India follows the 'rarest of the rare' principle for the death penalty. But there are no clear guidelines on what is meant by 'rarest of th...

"Let matter be placed before the CJI for orders in this regard," Justice S Ravindra Bhat said while pronouncing the verdict. A death senten...

A death sentence is irreversible and every opportunity should be given to the accused for consideration of mitigating circumstances so that...

As lockdown is in place, only essential services are exempted and people are strictly warned against coming out in public places or travel ...

Metropolitan Magistrate Saema Jameel allowed the Indonesians to walk free on payment of a fine of Rs 5,000 each, said advocates Fahim Khan ...

Metropolitan Magistrate Gagandeep Jindal allowed the foreigners to walk free on payment of a fine of Rs 6,000 each, said advocate Ashima Ma...

“We have teams to check if construction sites are following guidelines. Same goes for workplaces. Our squads will ensure guidelines issued ...

A bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde sought response from various stakeholders on whose petition the apex court in 2014 had laid down ...

The Centre mentioned for urgent hearing in the Supreme Court its plea seeking fixing of a 7-day deadline for execution of death penalty aft...

In defence exports, we have almost removed all restrictions and in 2016 there will be even easier ways of exporting even higher level mater...

The quantum of punishment will depend on the magnitude of divergence from the prescribed norms and the auditors would be provided sufficien...

The Supreme Court today quashed the execution warrants of a young woman and her lover, convicted for killing seven members of her family.

The government has made it clear that service like cash-in transit and ATMs should also be handled by licensed security agencies in the nat...

The Supreme Court’s commuting to life imprisonment the death sentence should be seen as a step towards abolishing capital punishment in Ind...

The Reserve Bank of India has banned gold finance company Muthoot Fincorp from taking deposits from public, dealing yet another blow to the...

Government has identified 114 firms as "vanishing companies" which disappeared with investors' money totalling Rs 799.31 crore, the Lok Sab...

Amidst the raging debate stirred by the demand for granting clemency to Mohd Afzal Guru, who has been sentenced to death in the December 13...