New Delhi [India], Mar 9 (ANI): Vinay Sharma, one of the death-row convicts in the 2012 Delhi gang-rape case, has approached Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal through his lawyer AP Singh, seeking to commute the death sentence to life imprisonment.
New Delhi [India], Mar 5 (ANI): The government on Wednesday said that there are over 2.4 lakh pending cases in courts related to rape and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act across the country till December last year.
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], Mar 4 (ANI): As many as 2,575 rape cases were registered in Chhattisgarh in the last one year, state Home Minister Tamradhwaj Sahu told the state assembly on Wednesday.
New Delhi [India] Mar 4 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed a trial court in Ramanagara district of Karnataka to ensure the presence of absconding self-styled godman Swami Nithyananda to face trial in a 2010 rape case.
New Delhi [India], Mar 3 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a petition filed against the Allahabad High Court order granting bail to former BJP MP Swami Chinmayanand in a case pertaining to the alleged rape of a law student in Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh.
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], Mar 2 (ANI): A Ranchi court on Monday sentenced 11 convicts in the last year's gang-rape of a law student in Kanke to life imprisonment.
New Delhi [India], Mar 2 (ANI): Supreme Court judge, Justice R Banumathi, on Monday recused herself from hearing two petitions including one seeking transfer of the rape case filed against former union minister and BJP leader Swami Chinmayananda from Uttar Pradesh to a Delhi court.
Krishna District (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Feb 29 (ANI): Nuzividu Police on Friday arrested a hotel supplier for the alleged rape of a minor girl here. The arrest was made within 24 hours after the incident came to light, police said.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Feb 28 (ANI): A municipal corporator of Meera Bhayandar on Friday filed a rape case against former BJP MLA Narendra Mehta.
Jodhpur (Rajasthan) [India], Feb 28 (ANI): The Rajasthan High Court on Friday rejected a petition challenging the acquittal of Shiva and Prakash, the co-accused in the rape case involving self-styled godman Asaram Bapu.
New Delhi [India], Feb 28 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear on Monday a petition seeking transfer of the rape case filed against former BJP MP Swami Chinmayananda from Uttar Pradesh to a Delhi court.
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Feb 25 (ANI): Bangarmau Assembly seat in Unnao district, from where BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar was elected, has been declared vacant.