New Delhi: Even if a woman is of easy virtue, she cannot be subjected to rape, the Supreme Court has held, saying courts have a duty to determine whether the offence has been committed or not. "Even in cases where there is some material to show that the victim was habituated to sexual intercourse, no inference of the victim being a woman of 'easy virtue' or a woman of 'loose...
09:09 PM, May 25, 2012
Lille: French prosecutors said on Monday they had opened an inquiry into allegations of gangrape by Dominique Strauss-Kahn and three friends, as part of an investigation into his ties to a suspected prostitution ring in the northern city of Lille. The former IMF chief is under formal investigation over whether he was aware he was dealing with prostitutes and pimps when attending sex parties in Lille, Paris and Washington in...
07:38 AM, May 22, 2012
Pune: Seven girls staying at a residential school run by the state government in Yerawada have finally broken their silence and accused the headmaster of making sexual advances. Despite this, the Social Welfare Department has only issued a show-cause notice to the person concerned asking him why he should not be terminated from service. The matter has been put up for further inquiry, but no FIR has been lodged against...
11:08 AM, May 21, 2012
Bangalore: Most media campaigns on cases of rape and sexual assault or stories based on such victims in movies end with justice or the lack of it. Counsellors who handle sexual assault victims say that justice is often the last thing on the minds of the victims as they grapple with insecurities that affect their life adversely. City Express speaks with counsellors and women's rights activist, who delve into the...
11:25 AM, May 07, 2012
The Union Cabinet has cleared a new law which aims to protect children from sexual abuse. ...
11:30 PM, May 02, 2012
New Delhi: Another minor domestic help in the national capital has alleged abuse and sexual assault. The 14-year-old victim has alleged that the accused Nadeem used to beat her up and sexually assault her. Nadeem is 25 years old and currently unemployed. His father works in Saudi Arabia. The police have arrested him and sent him to judicial custody. The girl is currently in a child care home. She hails...
09:03 AM, Apr 13, 2012
Lille: Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was put under formal investigation by a French court on Monday over his role in a prostitution case, his lawyer said. The move is an esclatation of the case against the Socialist ex-finance minister but falls short of a formal charge. Strauss-Kahn has denied the allegations against him, arguing that he was unaware women he met at parties organised by business associates in Lille,...
02:18 AM, Mar 27, 2012
New York: Celebrity fashion designer Anand Jon appeared in a New York court for a pre-trial hearing. The Indian-born designer is accused of sex crimes against 12 women and girls. He was arrested in 2007 and has been sentenced to a minimum of 59 years in prison for sexually assaulting aspiring models as young as 14-years-old. The designer has maintained his innocence in all cases. ...
10:16 AM, Jan 21, 2012
London: Britain's Supreme Court said on Friday it had agreed to hear WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's appeal against extradition to Sweden over sex crimes allegations. The court said a panel of three judges had considered a written submission and granted a two-day appeal beginning on February 1, meaning there is no prospect of Assange being sent to Stockholm until at least next year. In a statement, the court said it...
06:23 AM, Dec 17, 2011
London: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange made a last-ditch effort on Tuesday to stave off his extradition to Sweden over sex-crime allegations, filing papers to see if he can win an audience and appeal to Britain's highest court. In the latest twist in Assange's year-long extradition battle, Britain's Judicial Office said Assange filed an application for the chance to persuade judges he should be allowed one last appeal in the Supreme...
08:27 AM, Nov 16, 2011
London: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will get to know on November 2 whether he will be extradited to Sweden to face allegations of sexual misconduct in that country, the court hearing the case in London said on Friday. Lawyers for Assange, 40, have insisted that his extradition to Sweden would be "unfair and unlawful". He is wanted in Sweden to answer accusations of raping one woman and sexually molesting and...
06:37 PM, Oct 28, 2011
New York: Dominique Strauss Kahn's next court date in his New York sexual assault case was postponed on Monday, with prosecutors invoking a need for further investigation and defense lawyers saying they hoped it would lead to the end of the tumultuous case. Previously set for July 18, the closely watched court date is now scheduled for August 1 as prosecutors weigh what to do about a case rocked by...
07:04 AM, Jul 12, 2011
Washington/Paris: Faced with a legal and media onslaught, Dominique Strauss-Kahn is pulling together a crack team of investigators, former spies and media advisers to fight back against charges he sexually assaulted a hotel chambermaid. The former IMF chief's advisers will have their work cut out for them, and they may have to use different approaches to handling his legal problems in the United States while trying to bolster his reputation...
12:12 AM, May 30, 2011
New York: Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was moved on Wednesday from a temporary apartment to a luxurious townhouse in New York's TriBeCa neighbourhood where he will await trial under around-the-clock armed guard on charges that he tried to rape a hotel maid. Strauss-Kahn, who had been expected to be a serious contender to be the next president of France before his arrest, was rushed late on Wednesday to a...
08:49 AM, May 26, 2011
New York: Former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn has shed little public light on his account of what happened between him and a hotel housekeeper who accused him of sexually attacking her. But in a potentially revealing hint, one of his lawyers has said he doesn't expect the evidence will show a forcible encounter. If Strauss-Kahn's lawyers are planning to argue there was a consensual liaison, they would be...
04:57 PM, May 25, 2011
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