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"Case is fabricated:" Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati dismisses allegat
Updated : 1 week, 2 days ago IST
Jyotish Peeth Shankaracharya Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati dismissed the allegations of sexual exploitation of minors as fabricated, noting that his legal team has already informed the court of this stance on Saturday.
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Uttar Pradesh: POCSO Court Orders FIR against Swami Avimukteshwaranand
Updated : 1 week, 2 days ago IST
A Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) court in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, ordered the registration of an FIR against Jyotish Peeth Shankaracharya Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati on Saturday. The order follows allegations of sexual exploitation of minors levelled against
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POCSO court in Uttar Pradesh hands death penalty to husband, wife for sexu
Updated : 1 week, 2 days ago IST
According to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), the Trial Court also ordered the government to award compensation of Rs 10 lakh to each victim. The Court further ordered to distribute the cash amount seized from the house of the accused persons among the victims in equal proportio
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SC quashes Allahabad HC's grabbing breast not 'attempt to rape' ruling; as
Updated : 1 week, 2 days ago IST
Supreme Court quashed Allahabad HC's ruling that reduced attempt to rape charges to a lesser offence, stating the alleged acts went beyond preparation, and asked the National Judicial Academy to constitute an expert committee to frame guidelines on sensitivity in sexual offence cases.
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7-year-old girl raped in Odisha's Gajapati, minor accused held
Updated : 1 week, 2 days ago IST
The SP further stated that the accused has been produced before the Justice Juvenile Board, according to which, further action will be taken. He said that the deadline to complete the investigation in the case has been set to 15 days.
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Live-in relationships influenced by western ideas, rape cases filed after
Updated : 1 month, 4 weeks ago IST
Allahabad High Court observed that the influence of Western ideas and the concept of live-in relationships is leading to an increase in the tendency among young people to live together without marriage.
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Delhi govt announces special remission for prisoners on Republic Day 2026
Updated : 1 month, 4 weeks ago IST
On the occasion of Republic Day, 26th January 2026, the Government of Delhi has decided to grant Special Government Remission to eligible convicts. The remission is being granted in exercise of the powers conferred under Section 473 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023 (
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"Attack on daughters means end of life": Gujarat Dy CM Harsh Sanghavi welc
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghavi on Saturday welcomed the Rajkot Special Court's verdict awarding the death penalty to a man convicted of raping, stating, "any attack on daughters means the end of life."
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Minor variations in child's words cannot dilute allegation of sexual assau
Updated : 2 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Minor variations in a child's expression cannot eclipse the core allegation of sexual assault, the Delhi High Court held while upholding the conviction of a man under POCSO Act.
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Karnataka Police registers POCSO case against three minor boys for sexual
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Karnataka Police on Saturday registered a POSCO case against three minor boys, between the ages of 14 and 15, for sexual harassment in Hubbali.
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"We were not even heard on merits": Aishwarya Sengar reacts as SC stays De
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The Delhi High Court had suspended Sengar's sentence on the prima facie view that the offence of aggravated penetrative sexual assault under the POCSO Act was not made out against him. Despite that order, Sengar continued to remain in custody as he had not been granted bail in the separat
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Unnao Rape Case: Supreme Court stays Kuldeep Sengar's suspension of senten
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the operation of the Delhi High Court order, which suspended the life sentence of expelled Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Kuldeep Singh Sengar in the 2017 Unnao rape case of a minor girl.
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