Kathua Lawyers

A court on Monday sentenced three men to life imprisonment for the rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district last year, a lawyer for the defence said, in a case that sparked outrage across the country. Three other men also convicted in the case were given a five-year prison sentence, lawyer Vinod Mahajan told ...

The family of the eight-year-old Kathua rape and murder victim has decided to drop their lawyer Deepika Rajawat as she has barely been available at the court hearings, the victim's father has said.

The doctors who conducted a postmortem on the eight-year-old Kathua rape victim told a court here that the girl was sexually assaulted and she died of asphyxia, a lawyer has said.

A lawyer who represented the main accused in the gang-rape, torture and killing of an eight-year-old girl in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua has snagged a government post. Aseem Sawney has been appointed additional Advocate General of the state.

A lawyer defending some of the accused in the Kathua rape-and-murder case on Sunday claimed that "jihadis" are behind the gruesome incident and that the body of the eight-year-old girl had been planted to change the religious demography of the Jammu and Kashmir.

The accused in the horrific gang-rape and murder of an 8-year-old in Kathua, who had claimed to be a juvenile, will be tried as an adult, lawyers said today. Medical tests have confirmed that the man was between 19 and 23 years in age. Seven other men are accused in the case, which will be heard at a fast-track court in Punjab's Pathankot.

"Harry Potter" star Emma Watson on Friday tweeted in support of Indian lawyer Deepika Singh Rajawat, who is fighting the case of a minor girl whose rape and murder in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir sent shockwaves globally.

The allegation that lawyers tried to block the police from submitting the chargesheet on the gang-rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Kathua in Jammu and Kashmir is "media misreporting", the Bar Council of India has said.

An affidavit filed by the registrar general of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court in the Supreme Court has indicted lawyers of the Kathua bar association for obstructing the crime branch from filing the chargesheet for the rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl from a nomadic Muslim tribe.

There should be fair trial in the rape and murder of the 8-year-old child in Kathua and the case will be transferred out if there is any possibility that it might not happen, the Supreme Court said today. The horrific rape and murder of the child, which had evoked nationwide fury, reached the Supreme Court after the family's advocate said she had f...

The Jammu and Kashmir lawyers did not obstruct justice in the Kathua rape case and their demand for a CBI investigation into the matter is "justified" the Bar Council of India told the Supreme Court today. The Council said these were the conclusions of a probe team it sent to the state.

The Jammu and Kashmir Crime Branch will soon approach a local court in Kathua against a defence lawyer who is allegedly circulating twisted facts in the case of the gangrape and murder of an eight-year-old girl to vitiate the atmosphere, officials said here.

The Jammu High Court Bar Association on Thursday told the Supreme Court that it did not support lawyers' protest in connection with the Kathua gangrape and murder case.

"She is a girl, how intelligent can she be?" - Defence lawyer Ankur Sharma had earlier commented about the only woman police officer Shwetambari Sharma who is investigating Kathua child rape case.

Eight lawyers have been identified and named by the police in its FIR filed last week against a group of advocates who allegedly tried to prevent crime branch detectives from filing a charge sheet against the accused in the rape and murder of girl in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir, an official said.

A court on Monday sentenced three men to life imprisonment for the rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district last year, a lawyer for the defence said, in a case that sparked outrage across the country. Three other men also convicted in the case were given a five-year prison sentence, lawyer Vinod Mahajan told ...

The family of the eight-year-old Kathua rape and murder victim has decided to drop their lawyer Deepika Rajawat as she has barely been available at the court hearings, the victim's father has said.

The doctors who conducted a postmortem on the eight-year-old Kathua rape victim told a court here that the girl was sexually assaulted and she died of asphyxia, a lawyer has said.

A lawyer who represented the main accused in the gang-rape, torture and killing of an eight-year-old girl in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua has snagged a government post. Aseem Sawney has been appointed additional Advocate General of the state.

A lawyer defending some of the accused in the Kathua rape-and-murder case on Sunday claimed that "jihadis" are behind the gruesome incident and that the body of the eight-year-old girl had been planted to change the religious demography of the Jammu and Kashmir.

The accused in the horrific gang-rape and murder of an 8-year-old in Kathua, who had claimed to be a juvenile, will be tried as an adult, lawyers said today. Medical tests have confirmed that the man was between 19 and 23 years in age. Seven other men are accused in the case, which will be heard at a fast-track court in Punjab's Pathankot.

"Harry Potter" star Emma Watson on Friday tweeted in support of Indian lawyer Deepika Singh Rajawat, who is fighting the case of a minor girl whose rape and murder in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir sent shockwaves globally.

The allegation that lawyers tried to block the police from submitting the chargesheet on the gang-rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Kathua in Jammu and Kashmir is "media misreporting", the Bar Council of India has said.

An affidavit filed by the registrar general of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court in the Supreme Court has indicted lawyers of the Kathua bar association for obstructing the crime branch from filing the chargesheet for the rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl from a nomadic Muslim tribe.

There should be fair trial in the rape and murder of the 8-year-old child in Kathua and the case will be transferred out if there is any possibility that it might not happen, the Supreme Court said today. The horrific rape and murder of the child, which had evoked nationwide fury, reached the Supreme Court after the family's advocate said she had f...

The Jammu and Kashmir lawyers did not obstruct justice in the Kathua rape case and their demand for a CBI investigation into the matter is "justified" the Bar Council of India told the Supreme Court today. The Council said these were the conclusions of a probe team it sent to the state.

The Jammu and Kashmir Crime Branch will soon approach a local court in Kathua against a defence lawyer who is allegedly circulating twisted facts in the case of the gangrape and murder of an eight-year-old girl to vitiate the atmosphere, officials said here.

The Jammu High Court Bar Association on Thursday told the Supreme Court that it did not support lawyers' protest in connection with the Kathua gangrape and murder case.

"She is a girl, how intelligent can she be?" - Defence lawyer Ankur Sharma had earlier commented about the only woman police officer Shwetambari Sharma who is investigating Kathua child rape case.

Eight lawyers have been identified and named by the police in its FIR filed last week against a group of advocates who allegedly tried to prevent crime branch detectives from filing a charge sheet against the accused in the rape and murder of girl in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir, an official said.