Deepika Pushkar Nath resigned from the Congress party over the inclusion of Lal Singh in the Bharat Jodo Yatra. She accused Singh, a former Jammu and Kashmir minister, of defending the accused in the Kathua Rape Case in...
On December 21, the Punjab and Haryana High Court suspended the remaining sentence and jail term of dismissed police sub-inspector Anand Dutta and ordered that he be released upon furnishing surety bonds.
The Odisha rape victim was just 3-year-old, Banda victim was 8-year-old, Hathras victim was just 19, Bulandshahr girl who was raped and then set on fire was also 12-year-old. The list can go on and on...
The court order set aside the Jammu and Kashmir High Court's order on March 27, 2018, declaring to treat the accused, Shubam Sangra, as a juvenile in the Kathua rape case.
Gender-based hierarchy and patriarchal norms that govern sexual division of labour within Indian households, are key factors responsible for sexual violence against women
According to the charge sheet in the Kathua case, the girl, who was kidnapped on January 10 this year, was allegedly raped in captivity in a small village temple in the district after being kept sedated for four days before...
The horrific rape and murder of a minor girl in Kathua had triggered a nationwide outrage. The case was handed over to the crime branch, which unraveled the conspiracy of heinous crime. The minor was kidnapped, brutally...
BSP Chief Mayawati said such punishments should be given across the country to establish the rule of law.
Sanji Ram, considered the mastermind of the heinous crime, along with two others, were convicted for life on charges of rape and murder of an 8-year-old girl...
A special court in Pathankot sentenced three of the convicted men to life imprisonment, while three others have been sentenced to five years for destruction of...
The day-to-day in-camera trial began in the first week of June 2018 at the district and sessions court in Pathankot after the Supreme Court directed that the...
Shiv Sena General Secretary Manish Sahni said they would be acting as a bridge between Kashmir region and Jammu.
Eight people, including the custodian of the village temple in Kathua and two policemen, have been arrested for their alleged role in the crime that stunned...
The Kathua rape and murder victim's father alleged in his complaint to the court that lawyer Deepika Singh Rajawat had attended only two or three hearings in...
The eight-year-old girl, belonging to a nomadic tribe, was allegedly kidnapped on January 10 and her body was found on January 17. It is alleged that she was...
A bench of Justices U U Lalit and D Y Chandrachud also dismissed a separate plea filed by two other accused in the case seeking transfer of the investigation...
"During questioning, the step-mother revealed that her husband would mostly spent time with her second wife and the girl was dearest to him," the police said.
The Crime Branch has also asked the district police in Kathua to provide protection to the two witnesses who made written complaints.
A habeas corpus (produce the body) writ petition has been filed by the cousin of the witness. It alleges that Talib Hussain has been kept in illegal detention...
Director general of police Shesh Paul Vaid, however, said Hussain hit himself on the head “out of frustration”.
Hussain shot into prominence after being at the forefront of a campaign to seek justice for an eight-year-old girl who was abducted, raped and murdered in...
On Tuesday, Sawhney was appointed as the state’s additional advocate-general even as he represents one of the main accused in the rape and murder of the...
A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra directed the J&K Police to file a supplementary charge sheet in the case within eight weeks.
In his opening remarks, Ankur Sharma said the case should be handed over to the CBI because "jihadis have committed the murder and planted the body there and...
