[ad_1] Bilkis Bano has petitioned the Supreme Court challenging the remission granted to 11 convicts who gangraped her and murdered her family members during the 2002 Gujarat riots. In her petition, filed on November 29, Bano has also sought review of the Supreme Court’s May order that permitted the Gujarat...
Hc Seeks Reply From Cbi & Centre On Dera Chief’s Plea, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms
[ad_1] The Punjab and Haryana high court has asked the Centre and the CBI to submit their reply on a plea filed by controversial chief of Dera Sacha Sauda (DSS) Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh demanding handing over Punjab’s 2015 sacrilege cases to the CBI.Justice Vinod S Bhardwaj of the HC...
Consensual sex with married woman on false promise of marriage no ground for rape, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms
[ad_1] The Kerala High Court has ruled that consensual sex with a married woman on the basis of false promise of marriage will not amount to rape since such a promise is not enforceable under law.The court recently gave this ruling in a case where it was considering a petition...
Hc Sets Another Deadline For Rape Trial Against Asaram, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms
[ad_1] The trial court in Gandhinagar that is hearing a rape case against Asumal Harpalani alias Asaram has got another extension, till January 31, 2023, from the Gujarat high court for completing the trial that has been underway for eight years.While granting more time to the trial court, Justice A...
Hc Sets Another Deadline For Rape Trial Against Asaram, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms
[ad_1] The trial court in Gandhinagar that is hearing a rape case against Asumal Harpalani alias Asaram has got another extension, till January 31, 2023, from the Gujarat high court for completing the trial that has been underway for eight years.While granting more time to the trial court, Justice A...
Hc Grants 2-week Bail To Rape Accused To Marry Victim, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms
[ad_1] Dehradun: A single bench of justice Ravindra Maithani of the Uttarakhand high court granted a short-term bail of two weeks to a 27-year-old man to marry the 21-year-old woman who had accused him of rape. The court said that “in a rape case simpliciter, the court may not encourage...
Chhawla gangrape victim’s family to appeal against SC acquittal of accused, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: The family of the 2012 Chhawla gangrape victim on Wednesday said they would appeal against the Supreme Court's acquittal of the three accused in the case. The three men were accused of abducting, raping and killing the 19-year-old woman in February 2012. Her mutilated body was found...
Hc Modifies Order To Replace ‘kind’ Referred To Rape Convict, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms
[ad_1] Indore: Taking suo-motto cognizance, Indore bench of MP high court has modified and replaced a paragraph from its order in an appeal case to remove the word ‘kind’ referred to a rape convict.The division bench of Justice Subodh Abhyankar and Justice Satyendra Kumar Singh stated, “It is apparent that...
Appear Before Sit, Hc Tells Andaman Ex-cs, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms
[ad_1] Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court has asked the former Andaman and Nicobar Islands chief secretary, facing gang-rape charges, to appear before the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the case.After the complaint surfaced, the Centre put the officer under suspension.The Delhi High Court had earlier granted Jitendra Narain interim protection...