Author: Chayanika Devi

The Bombay High Court recently granted bail to a man accused of raping a minor girl, observing that the two were in a relationship and that the girl, though minor, understood the consequences of her actions. The girl was 15 years and 4 months old, while the accused was 22 years old at the time of the alleged incident. Background of the crime The accused was 21 years old, and she was 15 years and four months older when the alleged crime occurred. Her mother filed a complaint on April 6, 2021, after her daughter alleged that she accompanied him…

The first bullet train project in the country was stuck for want of necessary clearances from the Maharashtra government. The Maharashtra government announced on Thursday that it has granted all permissions required for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project, considered a pet project of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The announcement comes close on the heels of sustained opposition to the project by the previous Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi(MVA) government led by Uddhav Thackeray, who had termed it “of no use for the people of Maharashtra.” The first bullet train project in the country was stuck for want of necessary clearances from the…