Chennai, July 26 (BPNS) The Madras High Court on Tuesday ordered an expeditious trial against Rajiv Gandhi assassination convict, Murugan alias Sriharan in a case related to obscene behaviour in jail.  A criminal case has been registered against Murugan for allegedly having stood naked before the jail officials and showing obscene gestures when some items […]

Thiruvananthapuram, July 25 (BPNS) Sexual assault victims will now have constant access to the Victim Liaison Officer (VLO) and to the ‘One Stop Crisis Centre’. Thanks to the Kerala High Court, it directed the state government to make available the same 24 hours a day. The court has also laid down certain protocols to be […]

Thiruvananthapuram, July 24 (BPNS) In a landmark judgment, the Kerala High Court held that the children of unwed mothers and the children of raped victims had the right to exercise their fundamental rights of privacy, liberty, and dignity. The court said this while upholding the right of a person to include his mother’s name alone […]

Thiruvananthapuram, July 23 (BPNS) The Kerala High Court has expressed its concern at the increasing number of child pregnancies in the state, in which, at least some cases involve close relatives. The court’s observation came while allowing a 13-year-old POCSO case victim to terminate her 30 weeks pregnancy. The girl was impregnated by her sibling, […]

Chennai, July 21, 2022 (BPNS) Madras High Court on Thursday directed the Tamil Nadu police and the father of the girl who committed suicide to produce before the court the Supreme Court order with respect to the plea by the father of the child to include a doctor of his choice during his re-postmortem. Justice […]

Chennai, July 20 (BPNS) The Madras High Court on Wednesday quashed the order or the Executive magistrate to lock up the AIADMK headquarters and instead ordered to hand over the keys of the building to the party interim general secretary, Edappadi K. Palaniswami. The South Chennai Revenue Divisional Officer (RD0) had on July 11, locked […]

Chennai, July 20 (BPNS) The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) will be holding an investigation into the circumstances that led to the suicide of a Plus Two student of a private residential school at Kallakurichi. The Chairman of the NCPCR, Priyang Kanoongo will visit the Private Residential  School and the hostel premises […]