Asha Devi, mother of Nirbhaya, who was gang-raped and murdered in 2012, said on Saturday that rape incidents have increased three-fold in the last 10 years.
Delhi Commission for Women chief Swati Maliwal wrote to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar urging them to suspend today's Parliamentary business to discuss women's safety issues as Friday marked 10 years of Nirbhaya gang rape.
The father of deceased Sagar Dhankar has moved a petition in the Delhi High Court seeking transfer of the murder case of his son to fast track court for time-bound disposal like the Nirbhaya gang rape case.
The accused has been identified as Shivdas Manikpuri, a resident of Bhanwar Village, Janjgir Champa. The police also rescued the minor girl from the possession of the accused.
The Supreme Court on Monday said it will consider an early listing of a plea filed by Bilkis Bano seeking a review of its earlier order by which it had asked the Gujarat government to consider the remission of 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano gang rape case.
Rajasthan Police on Sunday arrested two persons in connection with the alleged gang-rape of a specially-abled woman in Rajasthan's Barmer district last month.
The special (POCSO) court of judge Shailja Gupta found the accused Hanumat Jatav guilty under sections 376AB, 376 (2) of the IPC section 5, 6 of the POCSO Act whereas accused Urmila Sahu found guilty under Section 109 of the IPC and sections 16, 17 of the POCSO act.
A lawyer sought an urgent listing of a review petition challenging the top court's order which acquitted three men who were awarded the death penalty by a Delhi Court in connection with allegedly raping and killing a 19-year-old woman in Delhi's Chhawala area in 2012.
A woman had in October this year lodged a rape and attempt to murder complaint against the Perumbavoor MLA, on the basis of which a case was registered against him. The Additional Sessions Court of Thiruvananthapuram granted Kunnappilly anticipatory bail on October 21.