Aparna Bhat

Muzaffarpur shelter home rapes: Supreme Court pulls up Bihar govt, asks why state was funding NGO that raped girls

The Supreme Court on Tuesday, while hearing the case of the Muzaffarpur shelter home rape cases, expressed concern over incidents of rape in India and said that women are being raped "left, right, and centre". The apex court referred to National Crime Records Bureau data which says that a woman is raped every six hours in the country.

Muzaffarpur shelter home rape case: Supreme Court completely restrains photos of occupants and interviews in media

The Supreme Court on Thursday in the Muzaffarpur restrained the electronic media from showing, even in morphed form, images of the alleged victims of rape and sexual assault at a shelter home in the Bihar district, observing they cannot be compelled to "relive the trauma" again and again.