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TopicRape cases

Topic: Rape cases

The DNA dilemma: How Indian courts differ on ordering paternity tests in rape cases

Though question is primarily about whether intercourse was consensual or forced, and SC has warned against 'casual' use of DNA tests, HCs interpret that caution in different ways.

India’s rape crisis isn’t just legal failure. We raise men who don’t know consent, respect

Hampi to RG Kar, no woman is safe in India. The solution is not in policing their lives.

7 women lured using ‘Magic App’ & raped — police in MP’s Sidhi uncover racket, arrest 4

Four accused used 'Magic App' to modulate voice & impersonate woman professor to lure complainants to secluded spot under garb of offering scholarships.

No one wants to talk about rapes in Manipur. There’s a silence at the heart of the violence

In India, communal rioting includes revenge attacks based on fake news – from Muzaffarnagar riots to Delhi riots. Manipur's ethnic clashes witnessed 'revenge rape' following a false claim.

Fast-track courts for rape and POCSO cases effective, govt likely to extend scheme for 3 yrs

The scheme, which expires on 31 March, expedites trials in sexual offence cases. If cleared for a three-year extension, it will have an outlay of Rs 2,600 crore, ThePrint has learnt.

‘Extortion racket’ — Punjab & Haryana HC denies bail to woman accused of framing man in rape case

New Delhi: The Punjab and Haryana High Court has rejected the bail application of a woman — who had filed nine cases against different...

Bihar panchayat’s punishment for man who ‘raped 5-yr-old’: 5 sit-ups. FIR filed after viral video

Nawada SP says police are looking for the accused. Members of Kannauj village panchayat could also be called to task if names crop up in the investigation.

A rape forgotten—50 years ago, Mathura was denied justice. Then society betrayed her

Fifty years after she was raped, ThePrint tracks down Mathura who is still waiting for justice though her case paved the way for legal reform.

Rape is a war crime that goes unpunished

What’s happening in Ukraine is one of the worst large-scale campaigns of sexual violence in war since Islamic State’s attacks on the Yezidi minority in Iraq in 2014.

Meghalaya HC upholds rape conviction, says still penetration even if survivor wore underpants

HC referred to IPC Section 375 (b) and (c) and said penetration does not have to be complete, dismissing accused’s appeal in 2006 case involving rape of a minor girl.

On Camera

Nick Jonas wearing a mangalsutra is validation for many Indians. He’s our favourite jiju

Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Suspected brake failure leads to Tejas accident after landing, airframe likely to be written off

The IAF, so far, remains mum on this accident which has led to grounding of the fleet for safety checks.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.