The grieving father, belonging to a minority nomadic community which earns its livelihood by raising cattle, also said he has full faith in the government.
The apex court also said that hearing will be held in-camera on a day-to-day basis to avoid any delay. It further scheduled the next hearing on July 9.
The protesters tried to block the highway when the state Minister's cavalcade was passing and did not stop, the angry protesters pelted stones at the cavalcade.
Kathua rape and murder case is the alleged abduction, confinement, sexual assault and killing of an 8-year-old girl from the Bakarwal tribe of Jammu and Kashmir.
The legislator from Bairia in Ballia district, who had earlier said no one can rape a mother of three children, also advised parents not to give their children mobile phones.
The apex court bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra directed all high courts to ensure that the cases of sexual assault of children to be fast-tracked and decided by special courts.
In a video which is being circulated widely on social media sites, Gupta is seen telling reporters,"Kathua maamla choti si baat hai isko itna tool dena nahi chaiye (Kathua incident is a minor incident which shouldn't be given so much importance".
Ahead of the reshuffle, Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister Nirmal Singh resigned on Sunday. The post will be filled by Jammu and Kashmir assembly speaker and BJP leader Kavinder Gupta.
An eight-year-old girl had disappeared from near her home in the forests next to Rasana village in Kathua on January 10. Her body was found in the same area a week later.
Anushka Sharma extended her '1000 per cent' support to the ordinance providing death penalty and stringent punishment for rape of girls below 12.
"I condemn the incidents of Unnao, Kathua and Surat. With equal verve, one should also condemn slaughter of 3,000 Sikhs. Why are they politicising the Unnao case?" Roy said.
The woman worker complained to the party's Mumbai unit chief Sanjay Nirupam, who promised to take action against those found guilty. The protest march was organised by the party at Juhu.
The lawyers insisted that they were protesting on a different issue that got mixed up with the filing of the chargesheet
India TV has tendered apology for revealing the name and identity of the victim of the Kathua gangrape and murder case.
Mlambo-Ngcuka stressed that the assertion of the human rights of everyone, everywhere and their protection by the rule of law, is a fundamental tenet of the UN.
"Whatever the government is doing, it will take a correct step. They know better than me. It hurts me, makes me very emotional being a woman (that 8 year-olds are raped). As an Indian I feel sad. I feel helpless," Mary Kom said.
BJP leader Lal Singh, who resigned from Jammu and Kashmir state cabinet recently, leads rally demanding CBI probe into Kathua rape and murder case
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