Author: Vani Dua

The Punjab and Haryana High Court on 7th August delivered an order stopping the demolitions in the Nuh district of Haryana due to the communal conflict in the area. In the order, the court questioned if the bulldozers were bringing down the structures of a particular community alleging a law and order issue and also made a remark citing ‘ethnic cleansing’. The order questioned if an exercise of ethnic cleansing was being undertaken by the state. The court took the suo motu cognizance of the matter after the violence caused 6 people their lives and gigantic property loss, leading to…

In 2013, a man kidnapped two girls from Dhaka and sold them to flesh trade agents in Pune. In a rescue operation, the police made a raid at brothels and found the girls. They later sent the girls back to Bangladesh. The sex racket In 2013, over 10 years ago, a man abducted two girls from a Bangladeshi family and sold them to sex racketeers in India. The girls were both minors at the time of the kidnapping, aged 15 and 17. The girls were tracked down in Pune and were rescued by the Pune city police, led by police…

A disturbing incident has shocked the nation as a viral video from Udaipur, Rajasthan, captures the heart-wrenching assault on an 85-year-old woman, Kalki Bai Gameti, resulting in her tragic demise. The incident unfolded in the Gogunda tehsil, an isolated mountainous area predominantly inhabited by tribal communities. The distressing video, which has sparked widespread outrage, was recorded by onlookers, including two minors, who regrettably failed to intervene and protect the elderly woman. In response to the horrifying act, law enforcement authorities have apprehended four individuals believed to be connected to the crime. The elderly woman, while on her way to a…

On Friday, 4th August, the Supreme Court halted the conviction of Rahul Gandhi, a Congress leader, in a defamation case. BJP leader Purnesh Modi filed the case, alleging that Gandhi had defamed the ‘Modi community.’  Gandhi maintained his innocence and refused to apologize, arguing that there isn’t a single community comprising all individuals with the surname Modi. Previously, a Surat court had found him guilty and sentenced him to the maximum punishment of two years in prison, resulting in his removal from the Lok Sabha. Despite the Gujarat high court’s refusal to suspend the conviction, Gandhi appealed to the Supreme…

In a distressing turn of events, Kota, a hub for competitive exam preparation, has witnessed yet another heartbreaking incident. A young 18-year-old aspiring medical student named Manjot Singh hailing from Rampur, Uttar Pradesh, has taken his own life. This incident marks the 19th reported suicide case in Kota this year, shedding light on the alarming trend of academic pressure and its toll on young minds. Manjot Singh embarked on his journey to Kota in April 2022, driven by his ambition to excel in the medical field. His goal was to crack the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET), a highly…

A special court under the SC/ST Prevention of Atrocities Act in Thoubal gave details of the May 4 incident in its court order dated 31st July. The order disclosed grave details about the incident of three women being paraded naked in Manipur while violence erupted. From a man getting a call from his spouse when he was allegedly sexually assaulting the women to friends having drinks before they joined the mob, the details mentioned in the order are sickening.  The court was hearing a plea by the police that sought judicial custody of the accused. The accused are identified as…

The central government today introduced the control of services in Delhi bill in Lok Sabha. After the Supreme Court made a ruling in favour of the Aam Aadmi Party, the centre introduced an ordinance and now it is attempting to seek a review of the SC’s judgement. The Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill, 2024 aims to do the same by replacing the ordinance.  In May this year, the Supreme Court gave a ruling that served as an end to the 8-year-long power struggle between the centre and the Aam Aadmi Party’s Government in Delhi. The apex…

The Bombay High Court refused to allow a 17-year-old girl to abort her child. The Aurangabad bench of the Bombay HC said that the child would be the result of a consensual relationship and would be born alive.  The bench of Justices Justices Ravindra Ghuge and Y G Khobragade passed an order noting that the minor would soon turn 18 and was in a consensual relationship with the boy since December last year. The girl filed a petition in the Bombay High Court with the help of her mother, seeking to put an end to the pregnancy claiming that the…

A 5-year-old girl was sexually assaulted and killed by her neighbour in the Ernakulam district of Kerala. The child’s body was dumped in a sack on Friday and was found the next day as the accused confessed to the crime. The girl, whose family migrated from Bihar to Kerala, had been missing since Friday evening. When her parents came back from work to their rented apartment, the daughter was nowhere to be found. The accused, identified as Ashfaq Aslam, was caught through the CCTV footage that showed him luring away the 5-year-old. The Superintendent of Police, Ernakulam, Vivek Kumar told…

The Sukma Police, on 27th July, arrested a 35-year-old man for allegedly raping a 6-year-old girl studying in 1st standard of a government-run school in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district on July 22. The incident was reported to the police on 24th July, leading to the arrest of the hostel superintendent as well for delaying the reporting of the crime. The accused is the husband of the peon in the school. He allegedly raped the girl in the hostel of the Ashram school, a residential facility that admits students of Scheduled Tribes and has classes up to the secondary level of education. …