#MeToo: Harvey Weinstein appeals against conviction for felony sex crimes

His lawyers argued that the judge of the Manhattan criminal court made several errors that denied Weinstein’s right to a fair trial.

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· Apr 06, 2021 · 04:17 pm

IIT Guwahati suspends student accused of sexually assaulting batchmate

Four other students who were allegedly involved in the crime have been isolated from each other on campus.

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· Apr 05, 2021 · 04:48 pm

Hathras case: UP Police file 5,000-page chargesheet against journalist Siddique Kappan, 7 others

The police alleged that Kappan and others received funds of about Rs 80 lakh from financial institutions in Doha and Muscat to create trouble.

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· Apr 04, 2021 · 09:00 am

MP: Teen rape complainant beaten up and paraded with accused; six arrested

The arrested include the rape accused and family members of the 16-year old girl.

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· Mar 29, 2021 · 06:37 pm

Former BJP MP Chinmayanand acquitted in sexual harassment case

The court also acquitted the complainant and her colleagues of charges of attempting to extort the former Union minister of Rs 5 crore.

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· Mar 27, 2021 · 10:01 am

Nikita Tomar murder case: Haryana court sentences convicts to life imprisonment

The 21-year-old woman was shot dead outside her college in Faridabad district last year.

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· Mar 26, 2021 · 04:33 pm

Faridabad shooting: Haryana court finds two main accused guilty of murdering 21-year-old

On October 27, the two men shot dead Nikita Tomar outside her college in Ballabhgarh in Faridabad district.

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· Mar 24, 2021 · 07:51 pm

Hathras gangrape: Allahabad HC orders inquiry into allegations of threat to woman’s family, counsel

The court warned that severe action will be taken against those disrupting the proceedings or threatening the family members of the woman or witnesses.

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· Mar 21, 2021 · 01:16 pm

Court rejects bail of journalist accused of rape, says past sexual encounter not linked to consent

In February, Mumbai-based journalist Varun Hiremath was accused of raping a 22-year-old woman in a hotel room in Delhi.

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· Mar 17, 2021 · 01:43 pm

NGO director in Jharkhand held for allegedly sexually assaulting more than 15 girls

The police said the accused sexually harassed the girls on the pretext of giving them a ‘tolerance test’.

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· Mar 14, 2021 · 12:26 pm

Sub-inspector arrested for allegedly raping woman for 3 days inside Rajasthan police station

The woman had gone to lodge a complaint against her husband on March 2, when she was allegedly trapped inside a room and raped repeatedly.

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· Mar 08, 2021 · 01:07 pm

Rajasthan: Father allegedly kills 18-year-old woman for live-in relationship with Dalit man

Last month, the couple had approached the Rajasthan High Court, which on February 26 instructed the police to provide security cover to them.

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· Mar 04, 2021 · 05:48 pm