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In this news bulletin, the focus is on the Unnao rape case as the Supreme Court agrees to hear the CBI's plea challenging the Delhi High Court's order granting relief to convict Kuldeep Singh Sengar. The hearing is scheduled for December 29. The CBI has termed the High Court's order 'contrary to law', opposing the finding that the former BJP MLA was not a public servant. The survivor, who held a protest at Jantar Mantar, told India Today that 'Sengar is a rapist and not a leader'. The programme highlights the legal battle and the victim's continued struggle for justice.

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00:00Shifting focus now to the unnaw rape case verdict and the entire debate
00:29over that very verdict that has been unfolding over the days.
00:33As chorus grows for justice for the unnaw rape victim,
00:36it's the Supreme Court which has agreed to hear on December 29th, that is Monday, tomorrow,
00:41the CBI's plea challenging Delhi High Court's order, granting relief to rapist Kuldeep Singar.
00:46The Supreme Court will be hearing the central agency's plea in which it called
00:49the Delhi High Court's order contrary to law and perverse
00:52and opposed the finding that the former BJP MLA was not a public servant at the time of the offence.
00:58The CBI said that the High Court erred in law by failing to adopt a purposive interpretation of the POCSO Act
01:03which aims to punish the exploitation and sexual abuse of children
01:08by public servants or individuals wielding political or social authority.
01:13Earlier, the survivor, along with her family and activists, held a protest at Delhi's Jantar Mantar
01:16against a suspension of former BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar's life sentence by the Delhi High Court in the case.
01:23Speaking to India today, the survivor in fact said that Sengar is a rapist and not a leader.
01:27She also said that if the CBI had approached the Supreme Court earlier, her life would have been better.
01:32I am joined by one of the protesters.
01:36Ma'am, what are your main demands why you have gathered here?
01:40Various women organizations, women activists have gathered here in solidarity with the victim
01:47and with the hope that tomorrow Honorable Supreme Court will do justice.
01:53We have also seen that after Kuldeep Singh Sengar was granted bail,
01:56now the CBI has knocked the doors of the Supreme Court.
01:58They have filed an SLP in this case.
02:00How do you see this, Malab?
02:01How institutions are working?
02:02How do you see that?
02:03That's why we feel that, yes, okay, Supreme Court,
02:05in the judicial process, High Court has done something
02:10and the CBI have gone against in appeal and we are quite hopeful that Supreme Court will do the justice.
02:18The case of the Supreme Court has done something.
02:44तरकार ने कमजोर पैर्वी करी इसके कारण से जो आरोपी थे पुजवानत पर छूड़ गए इससे इसपरस्ट हो गया कि भारती जनता पार्टी बलातकारियों के साथ खड़ी है परवार के लोग धरने पर बैठे तो उन पर बल प्रयोक किया गया उन पर ताना साही माध्यम
03:14इससे इसपरस्ट हो गया कि पूरे प्रदेश में कोई भी बहन और बेटी सुरक्षित नहीं है
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