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Murthal rape: Women activists welcome court order, demand action against p
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Jan. 20 (ANI): Welcoming the Punjab and Haryana High Courts' orders to track the accused involved in the mass kidnapping and rape case during the Jat agitation for reservation last year, social activist Abha Singh on Friday said it is important to take acti
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Salman's acquittal in Act case 'defeat of judicial system':
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan. 18 (ANI): Senior advocate Abha Singh on Wednesday expressed her disappointment after Bollywood actor Salman Khan was acquitted in the Arms Act case and dubbed it to be the defeat of the country's judicial system.
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Activist questions police's role in Navi Mumbai child beating case
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Bengaluru/Mumbai[India], Nov. 25(ANI): Social activist Abha Singh on Friday questioned the role of the Police in the Navi Mumbai case, where a caretaker Afsana Sheikh was hitting and kicking the 10-month-old girl caught in a CCTV footage, while alleging that wrong application of the section
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Bankura acid attack: Women activists demand stern action
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept. 12 (ANI): Condemning the incident where three girls were attacked with acid in West Bengal's Bankura district, lawyer Abha Singh today described it as 'gross violation of the law' and demanded strong action against the culprit.
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Manish Sisodia 'protecting' Amanatullah fearing loss in polls: A
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai [India], Sept. 12 (ANI): Slamming Aam Aadmi Party (AAM) for not accepting the resignation of its leader Amanatullah Khan against whom an FIR was registered following molestation charges by his sister-in-law, social activist and eminent lawyer Abha Singh described the act as "sham
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High time SC should strike off triple talaq: Women activist
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept. 2 (ANI): Women rights activist Abha Singh on Friday said the time has come when the Supreme Court should do away with this defective procedure of triple talaq and uphold the right to equality and right to life, which is enshrined in the fundamental rights of the Cons
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Surrogacy Bill will check population, exploitation of poor women: Abha Sin
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug. 26 (ANI): Welcoming the newly drafted Surrogacy Bill, social activist and eminent lawyer Abha Singh said Friday, "I think this is a bill which is well meaning and should be passed by the Parliament as early as possible" as it will check the misuse of provisi
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Suicide attempt by Nirbhaya rape convict raises questions about jail secur
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai, Aug. 25 (ANI): Social activist and eminent lawyer, Abha Singh on Thursday blamed the judiciary for not providing adequate security drills to prevent Vinay Kumar, one of the accused in the Nirbhaya case, from attempting suicide in the Tihar jail.
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Akhilesh should accept 'moral responsibility' of failing to prov
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug 1 (ANI): Branding the Akhilesh Yadav-led Uttar Pradesh government's regime as 'Maha-jungle raj' after the brutal gang-rape of a woman and her daughter in Bulandshahr district, women's rights activist and eminent lawyer Abha Singh demanded that Chief Minist
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Charges levelled against Mayawati by Dayashankar must be probed: Abha Sing
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai, July 30 (ANI): Condemning the derogatory remark made by expelled Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Dayashankar Singh on Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati, lawyer and social activist Abha Singh on Saturday said if there is any truth in the charges made by the former BJP leade
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Women activists react angrily to rape, murder cases in Ahmednagar, Rohtak
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Kolkata/Mumbai/New Delhi, July 18 (ANI): Women's rights activist and lawyer Abha Singh on Monday said it was shocking to hear how a 14-year-old was gang raped and physically mutilated in Maharashtra's Ahmednagar district, saying that it reminded her of the brutal December 2012 Nirb
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