dec 16 gangrape: Court asks defence counsel to not harass witness
A fast track court hearing the December 16 gangrape case today asked the counsel for the accused not to "harass" the victim's male friend.
Delhi gang rape: State government fail to evolve a consensus on death penalty for rape convicts“States have said that the age to consider someone a juvenile should be reduced from 18 to 16 as it was earlier. We are looking into the de...
- Revise draft rules framed under juvenile justice act: HC
Alarmed over the increase in the number of crimes involving children in Tamil Nadu and the lack of comprehensive rules to safeguard their i...