Suryanelli Rape

• 18 years later, justice for teen who was raped over 40 days

  She was just 16 when she was abducted and raped in different places in Kerala and Tamil Nadu. 18 years after the heinous assault, 24 of the 30 accused have been convicted.

• Suryanelli rape case: Kerala High Court rejects petition against PJ Kurien

  In a relief for Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman PJ Kurien, the High Court in Kerala today rejected a petition seeking a detailed inquiry against him in the 1996 Suryanelli rape case.

• Suryanelli rape case: Court rejects plea against PJ Kurien

  In a major relief for Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman PJ Kurien, a sessions court in Kerala's Thodupuzha today ruled that the Congress leader will not be made an accused in the Suryanelli rape case. The case relates to a 16-year-old girl from Suryanelli in Kerala's Idukki district who was abducted in January 1996 and taken to various places and sexuall...

• Will PJ Kurien be made an accused in the Suryanelli rape case? Court order likely today

  A sessions court in Kerala's Thodupuzha will today pronounce its order on whether Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman PJ Kurien should be made an accused in the Suryanelli rape case. The case relates to a 16-year-old girl from Suryanelli in Kerala's Idukki district who was abducted in January 1996 and taken to various places and sexually exploited by at le...

• Suryanelli rape case: Kerala government opposes plea against PJ Kurien

  The Kerala government today submitted an affidavit in the high court opposing a plea seeking further investigation against Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman PJ Kurien in the Suryanelli rape case.

• Suryanelli rape case: lone convict Dharmarajan retracts charge against PJ Kurien

  In yet another twist to the nearly two-decade-old Suryanelli sex scandal, the lone convict in the case, Dharmarajan on Wednesday retracted his allegation that Congress leader and Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman P J Kurien was involved in the case.

• 31 accused in the Suryanelli rape case granted bail

  31 men accused in the Suryanelli rape case have been granted bail by the division bench of the Kerala High Court subject to certain conditions.

• PJ Kurien meets Pope in Rome: Suryanelli rape victim's mother cries foul

  PJ Kurien, Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha, today met Pope Francis at his inauguration in Rome today. Mr Kurien is the leader of India's delegation for the inauguration, despite questions about his alleged role in the gang-rape of a teenager in 1996.

• Church told us to stay away: Suryanelli rape survior's family

  The family of a woman from Suryanelli in Kerala who was abducted and raped by 42 men almost two decades ago has alleged that the church where they pray has asked them to stay away.

• Suryanelli rape case: No basis to reinvestigate PJ Kurien, says Kerala court

  A plea by a woman abducted and raped by 42 men in 1996 that Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairperson PJ Kurien was one of her assaulters and should be made an accused was rejected by a Kerala court today.

• 120 people questioned for Facebook posts about woman lawyer who defended PJ Kurien

  120 people have been questioned by the Cyber Police in and around Thiruvananthapuram for posting allegedly obscene Facebook posts about a woman advocate who spoke in defence of Congress leader PJ Kurien amid the furore over the Suryanelli rape case.

• Suryanelli rape case: Hearing of bail pleas adjourned to March 4

  The Kerala High Court on Monday adjourned to March four the hearing of the bail pleas of 17 accused in the Suryanelli rape case allegedly involving Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman PJ Kurien.

• 120 questioned for Facebook posts about woman lawyer who defended PJ Kurien

  In Kerala, 120 people have been questioned by the police in Thiruvananthapuram and nearby areas for posting allegedly obscene Facebook posts about Congress leader PJ Kurien and the Suryanelli rape case.

• Suryanelli rape case: Kerala High Court to begin fresh hearing today

  A fresh hearing in the 1996 Suryanelli rape case is to begin today in the Kerala High Court. A new bench, comprising Justices KT Shankaran and ML Joseph Francis will begin hearing the bail pleas filed by some of the accused.

• New bench constituted for Suryanelli rape case

  A new bench has been constituted by the Kerala High Court to hear the Suryanelli rape case. A division bench, comprising Justices KT Shankaran and ML Joseph Francis, would hear the bail pleas filed by some of the accused on Monday.