Expressing shock at the release of 11 men convicted of gangrape and murder in the 2002 Bilkis Bano gang-rape case, over 6,000 eminent citizens from across India wrote a letter to the Supreme Court against the remission of sentences by the Gujarat government. “The remission of sentences for the 11 men convicted of gang-rape and mass murder will have a chilling effect on every
Call for Chief Justice of India to step down over offer to rapist
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Activists condemn query over marriage to victim
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Activists condemn query over marriage to victim
Over 3,500 concerned citizens, representatives of women’s movements and feminists issued an open letter to Chief Justice of India S.A. Bobde demanding that he step down and issue an apology for his remarks in court where he asked a man, accused of raping a minor girl, if he was willing to marry her.
The CJI made the observation on Monday while hearing the petition for protection from arrest of a man accused of stalking, tying up, gagging, repeatedly raping a minor school-going girl, and threatening to douse her in petrol and set her alight, to hurl acid at her, and to have her brother killed. The crime came to light when the minor school-going victim attempted suicide.