NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed Allahabad high court’s controversial order stating that “grabbings breast and breaking pyjama string” were not enough to charge an accused with the offence of rape or attempt to rape.During the hearing, the bench of justices BR Gavai and AG Masih said that HC judge, who passed the…
NEW DELHI: A day after refusing to hear a plea challenging the Allahabad high court’s ruling, which stated that “grabbing a minor girl‘s breasts, breaking her pyjama strings did not amount to rape or an attempt to rape,” the Supreme Court on Tuesday took cognisance of the ruling on its own.A bench of Justices B…
File photo: Union minister for women and child development Annapurna Devi (Picture credit: ANI) NEW DELHI: Union minister for women and child development Annapurna Devi on Friday strongly criticised the Allahabad high court’s recent ruling, which downgraded charges in a case involving the sexual assault of an 11-year-old girl in Uttar Pradesh’s Kasganj and said…