Tag: Kathua Rape

Jammu: The family of the eight-year-old Kathua rape and murder victim has decided to drop their lawyer Deepika Rajawat as she has barely been available at the court hearings, the victim’s father has said. Those close to the family said he has moved an application in the Pathankot court in Punjab, where the case was […]

Jammu: Former state minister and senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Choudhary Lal Singh on Sunday led a march in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district, seeking CBI probe into Kathua rape and murder case. Lal Singh walked barefoot for nearly five hours after which his supporters urged him to get into a vehicle as he […]

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Friday asked the parent company of Google, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Bing to file a response after they disclosed the identity of an eight-year-old girl who was raped and murdered in Jammu and Kashmir. The direction from acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C. Hari Shankar came […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the trial in the rape and murder of a young girl in Kathua in Jammu and Kashmir as it asked the accused to respond to the plea for the transfer of trial to Chandigarh. Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice D.Y. Chandrachud and Justice Indu Malhotra stayed the […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday said that it will hear later in the day a plea by the father of Kathua rape and murder victim seeking transfer of trial to Chandigarh. A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra directed the hearing of the matter to 2 p.m. Dipika Singh Rajawat, lawyer of […]