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...
Marital rape is rape, not another crimeThe existing law on rape in India lacks inclusivity, as it doesn't account for male or transgender victims and exempts marital rape. The Bh...
SIT files charge sheet against JD(S) MLA HD Revanna, former MP PrajwalThe charge sheet, submitted in a special court for public representatives, pertains to one of the cases involving alleged sexual assault on...
Delhi court orders framing of sexual harassment charges against Brij Bhushan Singh in case by female wrestlersA Delhi court has ordered the framing of sexual harrassment charges against former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan S...
Wrestlers' sexual harassment case: Court to hear argument on charges from Aug 9 to 11A Delhi court has set August 9 to hear arguments in a sexual harassment case brought by a number of wrestlers against Brij Bhushan Sharan S...
Delhi court grants bail to Brij Bhushan and Vinod Tomar in wrestler's sexual harassment caseFormer Wrestling Federation of India's President Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh and assistant secretary Vinod Tomar Singh have been granted regu...
SC reserves verdict on appeals against skin-to-skin' judgement of Bombay HCThe Bombay High Court had said that groping a minor's breast without "skin to skin contact" cannot be termed as sexual assault as defined u...
Former Mumbai top cop's son arrested for stalking estranged wifeAccording to the police, Raj Tyagi, who had come out on bail a few days ago in a domestic violence case, was apprehended by the police base...
SC stays Bombay HC order acquitting sexual offender under Posco ActJustice Pushpa V Ganediwala of the HC had overturned a lower court order sentencing the accused under Pocso – which carries a minimum jail ...
Supreme Court refuses to entertain plea against execution of death penalty by hangingAn 88-year-old Kerala-based freedom fighter, S Parameswaran Nampoothiri, has challenged the legality and validity of section 354 (5) of the...
Complainant in Pachauri case to challenge lower court order on dropping 3 chargesAlthough the court had on September 14 held that there was sufficient material to frame charges against Pachauri, it had dropped four charg...
Mumbai police registers case against Mahesh MurthyAccording to a post on Twitter by NCW, the case against Murthy has been filed under section 354 (D), 509 of IPC and section 67 of the IT Ac...
RK Pachauri claims he has done no wrong after court takes cognizance of charge sheetPachauri said that the contents of the charge sheet are "allegations" levelled by the complainant and nothing has been "substantiated" afte...
Enough proof against RK Pachauri in sexual harassment case, says Delhi courtIn May last year, he was indicted by the Internal Complaints Committee on all charges leveled by the complainant in the in-house inquiry.
Former Jammu and Kashmir minister to face trial in sexual harassment caseThe court observed that the concluding lines of statement of victim specifically pinpoint the allegations, which fall within Sections 354 a...
AP only state to enhance jail term for molestation to 7 yrsOnly three states have ever tried to plug the loopholes in molestation law while Parliament has done nothing to fix them.
- Ruchika case: Lawyer says will move SC for abetment trial
The complainant's counsel today said they will soon move the Supreme Court seeking enhancement of punishment and trial of the ex-top cop on...