Abortion Case

Savita death: Report says foetus not mother was main focus

Indian dentist Savita Halappanavar, who died in Ireland in 2012 after being denied abortion, may have been saved had the hospital staff not paid "overemphasis" on the welfare of the unviable foetus and "underemphasis" on her deteriorating health, according to an inquiry report. ...

10:21 AM, Apr 03, 2013

Ex-Akali Dal minister Bibi Jagir Kaur gets bail

by CNN-IBN

New Delhi: Former Punjab Minister and Akali Dal leader Bibi Jagir Kaur got bail on Thursday in criminal case against her teenaged daughter. Kaur was awarded a jail term for five years for subjecting her daughter to forced abortion and also for abducting her. Kaur was accused of murdering her daughter over her marriage with a person from a lower caste. Kaur was found guilty of forcing her daughter Harpreet...

12:50 PM, Nov 01, 2012

Beed: Accused doctors enjoyed political patronage?

by Smitha Nair,CNN-IBN

Mumbai: In a new twist in the Beed abortion case, it has now come to light that the main accused doctor couple enjoyed political patronage. The Mundes - Sudam and Saraswati - hobnobbed with the likes of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Chief Sharad Pawar and senior BJP leader Gopinath Munde. The couple have been on the run for about two weeks now. Known as the Butcher of Beed, Dr Sudam...

10:10 PM, Jun 12, 2012

No special treatment for Jagir Kaur: Punjab DGP

by CNN-IBN

New Delhi: The Director General (Prisons) Punjab, Shashi Kant, on Friday said that he would take strict action against all those police personnel who "stooped" to the level of touching the feet of Bibi Jagir Kaur, the former Punjab Cabinet Minister who on Friday, was charged with the murder of her daughter and sentenced to five years of rigorous imprisonment in Patiala jail. In an interview with Network 18 Editor-in-Chief...

10:01 PM, Apr 03, 2012