Paul Haggis, who has been fighting a civil rape lawsuit from film publicist Haleigh Breest, has been accused by another woman of trying to rape her. This is the fourth woman to accuse the director of physical assault.
New Delhi [India], August 8 (ANI): Lashing out at Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot for his remarks on the rape law, Union Minister Giriraj Singh on Monday said the Congress leader's statement is an attack on the country's women and will instigate people with ulterior motives.
New Delhi [India] August 7 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson Shehzad Poonawala on Sunday lashed out at Ashok Gehlot-led government in Rajasthan and demanded Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's response on Gehlot's rape law remarks.
Washington [US], June 28 (ANI): Director Paul Haggis, who is now under house arrest in Italy on sexual assault charges, has been given a hearing date in New York for his rape lawsuit.
New Delhi [India], May 10 (ANI): The Delhi High Court is scheduled to pass judgement on Wednesday on several petitions related to criminalisation of marital rape. The bench of justices Rajiv Shakdher and C. Hari Shankar had kept the order reserved in February this year.
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], January 30 (ANI): Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) leader Kalvakuntla Kavitha on Saturday appealed the Law Minister Kiren Rijiju and Chief Justice of India NV Ramana to strengthen rape laws in India.
New Delhi [India], January 12(ANI): Amicus Curiae Rajshekhar Rao on Wednesday told the Delhi High Court that the law does not consider it as rape when a woman is sexually assaulted by her loved one but the same is considered a sexual offence when a stranger forces himself on her.
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.
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], Dec 27 (ANI): The Gujarat High Court on Friday awarded death penalty to a convict in connection with raping and murdering a minor in Surat.