[ad_1] Harvey Weinstein | File Photo | Photo Credit: REUTERS Former movie mogul Harvey Weinstein was sentenced Thursday to 16 years in prison for the rape of a woman in a Beverly Hills hotel room a decade ago. The sentence was handed down by a Los Angeles court. Mr. Weinstein is already serving a 23-year […]
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[ad_1] MTP Act recognises a husband’s act of sexual assault or forced intercourse committed on his wife as ‘rape’, Justice Chandrachud said MTP Act recognises a husband’s act of sexual assault or forced intercourse committed on his wife as ‘rape’, Justice Chandrachud said Sexual assault by a man of his wife can take the form […]
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[ad_1] An under-trial prisoner allegedly molested a 31-year-old junior resident doctor at Mandoli jail and also tried to rape her, the police said on Tuesday. The accused, Subrat Pillai, 30, is lodged in jail in a rape case, the police added. The incident took place on Monday afternoon when the junior doctor was conducting a […]
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[ad_1] A special court for exclusive trial of cases under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act on Monday sentenced eight persons, including six women, to imprisonment for the remainder of their natural life for having pushed a 13-year-old girl into prostitution and abetting her rape her. Thirteen others, including an inspector of […]
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[ad_1] Supreme Court directs trial court in Kerala to complete the trial preferably before January 31, 2023 Supreme Court directs trial court in Kerala to complete the trial preferably before January 31, 2023 The Supreme Court on Monday said it expected the trial in a sexual assault case, in which Malayalam actor Dileep is an […]
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[ad_1] The national capital recorded the highest number of rape cases among all 19 metropolitan cities with an average of three rapes being reported every day of the last year, a report by the National Crime Records Bureau (NRCB) showed. For the third consecutive year, Delhi topped the list of crimes against women among all […]
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[ad_1] “We asked the jailer and learnt that their behaviour was good in the prison…also (some of the convicts) are Brahmins. They have good ‘sanskaar’ (values),” BJP MLA from Godhra C.K. Raulji said “We asked the jailer and learnt that their behaviour was good in the prison…also (some of the convicts) are Brahmins. They have […]
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[ad_1] Mangaluru police registered three separate cases under provisions of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012. The accused were also booked under provisions of Indian Penal Code and Information Technology Act, 2000 Mangaluru police registered three separate cases under provisions of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012. The accused were also […]
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[ad_1] The Andhra Pradesh Women’s Commission has taken up the two instances of gang- rape reported at the Gurazala and Repalle railway stations in the State with the authorities of the South Central Railway. While a migrant worker from Odisha was gang-raped at the Gurazala Railway Station on April 16, a 27-year-old pregnant woman was […]
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