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Wednesday, July 30, 2025
TopicRape cases

Topic: Rape cases

SC rules rape accused can only be convicted if victim’s testimony is of sterling quality

The Supreme Court noted that it could not lose sight of false cases & needed to protect the accused, even though ordinarily sole testimony of rape victim was enough for a conviction.

Sengar, Akbar, Tejpal: Hearings in these cases less about justice, more about victim shaming

Supreme Court outlawed two-finger test in 2013 but that's been replaced by "indecent and scandalous" questions posed to the victim in Tarun Tejpal's case.

7 years after 16 December gang rape case, rape conviction rate low at 32%

On 7th anniversary of the Nirbhaya rape and murder case, NCRB data shows that of 1,46,201 rape cases that went into trial in 2017, only 5,822 resulted in conviction.

Woman given talaq alleges ‘tantrik’ raped her after husband wanted to remarry her

Police arrested the woman's husband under the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, which bans triple talaq, and the tantrik for the alleged rape.

Hyderabad encounter cheering reflects empty, episodic anger over rape. This is not healthy

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Burnt alive by accused, Unnao rape survivor in extremely critical condition

The Unnao rape survivor, who suffered 90 per cent burn injuries, was airlifted to Delhi to receive medical treatment.

Hyderabad ‘encounter’ of rape-murder accused chilling reminder of 2008 Warangal killings

Telangana police gun down four accused in Hyderabad veterinarian’s rape-murder in ‘encounter’ at exact spot they burnt the woman.

Rape survivor set on fire by 5 men, including the accused, in Unnao

Two of the accused were granted bail after the rape complaint was registered in March. All five have been arrested.

Delhi court cites woman’s delayed FIR to clear accused of rape charge

The court said the woman, a house maid, did not provide "sterling quality" evidence since she went back to work for the accused.

Hyderabad horror: How can we bring national attention to rape cases outside big cities?

The horrific gangrape-murder of a vet in Hyderabad last week triggered a national outrage, mirroring anger unleashed after Delhi’s 2012 Nirbhaya case.

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Meghnad Desai was a man of many passions. Marxian economics, politics to Bollywood

Meghnad’s interest went much beyond economics and politics. This is reflected in his writing, particularly after his retirement as a full-time LSE professor in 2003.

Govt’s earlier FDI limit of 74% in insurance sector has remained underutilised, Parliament told

In the latest budget, the FDI limit was increased to 100 percent, but most foreign companies are not buying such large stakes in the Indian insurance sector.

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.