In what could probably be termed as just relief, the Madras High Court recalls its order referring a rape case to mediation.
An assistant sub inspector of Delhi police has been sent for 14 days of judicial custody for rape. ASI Javeer Singh who was posted at Punjabi Bagh police station in West Delhi, went to his friend’s place and raped his house help. The accused policeman raped the woman at gunpoint and was also under the influence of alcohol.
Another key witness in the rape case against Asaram Bapu, Kripal Singh, was shot at in Uttar Pradesh’s Shahjahanpur, making it the ninth attack against witnesses so far. Mr Singh’s statement in the case against Asaram Bapu had been recorded three months ago. In a statement given to the Additional City Magistrate, Mr Singh had alleged that people linked to Asaram Bapu had been threatening him for the last few days.
Months after the Union home ministry told Parliament that marital rape cannot be considered an offence because marriage is “sacred in India,” a high level committee has recommended to the government that it should be criminalised.
Sania Mirza won her first women’s double title at a Grand Slam at Wimbledon along with Martina Hingis. We definitely are excited!
Celebrity hair stylist Sapna Bhavnani spoke about an incident where she was raped by a group of guys in Chicago, back when was 24 years old in the Humans of Bombay Facebook page. This picture went viral with loads of people expressing support to her.
In Rajasthan, a 16-year-old girl has committed suicide by immolating herself after a man attempted to rape her. She had stepped out to relieve herself.
In Vadodara, a survivor of rape tries to commit suicide since she was pressurized by the accused to withdraw her police complaint.
Lodging of a case under rape laws cannot be used as a tool to get a marriage promise fulfilled, a Delhi court has said while acquitting a man of the charges of raping a woman who was in a live-in relationship with him.
An IAS officer serving in Delhi has been indicted in a sexual harassment case by an internal complaints committee of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) where he was posted earlier.
In a move that threatens to go against people’s privacy, the Karanataka government has published personal details of women and girls in its socio economic survey online. The government has published information such as age, contact number, income, educational qualifications, names of parents, location, ration card number and land ownership of women and girls covered under the census on the website of the Backward Classes Commission. Several women’s groups immediately responded to this by bringing this to the attention of the Karnataka High Court.
A woman in New Delhi who traveled in a Taxi For Sure cab took to Facebook to describe her ordeal where the driver masturbated while she was in the cab. She has lodged a complaint to the taxi aggregator company. This brings the attention back to the safety measures taken by the likes of Uber, Ola and Taxi For Sure.
The Supreme Court has finally declared that a single unwed woman can be appointed sole guardian of her child without the consent of the father.
