'Was raped by 600-700 different men, put a cigarette...': UK MP reads horrific grooming gang testimonies in ParliamentBritish MP Rupert Lowe has reignited the grooming gangs scandal by presenting graphic survivor testimonies in Parliament. These accounts de...
02 Jun, 2026, 09.47 AM IST
How Donald Trump's Ukraine aid cuts undermine justice for Russian war crimesUS funding cuts are impacting Ukraine's pursuit of justice for war crimes. Organizations documenting atrocities face reduced capacity. This...
01 Jun, 2026, 12.02 PM IST
Rape convict Asaram surrenders at Jodhpur jail after High Court upholds life sentenceAsaram surrendered at Jodhpur Central Jail. The Rajasthan High Court upheld his life sentence in a 2013 minor rape case. His interim bail w...
28 May, 2026, 08.31 PM IST
Child's testimony alone can secure conviction if reliable, inspires confidence, says Delhi HCThe Delhi High Court affirmed a 12-year prison sentence for a man convicted of repeatedly raping a 10-year-old girl in 2017. The court emph...
07 Sep, 2025, 02.40 PM IST
Child's teary silence can't aid rapist's defence: Supreme CourtSupreme Court overturned a 40-year-old rape case acquittal, ruling that the silence and tears of a child victim during cross-examination ca...
20 Mar, 2025, 05.53 PM IST
Kolkata Court sentences man to death for rape and attempted murder of infantA special Pocso court in Kolkata sentenced Rajiv Ghosh to death for the brutal rape and attempted murder of a seven-month-old girl. Describ...
18 Feb, 2025, 09.32 PM IST
Convictions in 'monstrous' child sex abuse ring: 7 found guilty in Glasgow trialIn a harrowing revelation, seven individuals have been convicted for their involvement in a grotesque child sex abuse ring, camouflaged und...
14 Nov, 2023, 09.46 PM IST
Noida 'digital rape' case: Man handed life imprisonmentIn the case, a 75-year-old man was handed life imprisonment after he was convicted of 'digital rape' of a three-year-old Noida girl. The ma...
01 Sep, 2022, 11.55 PM IST
Muzaffarpur shelter home: Delhi court sentences Brajesh Thakur to life imprisonmentAdditional Sessions Judge Saurabh Kulshreshtha sentenced Thakur to life imprisonment for remainder of his natural life.
11 Feb, 2020, 04.08 PM IST
Muzaffarpur shelter home: Court to announce quantum of sentence for convicts on Feb 11The court had on Jan 20 convicted Thakur, who once unsuccessfully contested assembly polls on Bihar People's Party (BPP) ticket, of several...
04 Feb, 2020, 02.42 PM IST
Omar Abdullah, Mehbooba Mufti welcome verdict in Kathua caseBureaucrat-turned-politician Shah Faesal lauded the police for securing the conviction of the accused persons.
10 Jun, 2019, 01.25 PM IST
Parliament passes bill to provide death to child rape convictsThe Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill 2018, which was passed in the Lok Sabha on July 30, was approved by a voice vote in the Upper House.
06 Aug, 2018, 09.19 PM IST
Lok Sabha passes bill to provide death to child rape convictsThe bill replaces the Criminal Law (Amendment) Ordinance, following an outcry over the rape and murder of a minor girl in Kathua in Jammu a...
31 Jul, 2018, 10.23 AM IST
Lok Sabha passes Bill to provide death to child rape convictsThe Bill stipulates stringent punishment for perpetrators of rape, particularly of girls aged below 12.
30 Jul, 2018, 08.05 PM IST
Child rights activists oppose death penalty for rape of minorsA number of activists argue that the introduction of the death penalty would simply lead to a decrease in the already poor conviction rates...
21 Apr, 2018, 06.47 PM IST
Rape convictions can solely rest on victim's testimony: Bombay High CourtThe Bombay HC observed that conviction in rape cases can solely rest on the testimony of the victim if it inspires confidence.
25 Jul, 2015, 03.53 PM IST
Now, ministry wants to lower juvenile ageCabinet unlikely to endorse women & child welfare ministry proposal as it runs against UN convention India has signed.
29 Nov, 2013, 04.04 AM IST