The government of India may soon bring amend the law to deny the possibility of a presidential pardon to those sentenced to death under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences or POCSO Act. Speaking at an event organized by the spiritual outfit Brahma Kumaris in Hyderabad, Indian President Ram Nath Kovind said that opinion […]
Asaram Bapu, the religious leader popular in many parts of North India, has been held guilty of assaulting a 16-year-old girl at his ashram near Jodhpur earlier that year and was later sent to the Jodhpur Central Jail. The verdict was pronounced by the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe court in Jodhpur, Rajasthan. “We haven’t […]
The Indian supreme court has held that sexual intercourse with a girl below the age of 18 years will automatically qualify as rape, even if the woman is the wife of the accused. At present, it is considered rape only if the wife is below 15 years. The ruling, by a bench headed by Justice […]
A trustee of a prominent international school in Andheri in Mumbai has been booked for sexually exploiting kids studying in kindergarten in the school. According to the complaint filed in MIDC police station in Mumbai, a teacher used to take two kids — both aged three — to the trustee’s office during breaks. The incident […]
The Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence for the four adults convicted in the infamous ‘Nirbhaya’ rape case of Delhi. A three-judge bench said the act falls ‘beyond any doubt’ in the ‘rarest of rare’ cases that is suitable for death penalty. There were two judgements between the three judges, both of which agreed […]
The Supreme Court has dismissed a curative petition filed by the Kerala Government against its decision finding the main accused not guilty in the prominent Saumya rape and murder case of Kerala. The case, analogous to the Nirbhaya episode of Delhi, had shocked the state. The incident happened in 2011, when 23-year-old Soumya was travelling in […]
A man who was looking for some cheap thrills on a train in Kerala got more than what he bargained for after the girl he was masturbating in front of secretly recorded the entire incident and uploaded it on social media. The incident is reported to have taken place on the Amritsar-Kochuveli express between Aleppey and […]
A well-publicized scheme for ensuring security for women in public road transport unveiled in the wake of the brutal ‘Nirbhaya’ rape and murder of in December 2012 seems to have ground to a halt in the absence of political will. According to the ministry of road transport and highways, only Rs 1.43 cr was spent on the ‘Security […]
The body of a student missing for five days has been found in a ditch not far from the Chief Minister’s bungalow in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. The girl, who was studying in 12th standard in city school, had been reported missing and an FIR had been filed in Janakipuram police station in Lucknow. Prima facie, […]
