Fast-track Courts For Rape Cases

Amid massive outrage over a doctor's rape and murder at a state-run hospital in Kolkata, the ruling Trinamool Congress has put the ball in the BJP's court, pushing for a law to fast-track trials and ensure exemplary punishment in such cases

The fast-track court for Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act cases in Udupi has sentenced a person to 10 years rigorous imprisonment for raping his 17-year-old sister-in-law within Byndoor police station limits in 2018.

Paving the way for sweeping legal reforms in the state, the Punjab government on Thursday decided to set up seven fast-track courts to ensure speedy trial and justice in rape cases, and three special courts to adjudicate offences against children.

Kerala will set up 57 fast-track special courts to ensure speedy trial in the cases registered under POCSO, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said here on Wednesday.

The Central government has proposed to set up 1,023 fast-track special courts for expeditious trial of over 1.66 lakh pending cases of crime against women and children across the country.

The process of setting up of over 1,000 fast-track special courts across the country to deal with pending cases of rape is likely to begin on October 2, the Law Ministry has said.

Three men will spend life in jail for an eight-year-old girl's gang-rape, torture and killing in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua last year, a case that shocked and disturbed the entire country with the sheer depravity of it. Three more including two policemen held guilty of destroying evidence will serve five years in jail and have been fined. The girl'...

A fast-track court in Gujarat has awarded 20 years of rigorous imprisonment to a migrant labourer for raping a 14-month-old girl in Gujarat''s Sabarkantha district in September last year.

A man accused of raping a 30-year-old married woman in 2010 after allegedly making her consume a sedative-laced drink has been discharged by a fast-track court in New Delhi which said there was no valid justification for a delay of six years in lodging the FIR.

At 13, she was kidnapped, gang-raped and tortured with lit cigarettes. Nine years on, she is still wading through court hearings, seeking punishment for the man who, along with five others, allegedly sexually assaulted her inside a moving car in Lucknow.

The much-awaited closure in a case that triggered nationwide protests and soul-searching about the treatment of women in India may happen today with a Delhi fast-track court set to announce the quantum of punishment for the gang-rape and murder of a young student last December.

The much-awaited closure in a crime that triggered nationwide protests and soul-searching about the treatment of women in India may finally be here with a Delhi fast-track court set to announce the quantum of punishment for the gang-rape and murder of a young student last December.

Delhi gang-rape case verdict expected today: Nine months after a 23-year-old student was fatally gang-raped on a moving bus in Delhi, a fast-track court will deliver its verdict on four of the six men who were arrested for a crime that shook India to its core, ignited street protests, and forced the introduction of tougher laws to punish sexual off...

A fast-track court is likely to pronounce its verdict today in the Delhi gang-rape case, in which four adult accused were tried for the brutal rape and murder of a 23-year-old paramedical student in a moving bus on December 16 last year.

A special fast-track court will continue its hearing in the Delhi gang-rape case, where five of the six accused are being tried for charges of rape and murder of a medical student.

Amid massive outrage over a doctor's rape and murder at a state-run hospital in Kolkata, the ruling Trinamool Congress has put the ball in the BJP's court, pushing for a law to fast-track trials and ensure exemplary punishment in such cases

The fast-track court for Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act cases in Udupi has sentenced a person to 10 years rigorous imprisonment for raping his 17-year-old sister-in-law within Byndoor police station limits in 2018.

Paving the way for sweeping legal reforms in the state, the Punjab government on Thursday decided to set up seven fast-track courts to ensure speedy trial and justice in rape cases, and three special courts to adjudicate offences against children.

Kerala will set up 57 fast-track special courts to ensure speedy trial in the cases registered under POCSO, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said here on Wednesday.

The Central government has proposed to set up 1,023 fast-track special courts for expeditious trial of over 1.66 lakh pending cases of crime against women and children across the country.

The process of setting up of over 1,000 fast-track special courts across the country to deal with pending cases of rape is likely to begin on October 2, the Law Ministry has said.

Three men will spend life in jail for an eight-year-old girl's gang-rape, torture and killing in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua last year, a case that shocked and disturbed the entire country with the sheer depravity of it. Three more including two policemen held guilty of destroying evidence will serve five years in jail and have been fined. The girl'...

A fast-track court in Gujarat has awarded 20 years of rigorous imprisonment to a migrant labourer for raping a 14-month-old girl in Gujarat''s Sabarkantha district in September last year.

A man accused of raping a 30-year-old married woman in 2010 after allegedly making her consume a sedative-laced drink has been discharged by a fast-track court in New Delhi which said there was no valid justification for a delay of six years in lodging the FIR.

At 13, she was kidnapped, gang-raped and tortured with lit cigarettes. Nine years on, she is still wading through court hearings, seeking punishment for the man who, along with five others, allegedly sexually assaulted her inside a moving car in Lucknow.

The much-awaited closure in a case that triggered nationwide protests and soul-searching about the treatment of women in India may happen today with a Delhi fast-track court set to announce the quantum of punishment for the gang-rape and murder of a young student last December.

The much-awaited closure in a crime that triggered nationwide protests and soul-searching about the treatment of women in India may finally be here with a Delhi fast-track court set to announce the quantum of punishment for the gang-rape and murder of a young student last December.

Delhi gang-rape case verdict expected today: Nine months after a 23-year-old student was fatally gang-raped on a moving bus in Delhi, a fast-track court will deliver its verdict on four of the six men who were arrested for a crime that shook India to its core, ignited street protests, and forced the introduction of tougher laws to punish sexual off...

A fast-track court is likely to pronounce its verdict today in the Delhi gang-rape case, in which four adult accused were tried for the brutal rape and murder of a 23-year-old paramedical student in a moving bus on December 16 last year.

A special fast-track court will continue its hearing in the Delhi gang-rape case, where five of the six accused are being tried for charges of rape and murder of a medical student.