All the three men convicted in the gangrape of a woman on Park Street here were sentenced to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment today by a Kolkata city sessions court. Pronouncing the quantum of punishment during in-camera proceedings, Additional Sessions Judge Chiranjib Bhattacharya of the City Sess...

Uber cab driver Shiv Kumar Yadav who raped a woman executive on 5 December last year was awarded life imprisonment till death by a court here on Tuesday. Additional Sessions Judge Kaveri Baweja pronounced the order. Yadav was convicted last month on charges of rape, causing grievous bodily harm and ...

A rape-victim progressed to the statement-recording stage before the magistrate in her rape-complaint, 28 years after she filed a police complaint alleging rape, reported The Hindu . “We got the victim to record her statement in the court of Principal District and Sessions Judge Bandipora on 6 Octob...

History was made in Court No.6 yesterday (Wednesday, 16 September) with justices J Chelameswar and Abhay Manohar Sapre hearing in camera, Ravi, who is in judicial custody at the police station in Khekhra, Bhagpat district, Uttar Pradesh, in connection with a crime registered under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act since May 28, 2015.

The Supreme Court has said that the Delhi high court decision to allow the recall and re-examination of witnesses including the victim in Uber cab rape case was not justified as it resulted not only in delay but also harassment of witnesses. “The court has to keep in mind not only the need for givin...

The words of an alleged rape and kidnap survivor, reported by The Ladies Finger in a must-read account of how criminal complaints against sexual violence can go: It’s been a year now, and filing this case is something I regret all the time. It’s traumatic enough when the assault occurs, but what you...

The Supreme Court on Wednesday held that there can be no compromise in a rape case in the name of promising wedlock. An apex court bench of Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Prafulla C Pant said that any compromise promising wedlock between a rape accused and the victim compromises the dignity of the ...

: Environment rights NGO Greenpeace India could be in for more trouble as an ex-staffer has gone public with allegations of rape and sexual harassment by her colleagues. The organisation’s inaction against the perpetrators has spurred more female ex-employees to come out with similar accusations. No...

The NHRC on Thursday reiterated that the Delhi government should pay Rs.1 lakh as compensation to a minor sexually assaulted by an employee of a government hospital in 2013. The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) had in January 2015 directed the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government to compensate th...

Three days after issuing circular to hospitals to conduct two-finger test on rape victims and facing criticism, the Delhi government decided to revoke it on Monday. Speaking at the Delhi secretariat, Health Minister Satyendra Jain said the government had decided to completely ban the two finger test...

The Supreme Court today issued notice to three students of Jindal Global Law School in Sonepat, Haryana, who are accused of sexually assaulting a junior BBA/MBA course student . The notice will be served on the three students - Hardik Sikri, Vikas Garg and Karan Chhabra - through jail superintendent...

A female student from OP Jindal University in Sonipat has filed a criminal complaint of rape against three law students of Jindal Global Law School (JGLS), which is part of the same university, DNA reported. She alleged that since August 2013 one student had blackmailed her into having sexual interc...

PTI reported: The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought response from two advocates, representing the 16 December gangrape convicts, against whom a women lawyers body has sought action for allegedly making derogatory remarks against women in a BBC documentary on the case. “We have heard the argument, plea...

The Delhi bar council will take suo motu action against advocates ML Sharma and AP Singh, who made controversial comments in a documentary about the December 2012 Delhi rapists.

The Bar Council of India (BCI) is likely to meet this evening over the controversial remarks made by two defence advocates in the BBC documentary about the December 2012 gang-rape . “The meeting will take place late evening in Delhi to decide further course of action on the matter,” BCI chairman Man...

Gangrape lawyers ML Sharma, AP Singh might face BCI inquiry (again), promises BCI chairman MK Mishra.

The Delhi high court on Wednesday “partly allowed” the plea of Uber cab rape accused Shiv Kumar Yadav to recall some of the prosecution witnesses for further cross-examination. Justice Sunita Gupta passed the order on Yadav’s plea challenging the trial court’s February 18 order denying him permissio...

The Delhi high court Wednesday refused to entertain a PIL seeking directions to the government to keep cases of live-in relationships out of the purview of rape under the Indian Penal Code. The PIL also sought direction with regard to the issue of police arresting a person only on the basis of an al...

Rape-accused Uber cab driver Shiv Kumar Yadav Monday moved an application in a Delhi court seeking to recall some prosecution witnesses in the case for further cross examination. Yadav’s defence counsel Dharmender Mishra told Additional Sessions Judge Kaveri Baweja that the lawyer who was previously...