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Unnao rape case: SC sets aside order suspending Sengar's life term, asks HC to decide plea afreshThe Supreme Court has overturned a Delhi High Court decision that suspended the life sentence of former BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar. The c...
Unnao rape case: Delhi HC seeks CBI reply on victim’s pleaThe Unnao rape victim has approached the Delhi High Court. She seeks to present more evidence against former MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar. Seng...
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...
Death of Unnao rape victim's father: Delhi HC seeks CBI reply on Kuldeep Sengar's pleaThe Delhi High Court has asked the CBI to respond to Kuldeep Singh Sengar's request for suspension of his 10-year jail term on medical grou...
Rape convict in MP rapes again after released from jail early on 'good conduct', minor survivor seriousA rapist, who was released from prison due to a remainder of sentence waiver in 2021 after serving seven years of a 10-year sentence, has b...
Unnao rape case: Delhi HC seeks CBI stand on plea of convicted leader Kuldeep SengarThe trial, which started on August 5, 2019, after it was transferred from Unnao to Delhi on the Supreme Court's directions, was carried on ...
Unnao rape case: Kuldeep Sengar moves Delhi HC for interim bailThe court was informed that Sengar was seeking interim bail for two months to attend his daughter's wedding which is to take place on Febru...
Gujarat trial courts sentence 50 people to death in 8 months this yearFifty six people were killed and more than 200 injured in a series of blasts that ripped Ahmedabad in 2008. Besides this case, the trial co...
Former UP minister Gayatri Prajapati, two others get life term in rape caseThe court that hears cases against lawmakers also imposed a fine of Rs 2 lakh on each convict. Prajapati and two other convicts Ashok Tiwar...
Unnao custodial death case: HC asks CBI to reply to disqualified UP MLA's appeal against jailJustice Vibhu Bakhru issued notice to the CBI and also asked the agency to respond to Kuldeep Singh Sengar's application seeking suspension...
Unnao: HC seeks CBI's response on Kuldeep Sengar's appeal challenging conviction, life termA bench of justices Manmohan and Sangeeta Dhingra Sehgal allowed Sengar to deposit in 60 days the fine amount of Rs 25 lakh, out of which R...
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 ...
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...
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.
Bill providing for stringent punishment in rape cases introduced in Lok SabhaKiren Rijiju said the recent incidents of rape and gangrape of women under the age of 16 years and 12 years have shaken the conscience of t...
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...
No corroboration needed if rape victim's statement reliable: Bombay High CourtBombay HC observed that if the statement of a rape victim is trustworthy and reliable, further corroboration is not needed.