Tag: Rape Victim
Indian National Bar Association’s Sexual Harassment Survey, Garima quoted by The Quint As Karnataka HC Grants Bail To Rape Accused
The Karnataka High Court granted anticipatory bail to a rape accused recently because the complainant drank alcohol with him and slept after being allegedly raped. The court asked her why […]
Supreme Court orders Maharashtra government to set up a medical board to examine the rape victim
Supreme Court yestarday ordered the Maharashtra government to set up a medical board to examine the rape victim after her extraordinary plea to abort her 24 weeks old foetus. The […]
Gauhati HC quashes criminal proceedings against ‘rape-accused’
The Gauhati High Court has quashed criminal proceedings against a rape accused who later married the victim. Justice N. Chaudhury observed that chances of conviction in the present case is bleak […]
SC to hear plea of rape victim challenging Indian Abortion Law: Will it bring a breakthrough?
An urgent plea of an alleged rape victim challenging constitutional validity of section 3 (2) (b) of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971 (MTP), the Indian abortion law which […]