SC trashes rape case filed by woman after 34 years

Credit: IndiaTimes- Published on January 17, 2024
Two years before the nationwide 'Me Too' movement gained momentum, in 2016, a Muslim woman filed a First Information Report (FIR) at a police station in Assam. She accused a Hindu man of sexually assaulting her in 1982 when she was a minor. To support her claim, she referenced the birth of a male child in 1983. The charges were...

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Assam

State in northeastern India
Two Congress workers died during protests on Wednesday. One in Uttar Pradesh, allegedly due to police brutality during a demonstration near the state Assembly,..
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These Legal States are Nagaland, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Mizoram, Kerala, Maharashtra, Goa, Manipur, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, and..
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Police arrested the ninth suspect, Krishna Barman, in connection with a gang rape in Guwahati last month. Barman was apprehended in Dhubri district after his..
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Muslims

Adherents of Islam
The Supreme Court granted bail to two more convicts in the 1987 Hashimpura massacre case, where 38 Muslim men were killed by Provincial Armed Constabulary..
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BJP leader Rajneesh Singh urged Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath to reclaim land allocated for a mosque in Ayodhya, alleging the Muslim community's intent was..
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The Supreme Court collegium reprimanded Allahabad High Court Justice Shekhar Kumar Yadav for his controversial speech at a VHP event. The collegium advised him..
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Hinduism

Indian religion
Congress leader Digvijaya Singh criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Kuwait speech, accusing him of promoting hatred between Hindus and minorities in India..
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Syed Zainul Abedin Ali Khan, Ajmer Dargah's spiritual head, lauded RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat's call to avoid new temple disputes. Bhagwat's advice against creating..
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BJP members and Hindu organizations protested in Coimbatore against the state government's handling of the funeral of S.A. Basha, a convict in the 1998..
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In a Lok Sabha debate, BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad criticized Rahul Gandhi's understanding of history and the Congress party's stance during the Emergency...
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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi criticized BJP policies during a Lok Sabha debate. He used Hindu scriptures to illustrate his points. He compared the government's..
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