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"Rape Is Rape Even When Committed By Husband": Gujarat High Court
A rape is a rape, even when it is committed by a man on his wife, the Gujarat High Court has observed, citing that the silence shrouding sexual violence against women in India needs to be broken.
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Asaram Guilty Of Raping Schoolgirl, Gets Life Term In Jail: 10 Facts
Nearly five years after he was arrested, Asaram, a self-styled godman with a following that runs into lakhs, was sentenced to life imprisonment for raping a 16-year-old girl whose family brought her to visit his ashram in Jodhpur. The verdict today was delivered inside a Jodhpur jail; authorities decided days ago that taking Asaram to court would r...
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Marital Rape No Offence, Oral Sex Cruelty, Says Gujarat High Court
The Gujarat High Court on Monday observed that non-consensual intercourse by a husband cannot be dubbed as rape. However, it also stated that subjecting his married partner to have oral or unnatural sex was akin to cruelty.
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Supreme Court Refuses To Stay Conviction Of Police Officer In Bilkis Case
Declining a Gujarat police officer's plea to stay his conviction in the 2002 Bilkis Bano gang rape case, the Supreme Court on Tuesday told the police officer to first pay up the fine imposed by the high court. The top court is expected to hear the officer's petition in July.
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Ensure No Parole For Convicts: Bilkis Bano
Gujarat gang-rape survivor Bilkis Bano on Monday said that after 15 years of indescribable struggle she is preparing for a new beginning after last week's court ruling, and urged that the 11 men convicted by the court should not be granted parole.
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High Court Allows Asaram's Trial Through Video Conference In Rape Case
The Gujarat High Court today allowed a Gandhinagar sessions court to conduct the trial of self-styled godman Asaram Bapu, who is facing rape charge, through video conference from Jodhpur jail.
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Gujarat Teen, Rape Survivor, Can Abort, Says Supreme Court
A 14-year-old girl from Gujarat who became pregnant after being raped, can have her pregnancy terminated if it is necessary to save her life, the Supreme Court has ruled, overruling the decision of two courts in Gujarat.
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'The Child is Innocent,' Says Court, Refusing Abortion for Raped Teen
A court in Gujarat has denied a 14-year-old girl a late-term abortion after she was allegedly raped by a doctor.
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"Rape Is Rape Even When Committed By Husband": Gujarat High Court
A rape is a rape, even when it is committed by a man on his wife, the Gujarat High Court has observed, citing that the silence shrouding sexual violence against women in India needs to be broken.
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Asaram Guilty Of Raping Schoolgirl, Gets Life Term In Jail: 10 Facts
Nearly five years after he was arrested, Asaram, a self-styled godman with a following that runs into lakhs, was sentenced to life imprisonment for raping a 16-year-old girl whose family brought her to visit his ashram in Jodhpur. The verdict today was delivered inside a Jodhpur jail; authorities decided days ago that taking Asaram to court would r...
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Marital Rape No Offence, Oral Sex Cruelty, Says Gujarat High Court
The Gujarat High Court on Monday observed that non-consensual intercourse by a husband cannot be dubbed as rape. However, it also stated that subjecting his married partner to have oral or unnatural sex was akin to cruelty.
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Supreme Court Refuses To Stay Conviction Of Police Officer In Bilkis Case
Declining a Gujarat police officer's plea to stay his conviction in the 2002 Bilkis Bano gang rape case, the Supreme Court on Tuesday told the police officer to first pay up the fine imposed by the high court. The top court is expected to hear the officer's petition in July.
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Ensure No Parole For Convicts: Bilkis Bano
Gujarat gang-rape survivor Bilkis Bano on Monday said that after 15 years of indescribable struggle she is preparing for a new beginning after last week's court ruling, and urged that the 11 men convicted by the court should not be granted parole.
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High Court Allows Asaram's Trial Through Video Conference In Rape Case
The Gujarat High Court today allowed a Gandhinagar sessions court to conduct the trial of self-styled godman Asaram Bapu, who is facing rape charge, through video conference from Jodhpur jail.
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Gujarat Teen, Rape Survivor, Can Abort, Says Supreme Court
A 14-year-old girl from Gujarat who became pregnant after being raped, can have her pregnancy terminated if it is necessary to save her life, the Supreme Court has ruled, overruling the decision of two courts in Gujarat.
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'The Child is Innocent,' Says Court, Refusing Abortion for Raped Teen
A court in Gujarat has denied a 14-year-old girl a late-term abortion after she was allegedly raped by a doctor.
