The woman judicial officer, in her two-page letter, sought the CJI's permission to end her life following the abuse and harassment she had faced in her career during her posting in Barabanki.
In another twist to the German minor rape case, the girl's mother on Thursday told police that State Public Works Department Minister Churchill Alemao's nephew, Warren Alemao, had also sexually abused the 14-year-old girl along with Education Minister Atanasio Monserratte's son Rohit.
Goa Children's Court Judge Vandana Tendulkar acquitted Samson D'Souza and Placido Carvalho of all the charges in the eight-year-long high profile death case.
Juhi Chawla is the latest celebrity to extended her support to the drive.
Coming from a filmi background, it was but natural for Smilie Suri to enter Bollywood.
Coming from a filmi background, it was but natural for Smilie Suri to enter Bollywood.
A Dutch national arrested on child pornography charges in November last year has been granted bail by a local court in Chennai.
The Uttar Pradesh police on Monday searched the Chandigarh residence of Moninder Singh Pandher, who along with his servant, allegedly sexually abused children and murdered them in Noida.
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The Goa police on Thursday said eight out of 10 bodies found across the state in last three days were murders and claimed breakthrough in at least four deaths with the arrest of a gang.
The Goa police on Thursday confirmed that eight out of the ten dead bodies found across the state in the span of three days were murders, and said it has made an important breakthrough in at least four deaths, with the arrest of a man in this connection.In a late night operation, the police arrested a slum-dweller, Babu Reddy. The police also detained some others for questioning in connection with the killing of a family of four, including a 35-year-old woman.
'There is a possibility I may not survive this ordeal,' designer Anand Jon told Sharon Waxman of Los Angeles magazine before his trial for sexual abuse last year.
The extradition request to Indian authorities was finally made last July and thus he was later arrested and is currently lodged in Delhi's Tihar Jail.
"The commission has received a report from the state government. We shall see the report and take appropriate action," NHRC Chairman V Shivraj Patil told reporters in Lucknow on Saturday.
Sources said the forensic team would match their findings with that of the report given by the team of forensic science experts from Agra who had visited the site last week.
The investigating team has also recovered pictures of Pandher watching young boys and girls dancing nude during his jaunts abroad.
"The narcoanalysis of the accused will be conducted in Ahmedabad on January 5," Sharma told reporters in Noida.
The National Human Rights Commission on Tuesday issued a notice to the UP government over the Noida killings.
Nithari villagers on Monday fought pitched battles with the police, both pelting stones at each other, outside the residence of a businessman who along with his servant allegedly sexually abused children and murdered them.
The autobiography of a former nun in Kerala, in which she recounts her 'harrowing' experiences during her time spent in the convents, is selling like hot cakes even as the influential Catholic Church is yet to react to the charges in the book. In her memoirs in Malayalam titled Amen (so be it), 'Sister' Jesme writes of alleged sexual abuse, corruption and power struggles in the 'dark confines' of convents where she had lived for over 30 years.
"We have received a complaint of drugging and robbery. The girl did not say anything about sexual abuse and hence a rape case was not registered," superintendent of police (North), Bosco George, told PTI. The police are on the lookout for a group of Nigerians who allegedly committed the robbery, he added
Sinead O'Connor, the gifted Irish singer-songwriter, became a superstar in her mid-20s and was known as much for her private struggles and provocative actions as for her fierce and expressive music.
Sources said his residence and NGO offices located in south Delhi's Vasant Kunj, Adchini and Mehrauli areas are being searched under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
FIFA on Saturday suspended Spanish federation chief Luis Rubiales from all soccer-related activities
In a surprise choice, 45-year-old Irish writer Anne Enright has been selected for this year's Booker Prize for her work 'The Gathering'.
Hundreds of police officers took part in the swoop, which began at 6:00 am (0400 GMT) and which targeted people suspected of possessing documents portraying sexual abuse against children.
The number of children whose remains were being found could go up, as police found some more skeletal remains as they began excavating a drain in front of the house.
The suspected serial killer Surender alias Satish, a domestic help, has been arrested along with his master Mohinder Singh Pandher, a factory owner from whose house the skeletons were found in gunny bags.
Mulinja Narayanan, who headed the probe against Gurmeet Ram Rahim, recalled the pressures he faced while investigating the crime and how his subordinates pleaded he stop the probe.
"That is fantastic. A (former) cabinet minister is not traceable. Fantastic. How could it happen that a (former) cabinet minister is not traceable and nobody knows where she is? Do you realise the seriousness of this? You have to explain to us how a (former) cabinet minister is not traceable," the bench said.
Vinesh Phogat was locked in a war of words with cousin Babita, with the former requesting the latter not to weaken their movement.
Section 377, which banned gay relations, also used to be invoked to protect minors against sexual abuse
Allan Johan Water, an accused in a 2001 child sexual abuse case, was extradited from the United States on Monday.
The CBI has booked officers and employees of the shelter home.
The 500-page United States Select Committee on Intelligence's damning report on the Central Intelligence Agency's torture tactics lists numerous instances of rights violations. While it is difficult to point out every ghastly detail here, rediff.com lists at least 10 instances.
