In an affidavit filed in response to a PIL, which has been listed for hearing before a bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde, the state government said it is important that the investigation is carried out by an independent central agency.
Making a strong pitch for handing over Delhi police control to city government, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday sought a meeting with the prime minister and lt governor in the wake of gangrape of two minor girls in Delhi.
Her body was cremated in the early hours of Wednesday, with her family alleging the local police forced them to conduct the last rites in the dead of the night.
The Buxar jail, the only prison in the state having the required knowhow, received an instruction to the effect last week
A sessions court in Mumbai on Friday sentenced four convicts to life in jail for the gang-rape of a telephone operator in the abandoned Shakti Mills compound in the city last year.
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An upset government on Thursday said necessary action will be taken after BBC ignored its advice and broadcast the controversial interview of Delhi gangrape convict even as it asked video sharing website YouTube to remove the documentary as it is "very sensitive".
The apex human rights body in the country said the encounter was a matter of concern and needed to be probed carefully.
Police on Friday registered an FIR in connection with the screening of banned documentary, India's Daughter, in south Delhi's Sant Ravi Dass camp area in New Delhi.
The inquiry against the juvenile accused in the December 16gangrape and murder of a 23-year-old paramedic concluded on Friday before the Juvenile Justice Board which reserved its order for July 11. The Juvenile Justice Board, presided by Principal Magistrate Geetanjali Goel, concluded its inquiry that began in March against the juvenile.
The outrage following Delhi gangrape case has hastened the process of introspection over justice delivery system, Law Minister Ashwani Kumar said on Saturday, while cautioning that a perception of legislations being "impotent" erodes people's faith in the rule of law.
The accused in December 16 gangrape case were on the road in pursuance of a plan and targeted the victims, including the girl, in their "quest for sexual satisfaction and loot", committing a crime which was "grotesque to say the least", the prosecution told the court on Thursday.
After controversy erupted over recording of the 23-year-old gangrape victim's statement, her fresh testimony was on Tuesday taken by the metropolitan magistrate, police said.
The Communist Partyy of India-Marxist-led Left Democratic Front opposition disrupted proceedings in the Kerala assembly on Monday, demanding a fresh probe into the allegation of the victim against Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman P J Kurien in the Suryanelli gangrape case.
Janata Party President Subramanian Swamy on Wednesday moved the Delhi high court seeking a direction to prosecute the sole juvenile along with five adult accused in the December 16 gangrape case, saying the waiver from prosecution to such minors was 'unreasonable'.
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat has sparked outrage with his statement that when he said rape is mainly prevalent in urban India due to western influence and that such crimes against women do not happen in rural areas of the country.The remark that came against the backdrop of the Delhi gangrape incident was slammed by the Congress, CPI-M and women's bodies while the BJP and RSS defended it saying the comment should be taken in proper perspective.
With the nation numbed by the barbarous Delhi gangrape, Congress President Sonia Gandhi has stepped in to make some key suggestions to the government for stricter laws on sex crimes against women and enhanced punishment to perpetrators.
Condoling the death of the gangrape victim, the Indian Medical Association on Saturday questioned the airlifting of the 23-year-old victim to Singapore for advanced treatment and wanted to know whether hospitals in India lack infrastructure to treat such patients.
The death of the gangrape victim in Singapore has provoked sharp protests in Lucknow.
The Lok Sabha on Tuesday took up a bill which provides for stringent punishment for crimes against women including natural life term or even death for repeat offenders of rape besides various penalties for stalking, voyeurism and acid attacks.
Under attack from Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar on Wednesday wrote to the home ministry rebutting charges that police had interfered when a magistrate was recording the statement of Delhi gangrape victim.
President Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday expressed "deep distress" over the recent gangrape of a girl in Delhi but cautioned that though anger over the "ghastly incident" was "justified", violence was "no solution".
A controversy has erupted over the recording of the statement of the 23-year-old gangrape victim with Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit complaining to Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde that senior police officials "interfered" in the process even as she sought a high-level inquiry into it.
The government on Sunday night issued a notification for reviewing the present laws to provide speedier justice and enhanced punishment in cases of aggravated sexual assault. Announcing this, Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde said the government is serious about taking stringent action against those involved in the Delhi gangrape case at the earliest.
There has been a national outcry seeking harsher laws for rapists in India. As the outrage grows against the heinous incident of gangrape in Delhi and Parliament discusses the issue, Vicky Nanjappa takes a look at the background of our lawmakers (members of Parliament and members of Legislative Assembly) with respect to rape cases and other crimes against women based on their self-sworn affidavits.
The actor was reacting after the United States selected the 23-year-old Delhi gangrape victim for the prestigious International Women of Courage Award, for inspiring people to fight against gender-based violence.
The police on Wednesday arrested two people for allegedly gang-raping a 22-year-old college girl in Bihar's Banka district.
Feeling "hurt" by the Delhi gang rape and other recent incidents of crimes against women, President Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday said a society which cannot provide security and dignity to its women is not worth considering a civilised one.
The Delhi government's 181 helpline for women, which was launched in the wake of the December 16 gangrape, has received over two lakh calls in the last four-and-half months.
With the Congress leadership under pressure over allegation against Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman P J Kurien in connection with the Suryanelli gangrape case, a party member of Parliament in the state has kicked up a row by making insulting comments on the rape victim.
In a fresh attack on the Delhi police, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit has sought the prime minister's intervention to ensure better policing in Delhi, complaining that the force has failed to deliver on its promise to improve women's safety after the December 16 gangrape incident.
Four minor girls and a woman were raped in separate incidents in Uttar Pradesh.
Family members of a girl, who was gangraped and murdered in Barasat area of West Bengal in June, on Monday met President Pranab Mukherjee and demanded a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation into the matter. "We have no faith in the CID investigation. Only one demand we made in front of the President -- that he order a CBI enquiry and that justice should be very fast in a fast track court," one of the family members told reporters after the meeting.
Continuing its pressure on Congress led United Democratic Front government for re-investigation into the alleged involvement of Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman P J Kurien in the Suryanelli gangrape case, opposition Left Democratic Front on Wednesday walked out of the assembly after government rejected the demand.
With his name being "dragged" into the Suryanelli gangrape case, Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman P J Kurien has said that he suspected his political foes, including some in the Congress were involved in the 'conspiracy' to malign him.
Asked about the committee coming down heavily on Union Home Secretary R K Singh for praising Delhi Police Commissioner after the December 16 incident instead of coming out with an apology, Dikshit said she was happy that the very eminent committee made observations similar to hers.
Calling the gangrape of the paramedical student as "horrendous", Sheila Dikshit said the Supreme Court's observation that women in Delhi are not safe was "telling" and says it all.
In order to prove the charges against the accused in the March 15 Swiss woman gang rape case, the police said they would count more on the scientific evidence than traditional methods like identification parade.
The Delhi high court on Wednesday took strong exception that only a junior police officer was suspended in connection with the gang-rape of a 23-year-old student in New Delhi, and senior cops, including the police commissioner, have not been made accountable.
The Congress on Tuesday hit out at spiritual leader Asaram Bapu for his controversial remarks against the Delhi gangrape victim and then against the media saying they 'reflect a very sick and unhealthy mind'.
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