News Update Rape case filed after 27 years when son seeks answer 7 Mar 2021 A case of Gang-rape was registered against two brothers after 27 years in Shahjahanpur police station of Uttar Pradesh. The case was filed by a woman who is in her…
News Update Mother’s possess the power to understand the feelings of their child: Bombay High Court 29 Jan 2021 While upholding the conviction of a person convicted for the rape of a minor girl, the Bombay High Court's Aurangabad Bench noted that a mother has "divine powers" to perceive…
News Update Walayar Rape Case: Before Kerela High Court (CRL.A.No.1357 OF 2019) 6 Jan 20211 Feb 2021 The Bench of Justices A Hariprasad and MR Anitha quashed the acquittal of Accused of the Walayar Rape Case. They stated that the prosecutor and the judge did not perform…
News Update State High Court of Kerala permits medical termination of 26-week foetus of 15 year rape victim 6 Jan 2021 High Court on Monday permitted the medical termination of a 26-week pregnant minor rape victim. A single bench of Justice P.V. Asha heard the civil writ petition, and recorded that…
News Update Lahore High Court Declares the Two-Finger Test on Rape Victims Unconstitutional 5 Jan 20215 Jan 2021 In a recent judgement of the Lahore High Court, Justice Ayesha A. Malik criticised the use of two-finger test and the hymen test on rape victims, and held such tests…
News Update Jammu and Kashmir High Court directs doctors to end two-finger test in rape cases 28 Dec 2020 The Jammu and Kashmir High Court has strictly asked health professionals in the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh to stop the practice of two-finger test on rape…
News Update Director of Dwarka School was summoned by Delhi Court for their willful neglect of 4 year old sexual assault inside their school 27 Dec 202027 Dec 2020 ln 2017, a four and half year old girl was sexually assaulted inside the premises of Dwarka Private School by her classmate. But the Director of the school has neglected…
News Update Bombay HC awards 20 years of imprisonment to school teacher under POCSO Act 26 Dec 2020 According to the prosecution, on December 2nd, 2017, one of the three victims informed her mother about intermittent sexual assaults being committed by the teacher, Gopal Janbandu on her and…
News Update Minor gangraped, three held, juvenile apprehended: police 22 Dec 202025 Dec 2020 A 14 year old domestic maid has alleged that she was gangraped by three men and a juvenile in the southern range of the capital on Saturday. The police officials…
News Update Orissa High Court held that right to progeny and termination of pregnancy is a fundamental right 20 Dec 2020 A rape victim approached the high court after the 20 weeks of gestation period of her pregnancy. The High Court held that the right progeny and termination of pregnancy is…
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