Orissa HC orders Railways to pay ₹9.23 lakh compensation in 19-year-old death claim, slams administration for delay & upholds strict liability.
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Supreme Court rules that mere touching of a minor’s private parts does not amount to rape or penetrative assault; conviction modified to lesser offence.
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