sexual assault

The bench while disposing of the petition quashed the FIR and all other proceedings arising therefrom.

The Supreme Court today issued notice in a plea filed by National commission for Women (NCW) challenging the Bombay HC judgment passed by Justice Pushpa Ganediwala, wherein she held that there must be “skin to skin contact with sexual intent” for an act to be considered sexual assault.

The Delhi High court has upheld the order of trial court for convicting a man for the commission of aggravated gang penetrative sexual assault upon a 13-year-old minor child.

After an uproar over two controversial judgments regarding sexual assault on children, the Court’s collegium halted the promotion of a woman judge who presided over the cases.

Attorney General K.K. Venugopal brought to the courts notice a judgment of the Bombay HC in which the Court acquitted the accused under Section 8 of the POCSO act on the ground that there was no direct skin-to-skin contact.

"The purpose of rehabilitative sentencing is to reform the offender as a person so that he may become a normal law-abiding member of the community once again."

A Delhi Court on Thursday summoned Director of a Private School in Dwarka for wilful neglect which resulted in sexual assault of a four-and-a-half-year old girl in 2017 by her classmate.

The petition was filed by nine lawyers in the top court challenging a bail order issued by the Madhya Pradesh High Court where a man accused of sexual assault was asked to get a rakhi tied by the victim.

The Supreme Court bench of Justices A. M. Khanwilkar and B. R. Gavai today took up a petition challenging a bail order issued by the Madhya Pradesh High Court where a man accused of sexual assault was asked to get a rakhi tied on him by the victim.

New Delhi (ILNS): The Goa police today has sought extension of time to complete the trial in the 2013 Sexual Assault Case against former Tehelka chief Tarun Tejpal.