Suryanelli Case

• 18 years later, justice for teen who was raped over 40 days

  She was just 16 when she was abducted and raped in different places in Kerala and Tamil Nadu. 18 years after the heinous assault, 24 of the 30 accused have been convicted.

• Suryanelli rape case: Kerala High Court rejects petition against PJ Kurien

  In a relief for Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman PJ Kurien, the High Court in Kerala today rejected a petition seeking a detailed inquiry against him in the 1996 Suryanelli rape case.

• Suryanelli rape case: Court rejects plea against PJ Kurien

  In a major relief for Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman PJ Kurien, a sessions court in Kerala's Thodupuzha today ruled that the Congress leader will not be made an accused in the Suryanelli rape case. The case relates to a 16-year-old girl from Suryanelli in Kerala's Idukki district who was abducted in January 1996 and taken to various places and sexuall...

• Will PJ Kurien be made an accused in the Suryanelli rape case? Court order likely today

  A sessions court in Kerala's Thodupuzha will today pronounce its order on whether Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman PJ Kurien should be made an accused in the Suryanelli rape case. The case relates to a 16-year-old girl from Suryanelli in Kerala's Idukki district who was abducted in January 1996 and taken to various places and sexually exploited by at le...

• Suryanelli rape case: Kerala government opposes plea against PJ Kurien

  The Kerala government today submitted an affidavit in the high court opposing a plea seeking further investigation against Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman PJ Kurien in the Suryanelli rape case.

• Suryanelli rape case: lone convict Dharmarajan retracts charge against PJ Kurien

  In yet another twist to the nearly two-decade-old Suryanelli sex scandal, the lone convict in the case, Dharmarajan on Wednesday retracted his allegation that Congress leader and Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman P J Kurien was involved in the case.

• PJ Kurien elected chairman of Asian forum of parliamentarians

  Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman PJ Kurien was on Thursday unanimously elected the Chairman of the prestigious Asian Forum of Parliamentarians on Population and Development (AFPPD) in Bangkok.

• Suryanelli rape case: Notice issued to PJ Kurien by Kerala court

  In a setback for Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman P J Kurien, a Sessions Court in Kerala today ordered issue of notice to him on a criminal revision petition filed by the Suryanelli rape victim.

• 31 accused in the Suryanelli rape case granted bail

  31 men accused in the Suryanelli rape case have been granted bail by the division bench of the Kerala High Court subject to certain conditions.

• PJ Kurien meets Pope in Rome: Suryanelli rape victim's mother cries foul

  PJ Kurien, Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha, today met Pope Francis at his inauguration in Rome today. Mr Kurien is the leader of India's delegation for the inauguration, despite questions about his alleged role in the gang-rape of a teenager in 1996.

• Controversy over PJ Kurien plans to attend pope inauguration

  India's decision to send a politician dogged by rape allegations involving a schoolgirl to the pope's inauguration was attacked on Monday by the victim's family and opposition figures.

• Kerala church asks Suryanelli gangrape victim and her relatives to stay away

  A Kerala church has asked the family of a woman who was abducted and raped by 42 men almost two decades ago, to stay away till "matters settle down."

• Suryanelli rape case: Hearing of bail pleas adjourned to March 15

  The Kerala High Court today adjourned the hearing of the bail of the 17 accused in the Suryanelli gang-rape case to March 15 for the lack of appeals and records, which were to be received from the Supreme Court.

• Suryanelli rape case: No basis to reinvestigate PJ Kurien, says Kerala court

  A plea by a woman abducted and raped by 42 men in 1996 that Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairperson PJ Kurien was one of her assaulters and should be made an accused was rejected by a Kerala court today.

• BJP teams with Left against PJ Kurien chairing Rajya Sabha

  The Congress today explained in Parliament why PJ Kurien should not be removed as Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha despite allegations that he raped a schoolgirl in 1996 in his home state of Kerala.