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New Delhi: A court here convicted a man of committing aggravated sexual assault on a three-year-old girl in 2022, noting that sexual abuse of children is rarely reported due to shame, guilt and family honour.Arguments on the sentence will be heard later.Additional Sessions Judge Susheel Bala...

Kolkata: The Odissi dancer who filed a complaint against West Bengal Governor CV Anand Bose and his nephew alleging sexual harassment has denied reports that she wanted to withdraw the case.The dancer clarified that she did not want to pursue the matter further due to the pending legal battle...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to cancel the anticipatory bail granted to Bhavani Revanna, mother of suspended JD(S) MP and rape accused Prajwal Revanna, in the kidnapping case of one of her son's alleged sexual assault victims. Refused. ,A bench of Justices Surya Kant and...

New Delhi: A special court in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, on Tuesday sentenced a doctoral scholar to five life terms, to be served concurrently, for sexually assaulting minors and posting videos of the acts on the Internet to earn money, officials said.Victor James Raja, a 35-year-old PhD from...

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday dismissed a public interest litigation over the alleged sexual abuse of a child by the Dalai Lama, as allegedly shown in a video that went viral last year, saying that the religious leader was “being playful.” ” and has already apologized for the...

Singapore, The owner of a Singaporean bar of Indian origin was sentenced on Monday to 13 years and four weeks in prison and will receive nine strokes of the cane for raping a 17-year-old girl who ran away after allowing her to work for him.Raj Kumar Bala, 42, was found guilty of one count of...

Flame. NFIW Karnataka State Committee President A. Patil's committee is said to have proposed that rape laws should be made gender neutral.“NFIW, Karnataka State Committee demands immediate withdrawal of the said proposal of the State Expert Committee. It also demands that rape laws and other...

Gurugram, a 16-year-old boy, who was arrested for allegedly strangling a minor girl and trying to burn her body, during his protective custody revealed that he sexually assaulted the girl before killing her, police said here on Friday.After the girl's confession, the Gurugram police added...

Bengaluru, A Bengaluru court on Thursday summoned former Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa to appear before it on July 15 in connection with a POCSO Act case filed against him.The Criminal Investigation Department had filed a charge sheet against the BJP leader in the Fast Track Court 1 for POCSO...

New Delhi: Shaming a victim and her family should not be allowed to be a tool of legal strategy in cases of sexual crimes against minors as it deters them from reporting such crimes to the authorities, the Delhi High Court has said.Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma, who upheld the three-year jail...

New Delhi [India], the West Bengal Raj Bhawan employee, who had alleged sexual harassment by Governor CV Ananda Bose, has approached the Supreme Court challenging the immunity granted to the Governor under Article 361 of the Constitution.She has asked the high court to decide "whether sexual...

Lahore [Pakistan], the Punjab Department of Medical Education and Specialized Healthcare informed the Lahore High Court (LHC) that a female doctor was fired for performing a two-finger test, also known as a virginity test, on a minor victim of rape, Dawn reported. .This revelation came in a...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday impeached the Uttar Pradesh government for failing to comply with its order on examination of a minor victim of sexual assault, saying it does not pass an order "just for fun".A vacation bench of Justices Sudhanshu Dhulia and Ahsanuddin Amanullah...

More than 350 protesters gathered outside the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the heart of Tokyo to express their outrage at the government's silence on Tuesday afternoon, carrying signs and banners reading "Silenced screams of Okinawan girls," "Restore dignity to Okinawa". Women" and "No more...

New Delhi, When the age of a sexual assault victim is to be determined on the basis of bone age ossification, the upper age indicated in the reference range of the report should be considered and a margin of error of two years is required. applied in POCSO Act cases, held the Delhi High Court...

New Delhi, The newly enacted Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, which replaces the British-era Indian Penal Code, has made sexual crimes "gender neutral" for the victim and the perpetrator, according to official documents."Both boys and girls could be recruited for sexual exploitation. The word 'minor...

London, An Indian-born “guru,” who calls himself the head priest of a religious society in England, is being sued for millions of pounds at the High Court in London this week over sexual assault allegations made by women who were his exes. disciples.”Rajinder Kalia, 68, is the defendant in an...

New Delhi: Criminal cases involving allegations of sexual violence cannot be quashed on the basis of monetary payments as doing so would imply that “justice is for sale”, the Delhi High Court observed.The top court said that even if the parties have reached an agreement in a sexual violence...

New Delhi, The Delhi High Court on Tuesday said a challenge to Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) president Chirag Paswan's election from the Hajipur Lok Sabha seat in Bihar should be filed in the Patna High Court as I was on the list to hear an election. petition on the topic on August 28."How...

JD MLA HD Revanna, whose two sons have been arrested in various sexual harassment cases, said, "Sooraj will soon be cleared."Speaking to reporters in Mysore on Tuesday, HD Revanna, who is the son of former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda, said, “I will not visit Prajwal Revanna in jail. If I go...