Kolkata, Feb 23 (IANS) The adjudication of voters’ documents identified under the “logical discrepancy” category by the judicial officers, as directed by the Supreme Court last week, will start from Monday.The process is expected to start after 11 a.m., and as per the direction of the apex court, the decision of judicial adjudicators regarding the fate of such voters’ documents will be final.The judicial adjudication process will start on Monday, with the initial involvement of 150 sessi…
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Varanasi, Feb 21 (IANS) Swami Avimukteshwaranand, on Saturday, asserted that the FIR ordered against him in a child sexual abuse case would ultimately expose what he described as “false matter”, expressing full faith in the judicial process and saying that the truth would emerge through investigation.Speaking in media persons, Swami Avimukteshwaranand said the legal process would ultimately reveal the truth.”Filing a case is appropriate, because once the case is registered, further investigation…
Lucknow, Feb 20 (IANS) Calling it a “rarest of rare” case of unparalleled depravity, a Special POCSO Court in Uttar Pradesh’s Banda, on Friday, sentenced to death a government junior engineer (JE) and his wife after holding them guilty of sexually assaulting as many as 33 children, a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) official said. Rambhawan, employed in the Uttar Pradesh Irrigation department, and his wife Durgawati, were sentenced to death for the various offences under the Indian Penal Co…
Indore, Feb 10 (IANS) In a disturbing incident, a manager of a coaching institute in Indore has been arrested under the charges of alleged molestation of a minor girl student at the coaching premises, police said on Tuesday. The incident occurred when the girl had gone to attend the coaching institute located on Narenra Tiwari road under Annapoorna police station in the city during the evening hours on Monday.The girl immediately informed her parents, who, along with some other relatives, barged…
Kolkata, Feb 8 (IANS) The Kolkata Police have apprehended two men in relation to the gang-rape of a minor in the Patuli area of the capital city, officials said on Sunday.According to police sources, the minor girl was allegedly taken to a secluded room in the Patuli police station area in south Kolkata on the pretext of going out for a stroll on the eve of Saraswati Puja (January 22) and then was gang-raped.A written complaint was filed by the victim’s family at the Patuli police station after …
New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) The POCSO Act, 2012, defines a child as any person below the age of 18 years and dilution of the age of consent or introduction of exceptions in matters involving sexual activity may undermine child safety, the Union government told in Lok Sabha on Friday. Union Minister for Women and Child Development, Annpurna Devi, in reply to a query, said, “The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act does not explicitly define the term consent, and under the statutory…
Jaipur, Feb 3 (IANS) In a significant and reportable judgment, the Rajasthan High Court on Tuesday observed that consensual relationships between teenagers or young adults should not be treated as a criminal offence, warning against the misuse of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. The court said that indiscriminate application of the law is destroying the future of young people and defeating the very purpose for which POCSO was enacted. A single bench of Justice Anil Ku…
New Delhi, Jan 30 (IANS) The Supreme Court has quashed criminal proceedings against an advocate accused of criminal intimidation in a sexual assault case, holding that vague and belated allegations, coupled with an “improved” statement of the prosecutrix, were insufficient in law to put him on trial. A Bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and Prasanna B. Varale allowed the appeal filed by Bеri Manoj and set aside an order of the Andhra Pradesh High Court, which had declined to quash the proceedi…
Patna, Jan 27 (IANS) The mysterious death of a NEET aspirant at Shambhu Girls’ Hostel in Patna has sent shockwaves across Bihar, with fresh developments adding new gravity to the investigation. The Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) has collected blood samples from 11 individuals, including hostel owner Manish Ranjan, in a significant step forward.Among those sampled are five members of the deceased student’s family and six other suspects.These suspects include individuals captured on CCTV fo…
New Delhi, Jan 24 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday extended greetings to everyone on National Girl Child Day, emphasising that girls are not merely a responsibility but represent sheer strength and an invaluable force in nation-building as women are leading the progress of India now. Taking to social media platform X, Union Minister Amit Shah said, “Greetings to everyone on ‘National Girl Child Day.’ #NationalGirlChildDay symbolises that girls are not merely our responsibilit…