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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...- Grabbing minor's breasts, breaking pyjama strings does not qualify as attempt to rape: Allahabad High CourtThe Allahabad High Court ruled that an act of grabbing a minor girl’s breasts and attempting to drag her beneath a culvert does not amount ...
- Sexual exploitation of minors plagued societies worldwide, matter of serious concern in India: SCThe Supreme Court of India has highlighted the critical issue of child sexual exploitation and the necessity of the POCSO Act, 2012. The co...
- 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...
- PMLA can't be applied if conspiracy charge not related to scheduled offence, says SC dismissing review pleaOn November 29, the top court held, "The offence punishable under Section 120-B of the IPC will become a scheduled offence only if the cons...
- Parl panel recommends retaining IPC section 377, adultery provision in proposed Bharatiya Nyaya SanhitaThe Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs has recommended retaining provisions related to carnal intercourse with minors and act...
- Marrying minor victim does not sanctify offence of rape: Delhi High CourtDenying bail to the petitioner, Justice Anoop Kumar Mendiratta said "such incidents of luring a minor and entering into a physical relation...
- Unnao rape case: Kuldeep Sengar moves Delhi HC challenging conviction, life imprisonmentThe trial court had convicted 54-year-old Sengar under various provisions including Section 376 (2) of IPC which deals with the offence of ...
- Delhi court reserves for mid-November order on Muzaffarpur shelter home sexual assault caseAdditional Sessions Judge Saurabh Kulshreshtha, during the in-camera trial, said he will pronounce the order in the middle of November, the...
- Government approves changes in POCSO Act, includes death penalty for sexual offences against childrenThe amendments in the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act also provide for fines and imprisonment to curb child pornogr...
- Government planning to revamp emigration actApart from proposing stringent punishment for aggravated forms of offences against women and children, the government plans to set up new a...
- Govt introduces amendments to POCSO Act in Lok SabhaThe Bill seeks to protect children from offences of sexual assault, sexual harassment and pornography and provide for establishment of Spec...
- Mob lynching: Centre may amend existing lawsProvisions could be included in various sections of the IPC, CrPC and Evidence Act to cover lynching as an “aggravated form” of offence to ...
- Cabinet nod to Bill for allowing NIA to probe human trafficking casesThe Union Cabinet today okayed the draft Trafficking of Persons (Prevention, Protection and Rehabilitation) Bill, which proposes a punishme...
- NIA likely to probe human trafficking casesSources say the additional responsibility for the National Investigation Agency (NIA) would be part of the proposed anti-human trafficking ...
- Lalu Prasad Yadav's remarks violative of model code: Election CommissionIt reminded Lalu that the statements can aggravate the differences between different sections of society and also inciting them on grounds ...
- Rape during riots will lead to imprisonment for lifeThe anti-rape bill passed in the LS has a provision that will classify rape committed during a communal riot as an aggravated case of rape.
- Lok Sabha passes anti-rape Bill, majority of MPs absent during voteLok Sabha today passed a bill which provides for natural life term or even death for repeat offenders of rape and other stringent punishmen...
- ‘Rape’ replaces ‘sexual assault’ in Criminal Law Ordinance, 2013The home ministry has moved a Cabinet note, which has reintroduced the term ‘rape’ in place of ‘sexual assault’ in the Criminal Law (Amendm...
- Cabinet clears ordinance to curb crimes against womenThe Cabinet on Friday cleared an Ordinance, which provides for death sentence to rapist who kills his victim or leaves her in a persistent ...
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