In August last year, six men who were accused of lynching Khan were acquitted by a lower court in Alwar and this is the first conviction in the case.
The apex child rights body National Commission for Protection of Child Rights has sought action against comedian Kunal Kamra for tweeting a "doctored" video of a boy singing a patriotic song in front of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The woman gave birth to the child in September, but was not in a position to take care of him because of her family's poor financial condition, an official from Manpada police station said.
A teenaged student in Malappuram district was allegedly raped by seven youth who befriended her through Instagram, the police said on Wednesday.
The police said they have also urged the Board to form a medical panel to conduct a bone ossification test that will verify the age of the youth.
That it's the day his daughter was brutalised, raped and died as a result of her horrific injuries does not weigh heavily on Badrinath Singh. 'We remember her every single day. In fact, we try not to think of her today, of what happened to her today,' he says.
Minister of Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi is determined to give her ministry more teeth. "It's a ministry that needs to take itself seriously," she tells Rashme Sehgal, especially since it deals with the upliftment of millions of impoverished and exploited women.
Crucial reforms in Muslim personal law, especially laws related to inheritance and adoption, need to be initiated forthwith; historically speaking, without the State's backing, hardly has any reform taken place or allowed to prevail, asserts Mohammad Sajjad.
The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear in March a plea seeking direction to the government to release Rohingya refugees who have been 'illegally and arbitrarily' detained in jails and detention centres across the country.
A Pakistani court has ordered the authorities to free two juvenile Indian fishermen and asked them to provide details of steps taken for the release and exchange of some 1,000 fishermen interned in jails of both countries.
During the inspection of the child care centre in Raisen (on Saturday), it has come to light that its manager changed the religion of three children and their names are also changed, National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) chairperson Priyank Kanoongo said in a tweet.
Directing the Centre, states and Union Territories (UTs) to ensure the queer community is not discriminated against, the CJI, who is heading the constitution bench, said queer is a natural phenomenon known for ages and is neither urban nor elitist.
The juvenile court directed his parents to execute a personal bond of Rs 25,000 each with a surety of like amount.
In a post-midnight order, the Supreme Court declined to stay the release of the juvenile offender in the horrific December 16 gang rape case that will enable him to walk free.
Sources said Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has expressed displeasure at the way the alleged molestation case was handled.
The Sub-divisional magistrate, who had recorded the statement of the December 16 Delhi gang rape victim, on Wednesday testified before the Juvenile Justice Board in New Delhi.
The court said the three media organisation were interested only in making a few quick bucks and not in encouraging a debate on the issue.
The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Manipur government, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to file reports elaborating on the status of probe and the charge sheets filed in cases of ethnic-violence to help it take a decision on whether the trials can commence in Assam or be undertaken in Manipur.
The Supreme Court on Monday asked for the Centre's response to a plea which sought a fresh interpretation of the term juvenile saying instead of 18 years age limit, the 'mental and intellectual maturity' of such offenders be considered while fixing their culpability.
"Crime has won and we have lost," was the reaction of Nirbhaya's kin, after the Delhi high court on Friday refused to stay the release of the juvenile convict.
"You are sentenced to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment under section 307 (attempt to murder) of the Indian Penal of Code and six months of imprisonment under section 23 of the Juvenile Justice Act. Both sentences shall run concurrently," said Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) Virender Bhat.
The father of the girl said the youth, who was a juvenile at the time of the incident, should not be released as he is a 'threat' to the society.
A complaint on disclosure of the identity of the girl student who was forced to drink her own urine by a school warden in Santiniketan has been made by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights to the Press Council of India and the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.
The family of Delhi gang rape victim has sought an appointment with UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi to apprise her of their woes and demands.
The family of the Delhi gang-rape victim on Monday termed the Juvenile Justice Board's decision of ruling the sixth accused in the case as minor as unfortunate and said that they would challenge it in court. "The family would consult legal experts and challenge the matter in the relevant court," the brother of the girl told PTI over the phone from Delhi.
Additional Sessions Judge Jasbir Singh Kundu dismissed the plea of the accused saying the stage was not fit for granting bail.
'Our struggle does not end here. Justice is getting delayed. It's affecting other daughters of the society'
A bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and justices R Banumathi and Ashok Bhushan is expected to deliver its judgment on the pleas of Mukesh, 29, Pawan Gupta, 22, and Vinay Sharma, 23.
Patna Shuklla's dull drama struggles to leave any impact, sighs Sukanya Verma.
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'.
Rehana Fathima was seeking anticipatory bail in cases against her for allegedly circulating a video in which she was semi-nude, allowing her minor children to paint on her body. The bench said it was a little baffled at the kind of case that has come up before it.
The CBI has given a clean chit to the arrested bus conductor in connection with the case.
After Twitter, Facebook has removed a content posted by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi that identified the family of a nine-year-old victim of alleged rape and murder in Northwest Delhi, saying it violated the social media platform's policies.
A Delhi court on Wednesday sought an action taken report from the Delhi Police on a private complaint filed against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for allegedly disclosing the identity of a minor rape victim, the lawyer for the complainant said.
Chief Justice of India (CJI) N V Ramana-led bench was irked over the increasing number of reports regarding delay in implementation of the orders passed by the top court and has recently taken suo motu cognisance of news reports of delay by Uttar Pradesh authorities in releasing 13 prisoners who were granted bail by it on July 8.
TV actress Urvashi Dhanorkar was arrested in Mumbai on Saturday for physically abusing her 10-year-old maid.
Parents of the 11-month-old baby girl, who was sent on a solo parasailing trip to a height of about 40 feet at a beach in Kannur, Kerala, have landed in trouble along with the organisers as police registered a case against them under the Juvenile Justice Act.
The apex court said that 'satisfactory progress' has been made by the Executive in identifying children who have either become orphans or have lost one of their parents during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The police claim they have 'clinching evidence' that he was behind the wheels of a Merecedes Benz that ran over 11 persons sleeping on a footpath in Chennai on December 13, killing two of them and injuring the rest.
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