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Supreme Court Flags Rise In Frivolous Criminal Cases In Matrimonial Disputes
The observations on the rising trend of filing vexatious litigation were made by a bench in a judgement by which it quashed a criminal complaint alleging that a 14-year-old girl was raped by her father and uncle.
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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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Swedish Man Charged For 'Selling Wife' To 120 Men To Perform Sexual Acts
According to the charges, the man had for years made money from pressuring his wife "to perform and submit to sexual acts".
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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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'Every Broken Promise Of Marriage Doesn't Amount To Rape': Top Court
The Supreme Court on Thursday quashed an FIR alleging rape on the false pretext of marriage, saying the facts unmistakably indicate towards a classic case of a consensual relationship turning acrimonious.
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No Law To Punish Woman Protecting 'Raja Beta': High Court In Rape Case
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has commuted a man's death sentence for the rape to rigorous imprisonment for life, and acquitted his mother, observing there is no IPC section to punish her for "trying to protect her Raja beta".
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After Dileep's Acquittal, 2017 Case Survivor Shares First Post: "Not Every Citizen In This Country Is Treated Equally Before Law"
The Sessions Court had earlier acquitted Malayalam actor Dileep, the eighth accused, in the 2017 case
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Kolkata Law College Rape Survivor's Father Threatened To Withdraw Case
The father of the survivor in the Kasba Law College gangrape case has lodged a police complaint alleging that unidentified men on a two-wheeler threatened him and asked him to withdraw the case.
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Law College Rape Filmed Through Hole In Wall For Exhaust Fan: Chargesheet
The main accused in the Kolkata law college rape case had made multiple videos of the victim and was blackmailing her with it, says the 650-page chargesheet filed in the case.
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2 Months After Crime, Charge Sheet Filed In Kolkata Law College Rape Case
A charge sheet was filed on Saturday against four accused in the alleged gang rape of a law student on her college campus in Kolkata, around two months after the crime, police said.
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All 4 Accused In Kolkata Rape Case Remanded To Police Custody
In what is being claimed as a first-of-its-kind order by a court in Kolkata, all four accused in the South Calcutta Law College rape case were remanded to police custody for an additional period of three days, 39 days after they were first arrested.
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Kolkata Law College Rape: Mobile, Blood Sample Forensics Confirm Involvement Of 3 Accused
Two crucial forensic reports in connection with the Law College rape case in Kolkata have confirmed the involvement of the three prime accused in the case, one being the perpetrator and the other two being the facilitators.
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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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Kolkata Law College Rape Case: 4 Accused To Be In Judicial Custody Till August 5
All four accused in Kolkata law college rape case - Manojit Mishra, Zaib Ahmed, Pramit Mukhopadhyay and campus security guard Pinaki Banerjee - have been remanded to judicial custody till August 5 by the Alipore ACJM court.
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Supreme Court Flags Rise In Frivolous Criminal Cases In Matrimonial Disputes
The observations on the rising trend of filing vexatious litigation were made by a bench in a judgement by which it quashed a criminal complaint alleging that a 14-year-old girl was raped by her father and uncle.
-
"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.
-
Swedish Man Charged For 'Selling Wife' To 120 Men To Perform Sexual Acts
According to the charges, the man had for years made money from pressuring his wife "to perform and submit to sexual acts".
-
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.
-
'Every Broken Promise Of Marriage Doesn't Amount To Rape': Top Court
The Supreme Court on Thursday quashed an FIR alleging rape on the false pretext of marriage, saying the facts unmistakably indicate towards a classic case of a consensual relationship turning acrimonious.
-
No Law To Punish Woman Protecting 'Raja Beta': High Court In Rape Case
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has commuted a man's death sentence for the rape to rigorous imprisonment for life, and acquitted his mother, observing there is no IPC section to punish her for "trying to protect her Raja beta".
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After Dileep's Acquittal, 2017 Case Survivor Shares First Post: "Not Every Citizen In This Country Is Treated Equally Before Law"
The Sessions Court had earlier acquitted Malayalam actor Dileep, the eighth accused, in the 2017 case
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Kolkata Law College Rape Survivor's Father Threatened To Withdraw Case
The father of the survivor in the Kasba Law College gangrape case has lodged a police complaint alleging that unidentified men on a two-wheeler threatened him and asked him to withdraw the case.
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Law College Rape Filmed Through Hole In Wall For Exhaust Fan: Chargesheet
The main accused in the Kolkata law college rape case had made multiple videos of the victim and was blackmailing her with it, says the 650-page chargesheet filed in the case.
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2 Months After Crime, Charge Sheet Filed In Kolkata Law College Rape Case
A charge sheet was filed on Saturday against four accused in the alleged gang rape of a law student on her college campus in Kolkata, around two months after the crime, police said.
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All 4 Accused In Kolkata Rape Case Remanded To Police Custody
In what is being claimed as a first-of-its-kind order by a court in Kolkata, all four accused in the South Calcutta Law College rape case were remanded to police custody for an additional period of three days, 39 days after they were first arrested.
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Kolkata Law College Rape: Mobile, Blood Sample Forensics Confirm Involvement Of 3 Accused
Two crucial forensic reports in connection with the Law College rape case in Kolkata have confirmed the involvement of the three prime accused in the case, one being the perpetrator and the other two being the facilitators.
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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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Kolkata Law College Rape Case: 4 Accused To Be In Judicial Custody Till August 5
All four accused in Kolkata law college rape case - Manojit Mishra, Zaib Ahmed, Pramit Mukhopadhyay and campus security guard Pinaki Banerjee - have been remanded to judicial custody till August 5 by the Alipore ACJM court.
