Poet and activist Varavara Rao, an accused in the Elgar Parishad- Maoist links case, approached the Bombay High Court yesterday (July 13), seeking temporary bail, owing to his deteriorating health and because of the prevailing COVID-19 pandemic.
In a Sunday (July 12) hearing, a special court in Mumbai denied default bail to activist Gautam Navlakha who is currently lodged at Taloja jail. The court also allowed the NIA's application seeking custody of Navlakha for ten days in order to question him in the Bhima Koregaon case.
Following a hue and cry over a 26-year-old Vadodara man’s obscene video, on social media, threatening comedian Agrima Joshua with rape, the Vadodara Police arrested the man yesterday (July 12).
“Unfortunately, the police has done the same act and murdered Vikas Dubey and didn’t follow guideline issued by this Hon’ble court in the PUSL Vs State of Maharashtra matter,” stated Atal Bihari Dubey.
Kerala High Court has explained the difference between consensual sex and rape during the hearing of a case. The court has commented that if a woman welcomes the prospect of sex from her partner, only then can it be considered sex by mutual consent. Otherwise it would be classified as rape.
The Karnataka High Court has expunged the derogatory remarks made by Justice Krishna S Dixit on the conduct of the rape victim while granting bail to the rape accused.
A plea has been filed in the Patiala House Court seeking directions register an FIR against Baba Ramdev and Patanjali under the Indian Penal Code, Drugs and Magic Remedies (Objectionable Advertisements) Act, and Drugs and Cosmetics Act for allegedly making claims to cure COVID 19.
Mr. A. Raja, Member of Parliament Lok Sabha, and Politician from DMK Political Party, has written a letter to the Home Minister Mr. Amit Shah over the custodial death of one Jayaraj and Bennix, father-son duo at the Sathankulam Police Station in the Tuticorn District of Tamil Nadu.