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TopicChild rape

Topic: Child rape

Delhi women’s commission wants ‘Bois Locker Room’ probed, sends notice to Instagram, police

'Bois Locker Room' was a private chat group of alleged teen boys on Instagram, where obscene images of underage girls were shared and lewd comments passed.

Minor rape victim’s right to abort outweighs foetus’ right to be born: Rajasthan High Court

A two-judge bench set aside order passed in October last year, when the court held that the foetus had a right to life under Article 21 of the Constitution.

UP police constable taken into custody for ‘molesting’ class 6 girl

Superintendent of Police Anurag Arya said the girl was allegedly molested by the constable when she went to to a neighbourhood shop

Not Collegium, but infrastructural issues affecting judiciary are a concern: Supreme Court

A Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi said the ground reality in courts outside of Delhi was stark given shortage of personnel and facilities.

Kashmir’s 3-year-old rape victim still can’t stand, is scared of going to the bathroom

The Kashmir rape accused has been arrested, but the child’s family says it will be a long time before she can play freely like she did before 8 May.

Gujarat has a new worry after migrants flee — lack of security

Among the estimated 50,000 migrants who have fled Gujarat are hundreds of security guards who protected residential colonies, malls, banks.

Rapists a burden, don’t deserve to live, says CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan

Condemns the alleged rape of an eight-year-old in Mandsaur by a man who abducted her from outside her school.

PMO asks Women & Child ministry to examine demand for chemical castration of child rapists

Women lawyers had written to the PMO saying chemical castration of child rapists in the rarest of rare cases is the need of the hour besides death penalty.

Child rape will now be treated as a criminal act that meets the test of ‘rarest of rare’

High acquittal rates, high drop-out rates due to delayed court procedures, and an absurdly lenient sentence in child rape cases is a travesty of justice.

Death penalty ordinance is a reactive and disproportionate response to child rape

With no victim support and protection systems in place, the field is open for the accused to threaten, intimidate, and pressurize the victim to retract.

On Camera

Bodoland poll loss a wake-up call for Assam BJP. Zubeen’s death puts CM Sarma in a tight spot

Assam CM can’t celebrate that the Congress drew a blank in the Bodoland Territorial Council polls in 2010 as well as 2015, and bagged only one in 2020.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

Aerial warfare analyst Tom Cooper faults India’s military PR, says Pakistan does it better

In post on social media, Cooper narrated experience of MiG-21 researcher from Germany who wanted to attend aircraft’s farewell ceremony in India, and the roadblocks he faced. 

Something’s hidden in the Oval Office photo of Trump, Munir, Sharif. India must look closely

What Munir has achieved with Trump is a return to normal, ironing out the post-Abbottabad crease. The White House picture gives us insight into how Pakistan survives, occasionally thrives and thinks.