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India Signs Financing Agreement with World Bank for US$ 63 Million for Tejaswini(28.02.2017)

A Financing Agreement for IDA credit of US$ 63 million (equivalent) for the "Tejaswini" Socio-Economic Empowerment of Adolescent Girls and Young Women.....

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Tripura HC Closes Plea on Plight of Minor Girl Who was Sold Due to Poverty of Family(21.07.2020)

Tripura High Court has closed the suo-moto Public Interest Litigations registered against the plight of a minor girl aged about 14 years, native of No.....

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Allahabad HC Takes Suo Moto Cognizance of Plight of Minor Girls Forced to Trade Bodies(27.07.2020)

Allahabad High Court has taken suo moto cognizance of plight of minor girls in Uttar Pradesh's Chitrakoot, allegedly being forced to "trade off" their.....

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Delhi HC Grants Police Protection to Girl Alleging Harassment from Media Houses(05.07.2021)

Delhi High Court has granted police protection to a Hindu Girl who alleged that certain media houses are harassing her by airing programmes against he.....

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Punjab & Haryana High Court Directs SSP to Take Minor Girl's Custody(05.07.2021)

Punjab & Haryana High Court has directed the Chandigarh SSP to take over the custody of the minor girl in a plea filed by a runaway couple (a minor gi.....

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Allahabad HC Refuses Protection to Woman/Girl Claiming to Have Married Hindu Man(08.07.2021)

Allahabad High Court has refused to pass a protection order in favor of a woman/girl claiming to have married a Hindu Man noting that she did not prod.....

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Tripura High Court Says ‘Physical Relation With Minor Girl Below 16 Amounts to Rape’(21.03.2017)

Tripura High Court has observed that physical relationship with a minor girl aged below 16 amounts to rape, even if a love relationship existed betwee.....

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Bombay High Court: Even in Love Affair, Man Cannot Violate Girl Against Her Will(27.03.2017)

Bombay High Court, while hearing a case in which a minor girl had accused a man of raping her, has observed that even if there had been a love affair .....

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Minor Girl Going with Accused on Her Own is a Mitigating Circumstance to Grant Bail: Gujarat HC(01.02.2019)

Gujarat High Court has granted bail to man accused of sexually harassing a 17-year-old girl and court considered it a "mitigating circumstance" that a.....

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Supreme Court Acquits Woman Accused of Killing New Born Baby Girl(18.12.2019)

Supreme Court has acquitted a woman accused of killing her new born baby girl by strangulating her. The Court observed that there is no evidence on re.....

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Allahabad High Court Denies Bail to Person Accused of Gang-Rape of Girlfriend(01.11.2021)

Allahabad High Court has denied bail to a person accused of gang-raping his girlfriend, along with three other persons noting that he (boyfriend of th.....

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Allahabad HC to Legal Services Committee: Appoint Lady Counsels to Represent Sexual Violence Victims(26.08.2022)

Allahabad High Court while noticing that very few lady counsels have appeared for the victims, has requested the High Court Legal Services Committee t.....

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Gujarat HC Upholds Marriage of Muslim Minor Girl(02.01.2017)

Gujarat HC has given legal sanction to marriage of a minor Muslim girl who had eloped with her 21-year-old lover, citing an earlier judgment enabling .....

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Karnataka High Court Lets Muslim Girl Marry Hindu Man(03.12.2018)

Karnataka High Court has ordered release of a Muslim girl from the state women’s hostel and asked police to provide security to her and her Hindu boyf.....

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Madras HC Grants Bail to Man Accused of Impregnating Minor Girl(05.11.2020)

Madras High Court has granted bail to a man accused of impregnating a 17-year-old girl after he expressed his willingness to marry the victim girl whe.....

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MP HC Grants Bail to Man Booked Under POCSO Act for Raping 15-Year Old Girl(17.09.2021)

Madhya Pradesh High Court has granted bail to a man booked under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 for allegedly raping a 15-y.....

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SC Quashes Criminal Case Against Girl Accused of Abetting Suicide of Man by Refusing Marriage(20.09.2021)

Supreme Court has quashed criminal proceedings against a girl accused of abetting suicide of a man by allegedly refusing to marry him. The Court has r.....

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Allahabad HC: Crime Against Minor Girl Can Disturb Public Order Even if Committed in Secluded Place(15.09.2022)

Allahabad High Court while upholding a detention order of the District Magistrate passed against a rape-murder accused under Section 3 (2) of the Nati.....

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SC Junks Suicide Attempt Case against Punjab’s Girl-Turned-Boy(03.08.2016)

SC has quashed a nine-year-old attempt to suicide case filed against a Punjab–based woman who slashed her wrist to express “infinite” love for her fem.....

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Delhi High Court: "Allow Afghan Girl to Study Without an Aadhaar Card"(28.04.2017)

Delhi High Court directed AAP Government to ensure that a 12-year-old Afghan refugee girl, who has been allegedly asked by her school not to attend cl.....

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Delhi High Court Takes Cognizance of Missing Speech & Hearing Impaired Girl(28.04.2017)

Delhi High Court acted tough with Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) and Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) for not being vigilant enough afte.....

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Kerala HC Directs State to Explain Steps to be Taken for 8-Year Old Girl Accused of Theft(07.12.2021)

Kerala High Court has directed the State government to explain what it proposed to do for the 8-year-old girl who was mortified by a pink police offic.....

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Calcutta HC Grants Custody of 4-Yr-Old Girl to Deceased Mother's Friend Over Biological Father(13.12.2021)

Calcutta High Court has refused to grant custody of a four and a half years old girl child to her biological father and instead permitted the child to.....

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Kerala HC: Rights of Girls Can't be Restricted in The Guise of Protection(30.11.2022)

Kerala High Court while questioning curfew in the girls’ hostel in the Government Medical College, has observed that in modern times, any patriarchism.....

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Allahabad HC: Minor Girl Not Allowed to Live in Matrimonial Home Till She Attains Majority(08.02.2021)

Allahabad High Court has held that a minor girl cannot be allowed to live in a matrimonial relationship with a man she claims to be her husband, even .....

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P&H HC: Minor Muslim Girl Can Marry on Attaining Puberty(10.02.2021)

Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that a Muslim girl who is less than 18 years old and has attained puberty is at liberty to marry anyone as per .....

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Del HC: People Harassing Daughter-in-Law for Birthing Girl Need to be Educated(11.01.2024)

Delhi High Court has held that people harassing their Daughter-in-Law (DIL) for giving birth to a girl child need to be educated that it is their son .....

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Patna HC: Minor Girl Expressing Fear of Life in Parent’s Custody May be Sent to Shelter Home(18.01.2024)

Patna High Court has held that when a minor girl expresses her fear of life in her parent’s custody, the court may exercise its jurisdiction of sendin.....

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Delhi HC to Government: Trace Missing Girls(17.11.2015)

Delhi HC while initiating suo moto proceedings in case of mysterious disappearance of three minor girls from a Delhi orphanage, has issued notice to D.....

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Madras HC Allows 18-Year-Old Girl to Go With Youth Though Not Legally Married(20.11.2015)

Madras HC has dismissed petition filed by parents of 18-year-old Hindu girl and permitted her to go along with a Christian youth though they have not .....

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P&H HC: No Inherent Right Vested in Husband to Claim Custody of Minor Girl(15.03.2021)

Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that a minor girl who marries with her consent and refuses to stay with her parents, can be sent to child prote.....

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SC Stays Execution of Death Sentence Imposed on Man Accused of Raping a 7-Year Old Girl(21.12.2021)

Supreme Court of India has stayed the execution of the death sentence imposed on a man accused of raping a 7-year-old girl in Mandsaur in 2018, pendin.....

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Delhi HC Quashes FIR Against Man Who Married Girl Aged 17 Yrs 11 Months & 12 Days(24.12.2021)

Delhi High Court has quashed FIR against a man who had married a girl aged 17 years 11 months & 12 days i.e. one month before attaining the age of maj.....

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Kerala High Court Directs Grant of Rs 1.5 Lakh Compensation to Girl Harassed by Police(23.12.2021)

Kerala High Court has delivered its judgment in a plea moved by a minor girl who, along with her father, were harassed by a pink police officer in a p.....

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Patna HC Acquits 3 Accused Persons of Rape and Murder Charges of Minor Girl(07.04.2021)

Patna High Court has acquitted three accused persons of the charges of raping and murdering a 13 year old minor girl thereby setting aside the death s.....

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HP HC Denies Anticipatory Bail to Man Accused of Flesh Trade of Adolescent Girls(07.04.2021)

Himachal Pradesh High Court has denied anticipatory bail to a man apprehending arrest in a case for allegedly being a part of racket involved in fishi.....

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Allahabad High Court Says Minor Girl's Marriage is Legal(11.09.2015)

Allahabad High Court on a petition moved by girl through her husband has ruled that minor girl's marriage could not be termed void ab initio (not mai.....

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SC Refuses to Entertain Habeas Corpus Plea Seeking Protection of Girl in Interfaith Relationship(16.03.2021)

Supreme Court has refused to entertain a Habeas Corpus plea filed seeking protection of a girl in an inter-faith relationship with the petitioner, who.....

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Supreme Court Commutes Death Sentence of Man Convicted of Rape & Murder of 11 Year Old Girl(19.01.2022)

Supreme Court has commuted death sentence awarded on a man convicted of rape and murder of eleven year old girl. The Court has taken into account the .....

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SC: P&H HC Judgment Allowing Minor Muslim Girl to Marry Shouldn’t be Treated as Precedent(16.01.2023)

Supreme Court has observed that judgment of the Punjab and Haryana High Court in case Javed v. State of Haryana, which held that Muslim girl aged 15 y.....

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Calcutta High Court Upholds Conviction of Man for Raping Girl Aged Below 16 Yrs(31.01.2022)

Calcutta High Court has upheld the conviction of a man for the offence of rape after observing that the consent of the minor victim is immaterial as s.....

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Bombay HC: Girls Treated as Commodity Even in 21st Century Highly Objectionable to Morality(16.02.2023)

Bombay High Court while granting bail to woman accused of buying another woman’s daughter has remarked that such act of a one year old girl being sold.....

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Madras High Court: Hostel Services for Girl Students and Working Women Exempted from GST Regime(27.03.2024)

Madras High Court has held that hostel services for girl students and working women shall be exempted from the Goods and Service Tax (GST) regime as t.....

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Delhi HC Quashes FIR on Basis of Settlement Deed with Man Accused of Stalking Ex-Girlfriend(29.05.2017)

Delhi High Court has quashed an FIR against a man, who had been accused of stalking his ex-girlfriend, on the basis of a settlement deed between parti.....

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Rajasthan HC Asks Child Welfare Committee to Compensate Girl for Illegally Confining Her(09.04.2020)

Rajasthan High Court has ordered the Chairperson of a Child Welfare Committee to pay compensation of Rs. 50,000 against the confinement of a girl in t.....

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Delhi High Court Denies Bail to Woman Accused of Trafficking Minor Tribal Girl(23.03.2022)

Delhi High Court has denied bail to a woman, accused of trafficking a minor tribal girl, saying it was unfortunate that an innocent girl of tender age.....

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Gujarat HC Allows 19 Year Hindu Girl to Live-in with 20 Year Muslim Boyfriend(29.11.2016)

Gujarat High Court has permitted a 19-year-old Hindu girl to live-in with her Muslim boyfriend, who is just 20 years old and is currently ineligible f.....

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Madras HC Dismisses Criminal Revision Case while Showing Empathy with Girl Child(26.10.2015)

Madras HC has dismissed a criminal revision case of a girl child, brought by her maternal grandmother, not having been able to receive any maintenance.....

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Calcutta HC Seeks Medical Report in Rape Case of 11-Yr Old in WB's Basirhat(31.03.2022)

Calcutta High Court has directed the State government to submit the case diary along with a status report that pertains to the investigation into the .....

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Delhi HC Asks Ministry to Decide on Deletion of Defamatory Scenes Against Air Force(31.08.2020)

Delhi High Court has directed the Union Ministry of Information & Broadcasting to consider as representation the plea seeking deletion or modification.....

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Delhi HC Refuses to Grant Injunction Against Movie ‘Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl’(02.09.2020)

Delhi High Court has refused to provide injunction against the movie Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl in a plea moved by Central Government claiming tha.....

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MP HC Directs Man to Ensure Basic Necessities to Enable Girl to Live Life of Dignity(28.06.2021)

Madhya Pradesh High Court has directed a man wishing to be in a live-in relationship with an 18-year-old girl to make sure that he takes care not only.....

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Hyderabad High Court Stays Arrest of Teenage Girl Parents who Died of Cardiac Arrest(15.11.2016)

Hyderabad High Court has granted a stay on arrest of Lakshmichand Samdhariya and his wife, parents of 13-year-old girl Aradhana, died of cardiac arres.....

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Supreme Court Expresses Concern over Attack on Bihar School girls(09.10.2018)

Supreme Court has expressed concern at the assault of 30 minor schoolgirls, allegedly when they resisted sexual harassment attempt at Supaul in Bihar.

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Bombay HC Acquits Four Held For Rape & Murder of Minor Girl(12.01.2017)

Bombay High Court has acquitted four youth, ten years after they were arrested for gangrape and murder of a three-and-a-half-year-old-girl in Govandi .....

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CIVIL - Kerala HC Strikes Down Discriminatory Girls' Hostel Rules(18.03.2019)

Kerala High Court has struck down a stipulation in Hostel Rules which barred girl boarders from going for the first and second show movies and observe.....

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Bombay HC Upholds Life Term for Youth Accused of Raping Four Year Old Girl(15.12.2016)

Bombay High Court has held a city youth, Sonu Varma, guilty of kidnapping and raping a four-year-old girl in Versova and upheld life imprisonment that.....

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Delhi High Court: Clear Applications for Girls Hostels(06.09.2019)

Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi Development Authority to process and clear applications received from various colleges for construction of hos.....

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P&H HC: Court is Guardian to Minor Girls Who May be Enticed Into Live-in Relationship(02.08.2021)

Punjab & Haryana High Court has observed that Court is also the guardian of the minor girls or the girls of tender age, who may be enticed away by a m.....

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Bombay HC: Charges of Kidnapping Not Tenable If Minor Girl Elopes Voluntarily(09.01.2017)

Bombay High Court has held that if a girl, even if she is a minor but has attained the “age of discretion”, leaves her parents or guardians voluntaril.....

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MP HC Denies Bail to Man Accused of Abetment of Suicide of Minor Girl(12.07.2021)

Madhya Pradesh High Court has denied bail to a man accused of abetment to suicide of a minor girl after observing that he instilled a feeling of helpl.....

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HP HC Denies Bail to Woman for Allegedly Indulging Minor Girl in Flesh Trade(19.07.2021)

Himachal Pradesh High Court has denied bail to a 32 year old woman for allegedly indulging a minor girl into flesh trade with strangers. The Court has.....

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Bombay High Court Gives Clearance for Arbitration Centre and Girls Hostel at ILS Law College, Pune(22.10.2019)

Bombay High Court has cleared the way for the functioning of a new Girls Hostel and an Arbitration Centre at the Indian Law Society Law College (ILS L.....

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Jharkhand HC Takes Suo Moto Cognizance to Monitor Dumka School Girl Killing Case(02.09.2022)

Jharkhand High Court while taking suo moto cognizance of Dumka girl death case wherein school girl was reportedly killed after a man allegedly poured .....

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Ayanavaram Minor Girl Gangrape Case: Madras High Court Dismisses Plea for CBI Probe(01.11.2018)

Madras Hhigh Court has dismissed a plea moved by 14 accused in the Ayanavaram child gang rape case, seeking a CBI probe into the allegations.

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Trend of Girls Eloping with Aged and Married Men Shocking: Madras High Court(03.11.2018)

Madras High Court has expressed its shock over increasing incidents of minor girls eloping with married and old persons and observed that by such elop.....

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Kerala High Court Permits Minor Girl to Accompany Her Father to Sabarimala Temple(18.08.2021)

Kerala High Court has passed an interim order permitting a 9-yr-old girl to accompany her father to the Sabarimala temple for darshan. The Court has c.....

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Madras High Court: Minor Girl has Right to Take Decision regarding Continuance of Pregnancy(30.01.2025)

Madras High Court has observed that the medical termination of pregnancy is a procedure which is concerned with the body of the minor girl. The minor .....

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SC Calls for Suggestion in Preventing Suffering of Adolescent Girls in POCSO Cases(14.02.2025)

Supreme Court while hearing a matter where a minor girl victim of sexual assault married the man charged under POCSO Act, 2012 has called for suggesti.....

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Delhi HC Allows 16 Yr Old to Terminate Pregnancy After Hospitals' Refusal Over No Police Complaint(23.09.2022)

Delhi High Court while allowing immediate termination of pregnancy of minor girl has directed the Centre to ensure that the procedure is done at the n.....

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SC Grants Police Protection to Minor Girl Who Escaped from Forcible Marriage(19.06.2025)

Supreme Court has granted police protection to a minor girl who escaped from a forcible marriage to a 33-year-old contractor and stated that the minor.....

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Delhi HC: Meta Directed to Remove Obscene Photos of Minor Girl(30.06.2025)

Delhi High Court while hearing an application filed by a 15-year-old minor girl through her mother, has directed Meta which owns social media platform.....

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Supreme Court Seeks Maharashtra Govt Response Over Bargirls's Plea(03.03.2017)

Supreme Court has asked Maharashtra Government to respond within four weeks to a petition by bargirls challenging constitutionality of a 2016 state la.....

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Kerala HC: Cannot Direct School to Allow Muslim Girls To Wear Headscarf & Full Sleeved Shirt(12.12.2018)

Kerala High Court while observing that individual interest must yield to the larger interest has refused to interfere with school’s decision of not al.....

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Allahabad HC Denies Bail to Hafiz of Mosque Who Allegedly Molested a 9 Year Old Girl(02.11.2020)

Allahabad High Court has refused to release a Hafiz (Priest) of a mosque on bail, who has been accused of molesting a 9-year-old girl.

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MP HC Upholds Death Sentence of Two Men Accused of Gang Raping an 8-Year Old Girl(13.09.2021)

Madhya Pradesh High Court has upheld the death sentence awarded to two men accused of gang rape of an eight year old girl. The Court has observed that.....

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Allahabad HC Summons UP DGP in 16-Yr Old Girl's Death Case Who Was Found Hanged in School(15.09.2021)

Allahabad High Court has directed the Director-General of Police, Uttar Pradesh to remain present before the Court tomorrow in the case regarding the .....

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P&H HC Directs Counselling of Minor Girl Held in Illegal Custody of Mother(28.08.2025)

Punjab and Haryana High Court has directed PGIMER, Chandigarh to counsel a minor girl who was allegedly held in illegal custody of her mother in the p.....

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SC Suspends Sentence of Kerala Priest Edwin Figarez Convicted of Raping a Minor Girl(19.09.2025)

Supreme Court of India has suspended the sentence of Kerala Catholic priest Father Edwin Figarez, convicted for repeatedly raping a minor girl between.....

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Bombay HC Junks Pension Plea of Teacher Who Molested Girl(15.02.2019)

Bombay High Court has dismissed a petition filed by a former Physical Education (PE) teacher of a college, seeking pension, as he was found guilty for.....

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Delhi HC Allows Adult Hindu Girl to Return with Parents Who Left Home with Muslim Man(05.01.2021)

Delhi High Court has allowed an adult Hindu girl, who had eloped from her home with her Muslim boyfriend, to return home - while granting her protecti.....

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Allahabad High Court Acquits Man Convicted for Raping and Murdering Minor Girl(24.11.2021)

Allahabad High Court has acquitted a man convicted for raping and murdering a minor girl and facing the death penalty, having found the evidence of th.....

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J&K High Court: Handwara Girl, Parents Free to go Wherever They Want(13.05.2016)

J&K High Court has ruled that Handwara girl, who is at the centre of a controversy involving an allegation of molestation, and her family shall be fre.....

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Karnataka HC Directs Keeping of Minor Girl in Juvenile Centre to Allow Her to Continue Her Studies(29.11.2021)

Karnataka High Court has come to the rescue of a minor girl who willingly left her parents home as they allegedly discontinued her education and were .....

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Tripura HC Directs State to Take Steps to Recover Girl Allegedly Kidnapped & Taken to Bangladesh(29.11.2021)

Tripura High Court directed the Tripura police department to ensure her recovery at the earliest, while dealing with a habeas plea for recovery of a m.....

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Allahabad HC Directs IIT BHU to Admit Dalit Girl Who Lost Seat Over Failure to Pay Fee in Time(30.11.2021)

Allahabad High Court has asked I.I.T. (B.H.U.) Varanasi to admit a Dalit Girl Student who lost her seat in the course of Bachelor and Master of Techno.....

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Delhi HC: Girl Being Friendly on Valentine’s Day Does Not Justify Forced Sexual Activity under POCSO(23.03.2026)

Delhi High Court denied regular bail in a POCSO case, observing that a girl being friendly on Valentine’s Day or giving consent for vermilion does not.....

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Kerala HC Asks Union and CBI to Take Decision on Probe into Death of 2 Minor Girls(19.02.2021)

Kerala High Court has asked the Union government and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to take a decision on the State government recommendati.....

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