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"Change Your Law": Supreme Court To Centre Over Teen Pregnancy Termination
"We respect individual choices, so should you" Justice Joymalya Bagchi said, reprimanding the government for pressing a curative petition challenging the court's decision to allow a 15-year-old rape surivovr to terminate her pregnancy.
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Austria's Child Sexual Abuse Cases Expose Legal Failures And Neglected Victims
Austria has been hit by a procession of high-profile paedophilia scandals and victims' groups say there is a deep-seated reluctance to uproot problem.
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RG Kar Victim's Father Calls Aparajita Bill 'Deceptive,' Accuses Police Of Evidence Tampering
The father of the RG Kar rape and murder victim accused Kolkata Police of tampering with evidence and failing to act in his daughter's case, while reacting to the Aparajita Women and Child (West Bengal Criminal Laws Amendment) Bill.
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Governor Returns Aparajita Bill To Bengal Government, Trinamool May Protest
West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose has sent back the Aparajita Women and Child (West Bengal Criminal Laws Amendment) Bill, 2024 to the state government.
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New Law In US State Could Lead To Prosecution Of Women After Miscarriage
West Virginia's stringent abortion laws may subject women to legal scrutiny following miscarriages, particularly concerning the handling of fetal remains.
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Bill Seeking Death Penalty For Rape Convicts Passed In Bengal Assembly
The 'Aparajita Woman and Child (West Bengal Criminal Laws Amendment) Bill', which seeks the death penalty for convicts in rape and murder cases or in cases of rape where the victim is left in a vegetative state, was passed through a voice vote in the
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"To Cover Up Delays...": Centre On Mamata Banerjee's Letter On Rape Cases
The Union Women and Child Development Minister has responded to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's second letter, seeking a stringent law and exemplary punishment on heinous crimes such as rape and murder.
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In Ujjain Rape Case, Those Who Didn't Help Teen May Face Charges: Police
The people who did not help a 15-year-old girl in Ujjain - who had been raped and left half-naked and bleeding, and went door-to-door begging for help - may be charged under POCSO, the strict child sex abuse law, Madhya Pradesh police said.
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Minor Rape Victim's Identity Disclosure By Rahul Gandhi Against Law: Child Rights Body
The NCPCR told the Delhi High Court on Thursday that social media posts by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi "revealing the identity" of a minor Dalit girl, raped and killed in 2021, was in violation of the law protecting the identity of the victim.
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"For 'Romantic Cases'...": Consent Age In Child Rape Law Needs Relook, Says Chief Justice
POCSO Act criminalises all sexual activity for those under 18, regardless of whether consent is factually present, notes CJI DY Chandrachud at seminar
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"Change Your Law": Supreme Court To Centre Over Teen Pregnancy Termination
"We respect individual choices, so should you" Justice Joymalya Bagchi said, reprimanding the government for pressing a curative petition challenging the court's decision to allow a 15-year-old rape surivovr to terminate her pregnancy.
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Austria's Child Sexual Abuse Cases Expose Legal Failures And Neglected Victims
Austria has been hit by a procession of high-profile paedophilia scandals and victims' groups say there is a deep-seated reluctance to uproot problem.
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RG Kar Victim's Father Calls Aparajita Bill 'Deceptive,' Accuses Police Of Evidence Tampering
The father of the RG Kar rape and murder victim accused Kolkata Police of tampering with evidence and failing to act in his daughter's case, while reacting to the Aparajita Women and Child (West Bengal Criminal Laws Amendment) Bill.
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Governor Returns Aparajita Bill To Bengal Government, Trinamool May Protest
West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose has sent back the Aparajita Women and Child (West Bengal Criminal Laws Amendment) Bill, 2024 to the state government.
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New Law In US State Could Lead To Prosecution Of Women After Miscarriage
West Virginia's stringent abortion laws may subject women to legal scrutiny following miscarriages, particularly concerning the handling of fetal remains.
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Bill Seeking Death Penalty For Rape Convicts Passed In Bengal Assembly
The 'Aparajita Woman and Child (West Bengal Criminal Laws Amendment) Bill', which seeks the death penalty for convicts in rape and murder cases or in cases of rape where the victim is left in a vegetative state, was passed through a voice vote in the
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"To Cover Up Delays...": Centre On Mamata Banerjee's Letter On Rape Cases
The Union Women and Child Development Minister has responded to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's second letter, seeking a stringent law and exemplary punishment on heinous crimes such as rape and murder.
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In Ujjain Rape Case, Those Who Didn't Help Teen May Face Charges: Police
The people who did not help a 15-year-old girl in Ujjain - who had been raped and left half-naked and bleeding, and went door-to-door begging for help - may be charged under POCSO, the strict child sex abuse law, Madhya Pradesh police said.
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Minor Rape Victim's Identity Disclosure By Rahul Gandhi Against Law: Child Rights Body
The NCPCR told the Delhi High Court on Thursday that social media posts by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi "revealing the identity" of a minor Dalit girl, raped and killed in 2021, was in violation of the law protecting the identity of the victim.
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"For 'Romantic Cases'...": Consent Age In Child Rape Law Needs Relook, Says Chief Justice
POCSO Act criminalises all sexual activity for those under 18, regardless of whether consent is factually present, notes CJI DY Chandrachud at seminar
