Lawyer Attacks Women

A lawyer was arrested on Tuesday on charges of attempting to murder a law student and her mother, a special public prosecutor in Mahila Court in Tirupur, police said.

A state government counsel was shot dead at her residence in yet another fatal attack on women lawyers in Uttar Pradesh.

Young women ran as they were chased by a mob, slapped, kicked and dragged by their hair. As the terrified women tried to dodge the blows, some stumbled and fell and others were pushed to the ground. Visuals of this hooliganism at a pub in Mangaluru disgusted the nation and led to calls for toughest punishment. But nine years on, all 25 accused, and...

The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) has written to Delhi Home Minister Satyendra Jain to appoint senior public prosecutors in acid attack cases to help the victims get justice on time.

The main suspect in the fatal gang rape of a medical student on a Delhi bus, an attack that triggered angry protests and new laws to punish crimes against women, allegedly committed suicide in jail early this morning. Ram Singh's family and lawyers want a CBI inquiry to determine how he died.

The main suspect in the fatal gang-rape of a medical student onboard a New Delhi bus, an attack that horrified the country and triggered protests and new laws to punish crimes against women, allegedly committed suicide in jail early this morning.

The metropolitan magistrate court sentenced a woman lawyer to 14 months imprisonment for attacking another woman. The lawyer was also fined Rs1400. According to the prosecution, advocate Jyoti Maniar had assaulted one Asha Doshi on October 31, 2004 at Nehrunagar crossroads where she had gone for Diwali shopping. Doshi's husband was working at the o...

A lawyer was arrested on Tuesday on charges of attempting to murder a law student and her mother, a special public prosecutor in Mahila Court in Tirupur, police said.

A state government counsel was shot dead at her residence in yet another fatal attack on women lawyers in Uttar Pradesh.

Young women ran as they were chased by a mob, slapped, kicked and dragged by their hair. As the terrified women tried to dodge the blows, some stumbled and fell and others were pushed to the ground. Visuals of this hooliganism at a pub in Mangaluru disgusted the nation and led to calls for toughest punishment. But nine years on, all 25 accused, and...

The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) has written to Delhi Home Minister Satyendra Jain to appoint senior public prosecutors in acid attack cases to help the victims get justice on time.

The main suspect in the fatal gang rape of a medical student on a Delhi bus, an attack that triggered angry protests and new laws to punish crimes against women, allegedly committed suicide in jail early this morning. Ram Singh's family and lawyers want a CBI inquiry to determine how he died.

The main suspect in the fatal gang-rape of a medical student onboard a New Delhi bus, an attack that horrified the country and triggered protests and new laws to punish crimes against women, allegedly committed suicide in jail early this morning.

The metropolitan magistrate court sentenced a woman lawyer to 14 months imprisonment for attacking another woman. The lawyer was also fined Rs1400. According to the prosecution, advocate Jyoti Maniar had assaulted one Asha Doshi on October 31, 2004 at Nehrunagar crossroads where she had gone for Diwali shopping. Doshi's husband was working at the o...