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When Family Becomes Custody: Allahabad HC holds adult women’s faith, residence and liberty cannot be placed under parental control
Holding that an alleged unlawful conversion cannot become a licence for private confinement, the Court separates the legality of religious conversion from the legality of detention—and holds the father and Uttar Pradesh State jointly liable for ₹25 lakh in constitutional compensation
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UP: Teenage Dalit girl’s body found in paddy field, family suspect rape
Family found the half-naked body of their teenage daughter on Wednesday night in a paddy field where she had gone to work
Another Rape! 17-Year-Old Kidnapped, Gang-Raped For 22 Days: Odisha
Demanding assistance of ₹ 25 lakh for the family of the girl, Congress spokesperson Nishikant Mishra said the incident should be investigated by the crime branch.
15-yr-old Dalit ‘gangrape victim’ takes her own life: Chitrakoot, UP
In a gruesome case of gendered assault, her family members have alleged after her death that she was raped by three men in a forest area on October 8, the UP police said
Woman sets herself ablaze in front of Assembly building in Lucknow!
Policemen doused flames, rushed woman to hospital; she is said to be in a critical condition
Teen alleges rape on college campus where UP civil services exam was underway!
The class 10 student has alleged that she was raped by a college students, robbed and filmed by around a dozen more
Register ‘Zero FIR’ in case of the crime against women: MHA reminds states
Advisory comes in the wake of national outrage over the Hathras case, mentions ‘dying declarations’, and action against police failure
Funeral or destruction of evidence: Why did the UP police light Hathras victim’s pyre?
Footage of cops surrounding the burning pyre shows how the victim's immediate family was shut out of the last rites
Jharkhand HC pulls up police for shoddy investigation in Giridih rape and murder case
The Court, shocked at the laxity of investigating officers with no progress even after a lapse of 6 months, has ordered for the constitution of SIT to probe the case
Chhattisgarh: It took a suicide attempt by the grieving father of a rape victim, for cops to pay heed
The minor girl had died by suicide, two months ago after being gang-raped by seven men at a wedding in Kondagaon district of Chhattisgarh
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