Corporate Law News Muzaffarpur case: Court seeks CBI response on Brajesh Thakur’s plea claiming witnesses not reliable. January 14, 2020 / January 14, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court on Tuesday sought response of the CBI on a plea filed by Brajesh Thakur, prime accused in a case of alleged sexual and physical assault of several girls in a Muzaffarpur shelter home, claiming that testimonies of witnesses in the case were not reliable. Additional Sessions Judge Saurabh Kulshreshtha directed the CBI […] Read more » alleged sexual assault of about 30 minor girls in Muzaffarpur's shelter home criminal intimidation drugging of minors Muzaffarpur shelter home offences of rape sexual and physical assault of several girls sexual and physical assault of several girls in a Muzaffarpur shelter home Sexual assault sexual harassment
High Profile Cases Muzaffarpur shelter home case : Delhi court defers verdict till Jan 14 December 13, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court on Thursday deferred by a month the judgment in the case of alleged sexual and physical assault of several girls at a shelter home in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur which was run by former Bihar People’s Party (BPP) MLA Brajesh Thakur. Additional Sessions Judge Sudesh Kumar deferred the verdict till January 14 next year, […] Read more » Bihar People's Party (BPP) Bihar People's Party (BPP) MLA Brajesh Thakur criminal intimidation drugging of minors Juvenile Justice Act MLA Brajesh Thakur Muzaffarpur shelter home case offences of rape Sexual assault sexual harassment Tata Institute of Social Sciences TISS
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Tarun Tejpal must face trial in sexual assault case: Goa Police to Supreme Court August 6, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Goa Police claimed in the Supreme Court on Tuesday that there were “contemporaneous” WhatsApp messages and e-mails which showed that Tehelka magazine’s founder Tarun Tejpal should face trial in an alleged sexual assault case lodged against him by a former woman colleague. The police, while opposing Tejpal’s plea seeking quashing of charges framed against […] Read more » Goa police Sexual assault Tarun Tejpal
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Delay in Courts Trial pushing Victims of Sexual Assault to out of Court Settlement with Accused August 5, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In one of the most disturbing testimonies during the trial in Yeroor case, the seven-year-old victim was heard asking Mama nammal engotta pone (uncle, where are we going)? to the man who brutally raped & murdered her. She seemed happy & carefree & they were about to enter the forest mouth. Her question, so full […] Read more » court settlement delay in courts Sexual assault
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Supreme Court dismisses Asaram Bapu’s bail plea in sexual assault case in Gujarat July 15, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday dismissed the bail plea of self-styled preacher Asaram Bapu in connection with a sexual assault case lodged against him in Gujarat. A bench headed by Justice N V Ramana was informed by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Gujarat government, that the trial in the case was going on and […] Read more » Asaram Bapu Sexual assault Supreme Court
Top Law News Court asks sr cop to sensitise juniors in sexual offence cases July 23, 2017 / July 23, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A senior Delhi Police officer has been directed by a city court to sensitise its officials to prudently deal with cases of sexual assault and adhere to the mandates of higher courts. Metropolitan Magistrate Abhilash Malhotra passed the direction while pulling up the police for not complying with its order to assess the threat perception […] Read more » cases of sexual assault featured Metropolitan Magistrate Abhilash Malhotra Sexual assault
Criminal Law News “Sexual assault on TN tribal women by police likely” September 27, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Nearly five years after the alleged rape of four tribal women by police in Tamil Nadu, a report of a Judicial Magistrate filed today in Madras High Court said there are reasons to believe that they were sexually assaulted, but not raped. The report of the Judicial Magistrate Thirukovilur in Villupuram District stated the medical […] Read more » Court Criminal news featured Law Legal News rape case Sexual assault Tamilnadu
Criminal Law News Sexual assault: ‘Judges not to disclose victims name’ May 29, 2016 / May 30, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Judicial officers should not mention the name of victims in the judgements passed in sexual assault cases and they “must avoid” disclosing the identity to protect their reputation, the Delhi High Court has said. Justice S P Garg said this while noting that a magistrate as well as district and sessions judge had mentioned the […] Read more » Court Criminal news Delhi High Court featured Judges not to disclose victims name Law Legal News Sexual assault
Criminal Law News Man gets 10-yr jail for sexual assault on 5-yr old girl April 22, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A 48-year old sanitary inspector has been sentenced to ten years rigorous imprisonment by a court here for sexual assault on a girl child in 2013. Mahila court judge R Vijayakumari yesterday awarded the sentence to Sengottaiyan under the provisions of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and also imposed a fine of […] Read more » Court Criminal news featured Law Legal News Sexual assault
Criminal Law News Court acquits youth of charges of sodomising minor July 20, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A youth accused of sodomising a 10-year-old boy has been acquitted by a Delhi court after the alleged victim failed to identify him. Additional Sessions Judge Gautam Manan absolved the youth, a Delhi resident, of offences of sodomy and wrongful restraint under IPC and sexual assault under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. […] Read more » Additional Sessions Judge Gautam Manan Court Court acquits youth of charges of sodomising minor Criminal news featured Law Legal News news Sexual assault
Criminal Law News Youth gets 5 yrs jail for sexually assaulting minor June 10, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A youth, convicted for sexually assaulting an 11-year-old girl, has been sentenced to five years in jail by a Delhi court which observed that it was a “highly derogatory” offence. Additional Sessions Judge Vinod Yadav, however, took a lenient view considering Arjun’s poor family background and awarded the minimum punishment of five years to the […] Read more » Additional Sessions Judge Vinod Yadav Delhi court featured Law Legal News news POCSO Protection of Children from Sexual Offences rape Sexual assault Youth gets 5 yrs jail for sexually assaulting minor
Criminal Law News HC to hear Jindal’s plea against news on ‘sexual assault’ January 17, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court on Friday posted for hearing on January 19 a plea by Congress leader and industrialist Naveen Jindal seeking a direction to restrain the media from airing the news relating to alleged sexual assault case against him and his associates. A bench of Justice Jayant Nath issued a notice to a private […] Read more » Justice Jayant Nath Naveen Jindal news related to the alleged assault Sexual assault
