NEW DELHI: A day after refusing to hear a plea challenging the Allahabad high court’s ruling, which stated that “grabbing a minor girl‘s breasts, breaking her pyjama strings did not amount to rape or an attempt to rape,” the Supreme Court on Tuesday took cognisance of the ruling on its own.A bench of Justices B…
DEHRADUN:Uttarakhand HC dismissed a habeas corpus petition filed by a woman, Jyoti Nautiyal, who approached the court seeking an order to “liberate her 8-year-old daughter from custody of her in-laws”. The court observed, “Since custody of the minor girl with the father and grandparents cannot be termed unlawful, we did not find any scope for…
BIJNOR/SHAMLI: Four police officers – one of them from another jurisdiction and off duty – and a minor girl along with two members of her family have been charged with murder and conspiracy after a teenager accused of eloping with her was found hanging at the home of a sub-inspector (SI) who was investigating the…
RAIPUR: A class 12 student was allegedly drugged, thrashed and gangraped by five youths and left for dead in Surajpur district on Dussehra night, and is now in a critical condition in hospital.The main accused, supposed to be her boyfriend, was found hanging at the crime scene on Tuesday. The survivor has alleged that he…
DHAKA: Bangladesh has lodged a formal protest with the Indian government over the killing of a 13-year-old Bangladeshi girl of Juri upazila, Moulvibazar district, who they alleged was shot and killed by the Border Security Force on Sept 1, 2024. The BSF had said on Tuesday they had discovered on Monday the girl’s body near…
NEW DELHI: Samajwadi Party leader Nawab Singh Yadav was arrested on Monday for allegedly attempting to rape a 15-year-old girl, the police said. A distress call was received by Uttar Pradesh police on 112 helpline number at approximately 1.30 am. “The call came from a young girl who reported that she had been stripped and…
BHOPAL/JABALPUR: Madhya Pradesh high court has refused to allow medical termination of pregnancy of a minor girl, who was allegedly raped by her brother-in-law, after she and her mother deposed in court that they would try to save the accused in trial.Nobody can be allowed to play hide and seek to commit murder of an…
