Tag: Sexual assault
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Glimmer of hope
A recent judgment by Lahore High Court which, extensively citing Indian judicial verdicts, has termed the so-called ‘virginity tests’ routinely conducted on survivors of rape or sexual assault a ‘blatant violation of the dignity of a woman’ and held them to be unconstitutional.
January 13, 2021 -
Rape cases must be probed within 2 months: Centre
MHA issues advisory on mandatory action to states,UTs
October 11, 2020 -
Democrat Presidential candidate Joe Biden breaks silence on sexual assault allegations
Biden leads Trump in national polling ahead of November's elections by about five percentage points, according to a poll average compiled by RealClearPolitics.
May 5, 2020 -
Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein sentenced to 23 years in prison for sexual assault
Weinstein was sentenced to 20 years for a criminal sexual act in the first degree and three years for rape in the third degree to be served consecutively for assaulting the two women in New York
March 12, 2020 -
Convicted in #MeToo cases, Harvey Weinstein taken to New York’s infamous Rikers jail
Weinstein was found guilty of a criminal sexual act in the first degree and rape in the third degree following a high-profile trial that lasted several weeks.
March 6, 2020 -
Out on bail, rape accused BJP leader Chinmayanand receives NCC salute
The BJP leader was released from the Shahjahanpur district jail on Wednesday after the Allahabad High Court had granted him bail on Monday.
February 7, 2020 -
Housekeeping staff’s 5-yr-old daughter raped by driver in US Embassy in Delhi: Police
On the day of the incident, she was playing outside her house when the accused, on the pretext of playing games on his mobile phone, took her to his residence, where he raped her in the absence of his parents.
February 6, 2020 -
Harvey Weinstein trial: Trapped in bathroom, groped says actress
67-year-old Weinstein has pleaded not guilty to five counts, two of which are rape, and faces a possible sentence of life imprisonment.
February 6, 2020 -
Delhi court to deliver verdict on Muzaffarpur shelter home rape case on Jan 20
At the shelter home in Muzaffarpur, at least 44 girls – aged seven to fourteen – were allegedly drugged, raped, forced to sleep naked and scalded with boiling water.
January 14, 2020 -
Sexual assault: Youth sentenced to five years imprisonment
He has also been fined rupees 50,000 failing to pay which he will have to undergo another six months of imprisonment.
December 19, 2019 -
UP woman raped in Delhi last year, threatened with ‘worse than Unnao’ fate
The woman was reportedly raped in Delhi's Mukherjee Nagar last year and had filed a police complaint last July, following which the accused was arrested and later released on bail on Wednesday.
December 12, 2019 -
Justice can neither be instant nor constantly delayed: Venkaiah Naidu
Vice President's remarks came a day after Chief Justice of India Sharad Arvind Bobde said justice can never be instant and loses its character when it becomes revenge.
December 9, 2019 -
Rule of law breaks down but PM Modi is ‘mute’, says Congress
In the wake of rape incidents in various parts of the country and concerns over women's security, Congress president Sonia Gandhi will not celebrate her birthday on Monday.
December 8, 2019 -
Unnao woman asked doctors to ‘save her’ hours before death, wanted to ‘see rapists dead’
The victim, who had suffered more than 90 per cent burn injuries, was airlifted to Safdarjung Hospital on Thursday evening and was in an extremely critical condition.
December 7, 2019 -
NHRC takes suo motu cognizance of Hyderabad encounter, orders probe, says cops not alert
A team of the Investigation Division of the Commission headed by an SSP is expected to leave immediately and submit their report at the earliest.
December 6, 2019 -
Hyderabad encounter: Nation divided; locals shower flowers on cops, others condemn action
The young veterinarian's rape and murder on November 27 had sent shockwaves across the nation with several women politicians demanding death penalty for rapists.
December 6, 2019 -
‘Her soul at peace now,’ says Hyd vet’s father on death of accused; Nirbhaya’s mother lauds cops
In a major development, all four accused were killed when they were trying to escape during the recreation of the crime at the same spot where the woman’s body was found.
December 6, 2019