Soumya Raped

A convict who raped a young woman on a rail track in 2011 after allegedly throwing her off a moving train in Kerala will not be given the death penalty. The Supreme Court today rejected the Kerala government's curative petition for reviewing its earlier order of giving the convict Govindachamy a life sentence.

With an unconditional apology, former Supreme Court judge Markandey Katju today extricated himself from a contempt case over a blog post in which he had sharply criticised the court's verdict in the 2011 rape and murder of 23-year-old Soumya in Kerala.

Former Supreme Court judge Justice Markandey Katju today moved the Supreme Court seeking early hearing of a contempt case against him for allegedly using "intemperate" language and "scandalising" the judiciary.

Inside a courtroom where he passed judgements, former judge Markandey Katju was on Friday pulled up for contempt over a blog criticising Supreme Court judges. "I don't bother," he declared before storming out.

All eyes in the Supreme Court tomorrow will be on former top Court judge Markandey Katju who has been summoned to appear in person before it to point out the "fundamental flaws", as claimed by him in the sensational Soumya rape case.

Former Supreme Court judge Markandey Katju on Sunday said he would appear before the apex court on November 11 in the Soumya rape case, as directed by it.

After he said in a Facebook post that the Supreme Court had seriously "erred in law" by reducing the sentence of the convict in the 2011 rape and murder of 23-year-old Soumya in Kerala, Justice Markandeya Katju has been asked to explain his views in court.

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan today assured all support to ensure justice to the family of Soumya, who was allegedly raped and murdered after being pushed out from a moving train in Thrissur district in February 2011.

A convict who raped a young woman on a rail track in 2011 after allegedly throwing her off a moving train in Kerala, was spared the death sentence on Thursday. Reducing Govindachamy's sentence to 14 years in jail, the Supreme Court said there was not enough evidence that 23-year-old Soumya had been murdered or pushed off the train.

Former Supreme Court judge Markandey Katju today said that the Supreme Court had "grievously erred by law" in the Soumya rape and murder case in which the death sentence of the accused Govindacahamy was commuted.

The decision of the Supreme Court to commute the death sentence awarded to Govindachamy, who had raped and murdered 23-year-old Soumya in February 2011 after allegedly pushing her out of a moving train, was 'heart breaking', the mother of the girl, said.

The Supreme Court today commuted the death sentence of Govindachamy, a convict in the brutal rape and murder case of 23-year-old Soumya, to 14-year jail term. The murder charge against him was dropped.

In 2011, 23-year-old Soumya was allegedly pushed off a train in Kerala by a man who jumped after her, hit her with a stone and then raped her in her wounded state. The attacker, Govindachamy, will not hang, the Supreme Court ruled today, reducing his sentence to 14 years in jail.

A court in Kerala has awarded the death sentence to a man who raped and murdered a young salesgirl named Soumya, who he found in the women's compartment of a train.

At 23, Soumya was the pivot of her family's present and future.Her father had left them five years ago. Her mother who was sick couldn't afford to give up her job as a domestic helper. Her brother was a driver. And when Soumya was offered a job as a sales girl at a shopping mall in Kochi, she decided to abandon her course in hotel management.So she...

A convict who raped a young woman on a rail track in 2011 after allegedly throwing her off a moving train in Kerala will not be given the death penalty. The Supreme Court today rejected the Kerala government's curative petition for reviewing its earlier order of giving the convict Govindachamy a life sentence.

With an unconditional apology, former Supreme Court judge Markandey Katju today extricated himself from a contempt case over a blog post in which he had sharply criticised the court's verdict in the 2011 rape and murder of 23-year-old Soumya in Kerala.

Former Supreme Court judge Justice Markandey Katju today moved the Supreme Court seeking early hearing of a contempt case against him for allegedly using "intemperate" language and "scandalising" the judiciary.

Inside a courtroom where he passed judgements, former judge Markandey Katju was on Friday pulled up for contempt over a blog criticising Supreme Court judges. "I don't bother," he declared before storming out.

All eyes in the Supreme Court tomorrow will be on former top Court judge Markandey Katju who has been summoned to appear in person before it to point out the "fundamental flaws", as claimed by him in the sensational Soumya rape case.

Former Supreme Court judge Markandey Katju on Sunday said he would appear before the apex court on November 11 in the Soumya rape case, as directed by it.

After he said in a Facebook post that the Supreme Court had seriously "erred in law" by reducing the sentence of the convict in the 2011 rape and murder of 23-year-old Soumya in Kerala, Justice Markandeya Katju has been asked to explain his views in court.

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan today assured all support to ensure justice to the family of Soumya, who was allegedly raped and murdered after being pushed out from a moving train in Thrissur district in February 2011.

A convict who raped a young woman on a rail track in 2011 after allegedly throwing her off a moving train in Kerala, was spared the death sentence on Thursday. Reducing Govindachamy's sentence to 14 years in jail, the Supreme Court said there was not enough evidence that 23-year-old Soumya had been murdered or pushed off the train.

Former Supreme Court judge Markandey Katju today said that the Supreme Court had "grievously erred by law" in the Soumya rape and murder case in which the death sentence of the accused Govindacahamy was commuted.

The decision of the Supreme Court to commute the death sentence awarded to Govindachamy, who had raped and murdered 23-year-old Soumya in February 2011 after allegedly pushing her out of a moving train, was 'heart breaking', the mother of the girl, said.

The Supreme Court today commuted the death sentence of Govindachamy, a convict in the brutal rape and murder case of 23-year-old Soumya, to 14-year jail term. The murder charge against him was dropped.

In 2011, 23-year-old Soumya was allegedly pushed off a train in Kerala by a man who jumped after her, hit her with a stone and then raped her in her wounded state. The attacker, Govindachamy, will not hang, the Supreme Court ruled today, reducing his sentence to 14 years in jail.

A court in Kerala has awarded the death sentence to a man who raped and murdered a young salesgirl named Soumya, who he found in the women's compartment of a train.

At 23, Soumya was the pivot of her family's present and future.Her father had left them five years ago. Her mother who was sick couldn't afford to give up her job as a domestic helper. Her brother was a driver. And when Soumya was offered a job as a sales girl at a shopping mall in Kochi, she decided to abandon her course in hotel management.So she...