2011 court case of the state of Delhi against Dinesh Yadav, who raped his stepdaughter over a period of four years, while threatening the girl and her mother to kill them. The judge imposed a prison term of 10 years and recommended the creation of a new law, which allows surgical or chemical castration as […]
Court document about petition led by Ajaib Singh Lehna Singh vs The State Of Punjab. It discusses in how far the Abducted Persons Act (Recovery and Restoration) of 1949 is inconsistent with or violative of the Constitution of India. The petition was initiated by the arrest of Mst. Mukhtiar Kaur. She was transported to the […]
This Supreme Court File of 1989 documents the case of Suman Rani. The prosecutrix Suman Rani stated that Ravi Shankar abducated and raped her and two more men raped her as well in 1984. It was impossible to prove whether she was below 18 years of age. It was hold that she consensually had sex […]
Madhukar Narayan Mardikar, a Police Inspector in Maharashtra State visited the hutment of a woman called Banubi in uniform and demanded to have sexual intercourse with her. Although she refused, he tried unsuccessfully to have her by force. Banubi filed a complain, but the High Court decided since Banubi is an ‘unchaste woman by having […]
This handy comparison chart looks at the Indian Penal Code, the Evidence Act, and the Criminal Procedure code as they stand after CL(A) Ordinance ’13, and compares them with the original, the Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill 2012, and the Justice Verma Committee recommendations. Click here to view the chart : Lawyers Collective – Comparison chart […]
Read the Recommendations of the Justice Verma Committee Click the link above for the full report, or the ones below for individual chapters: Chapter 3 – Rape and Sexual Assault Chapter 9 – Sentencing and Punishment Chapter 11 – Medico-legal Examination of the Victim Chapter 12 – Police Reforms […]