Photojournalist Rape

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  Life Term "To Repent": Mumbai Gang-Rape Convicts' Death Penalty Commuted

  Bombay High Court today commuted to life imprisonment the death penalty awarded to 3 convicts in the 2013 gang-rape case of a 22-year-old photojournalist inside the defunct Shakti Mills compound in central Mumbai.

• Shakti Mills Gang-Rapes: Two Juveniles Convicted, Sent To Correction School

  Two minors have been convicted for the gang-rapes of a photojournalist and telephone operator in the abandoned Shakti Mills compound in Mumbai last year.

• Outrage after Abu Azmi says 'women having sex outside marriage should be hanged'

  Samajwadi Party leader Abu Azmi has earned widespread criticism for his controversial comments on rape, including condemnation at home from his son and daughter in law.

• SHOCKING! Women having sex should be hanged, says Abu Azmi

  In a bizarre and grotesque statement, the state Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Abu Azmi said women who were raped should also be punished.

• Mumbai: Shakti Mills gang-rape survivor's mother speaks out

  The mother of the gang-rape survivor reveals how she lives in constant fear for the safety of her daughter, who is taunted by locals and kept at arm's length by relatives, ever since she was subjected to the crime.

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  Blog: Blog: Covering the Shakti Mills Gang-Rape Case

  From the day the survivor almost fainted in court till the sentencing on Friday, this trial has been unique.

• Vote for us, will check 'misuse' of anti-rape law, says Mulayam's manifesto

  Mulayam Singh Yadav believes that voters should pick his Samajwadi Party because it will fight to check "the large-scale misuse" of the tougher anti-rape law introduced after the fatal gang-rape of a young woman on a moving bus in Delhi. His commitment was made in his party manifesto which was released today.

• Shakti Mills gang-rape case: attorney general to file reply on constitutional validity of section 376(E)

  The Bombay high court has asked the Attorney General of India to file a reply on the constitutional validity of Section 376(E) while hearing a plea by the defence lawyers in the Shakti Mills photojournalist gang-rape case.

• Mumbai: High Court raises questions on validity of Shakti Mills gang-rape trial

  The Bombay High Court today raised questions about legal validity of the trial court's decision to frame an additional charge against the accused in the Shakti Mills gang-rape case involving a woman photojournalist after the accused were convicted.

• Mumbai: Shakti Mills gang rape case adjourned till Wednesday

  A Mumbai court on Tuesday adjourned hearing in the photojournalist gang rape case till Wednesday after the defence lawyer decided to move Bombay High Court, challenging the enhanced charges against three common convicts for repeat offences.

• Mumbai: Verdict in Shakti mills gang-rape cases on March 20

  A sessions court will on March 20 pronounce its verdict in two gang rape cases involving a photojournalist and telephone operator in separate incidents in the defunct Shakti Mills premises in Central Mumbai last year.

• Two more witnesses depose in second Mumbai gang-rape case

  Two more prosecution witnesses today deposed before the Sessions court in Mumbai in the case related to the gang-rape of an 18-year-old telephone operator at the Shakti Mills compound in Mumbai on July 31.

• Mumbai photojournalist gang-rape: Court sets 60-day deadline to conclude trial

  The sessions court trying the Mumbai photojournalist gang-rape case has set a deadline of two months for concluding the trial. "We will try to conclude the case in 60 days," the court said while adjourning the matter till September 26.

• Mumbai photojournalist gang-rape case: Chargesheet likely to be filed on Thursday

  The Mumbai Police is expected to file a charge sheet on Thursday against five people accused of gang-raping a photojournalist in the heart of the city.

• Fifth accused held in second Shakti mills gang-rape case

  The fifth and last accused in the July 31 telephone operator gang-rape case was today arrested from the city, police said.