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Groping woman, untying her pyjama string an 'attempt to rape', rules SCThe Supreme Court has redefined "attempt to rape," classifying groping and untying a pyjama string as such, overturning a controversial Hig...- Delhi HC order suspending Kuldeep Singh Sengar's jail term stayed by the Supreme CourtThe Supreme Court has halted the release of expelled BJP leader Kuldeep Singh Sengar. This follows a Delhi High Court order granting him ba...
- 'Still waiting for justice': Kuldeep Sengar's daughter pens open letter after SC stays Delhi HC orderThe Supreme Court has halted the Delhi High Court's order to suspend the life sentence of Kuldeep Sengar. This decision means Sengar will r...
- Unnao rape case: SC to hear CBI plea against suspension of Kuldeep Sengar's life term on MondayThe Supreme Court will hear the CBI's plea challenging the Delhi High Court's order suspending expelled BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar's life...
- Unnao rape case explained: Kuldeep Sengar's bail order, the backlash, and what the Supreme Court may decideThe Supreme Court hears a challenge to bail for former UP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar, convicted in the Unnao rape case. The CBI appealed the ...
- Pressing a minor girl's lips and sleeping next to her without sexually motivated advances not a POCSO offence: HCThe Delhi High Court ruled that touching a minor girl's lips and sleeping next to her without sexually motivated intent does not constitute...
- Woman can also be tried under POCSO for offence of 'penetrative sexual assault: Delhi HCThe Delhi High Court ruled that women could be prosecuted under the POCSO Act for penetrative sexual assault on a child, not restricting th...
- 'Watching porn not an offence': SC to examine HC judgement, terms the ruling as 'atrocious'The Supreme Court will scrutinise a Madras High Court ruling deeming watching child pornography as non-offensive. The controversial judgmen...
- SC agrees to hear plea of NGO challenging reduction of age of consentThe Supreme Court has agreed to hear a plea by an NGO against any reduction in the age of consent. The NGO argues that this reduction would...
- How can there be price tag on sufferings of rape survivor, asks HC while enhancing compensation"To that end, DSLSA will file quarterly report on the cases wherein interim and final compensation has been granted and the time taken by D...
- Supreme Court protects minors seeking abortion, says doctors need not disclose their identities to copsA bench of Justices D Y Chandrachud, A S Bopanna and J B Pardiwala said to ensure that the benefit of Rule 3B(b) is extended to all women a...
- POCSO gets back its extracted teethSex crimes, particularly those involving children, are complicated and difficult to pin down. Therefore, to limit the scope of the judicial...
- SC overturns Nagpur bench's rulings on sexual offenceThe two accused had been sentenced only under various sections of the IPC by the HC, and not the Pocso Act, and had got away with lighter s...
- Most important ingredient of sexual assault is sexual intent, not skin-to-skin contact: SCA bench headed by Justice U U Lalit set aside the high court judgement, and said the act of touching the sexual part of the body or any oth...
- SC Collegium withdraws approval for appointment of additional judge of Bombay HC as permanent judgeThe decision was taken after the judge faced flak for her interpretation of sexual assault under the Protection of Children from Sexual Off...
- Rape victims' testimony not confidence-inspiring: HC judgeJustice Pushpa Ganediwala recently acquitted a man accused of groping a 12-year old girl's breast because he did not make skin-to-skin cont...
- Names, identities of victims of rape and sexual assault not to be disclosed: Supreme CourtThe apex court said FIRs in cases of rape and sexual assault, including those against minors, should not be put in public domain by police.
- Supreme Court to examine laws on media reporting in sexual assault casesThe apex court was told that in today's world, parallel media trials were going on even when proceedings of cases were pending before the c...
- All you need to know about school laws in KarnatakaSection 12 (1) (c) mandates reservation of a minimum of 25% of the seats at the entry level class (kindergarten or class 1) for children fr...
- Consensual sex with minor not crime, Delhi court saysA city court has observed that consensual sex with a girl aged below 18 years does not constitute an offence under the Protection of Childr...
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