Muzaffarpur Shelter Home Scandal

The Supreme Court Wednesday directed the Bihar government to file an action taken report in connection with Muzaffarpur shelter home sexual assault case.

Additional Sessions Judge Saurabh Kulshreshtha deferred the verdict till December 12 as the accused could not be brought to court premises due the ongoing lawyers' strike

Earlier, the court had framed various charges including criminal conspiracy to commit rape and sexual assault against the accused

Ex-Bihar minister Manju Verma regained consciousness after water was sprinkled on her face by bystanders after which she was taken into the courtroom

Manju Verma had resigned as social welfare minister in Bihar government following the Muzaffarpur case, where several women at a shelter home were allegedly raped and sexually abused