Husband worked in Oman and could not talk with late wife; Wife committed suicide by saying refusal to speak to her over the phone caused he...

The Supreme Court has asked the Rajasthan government to respond within two weeks to a plea by Asaram, challenging his life sentence for the...

A 14-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped in Bareilly. The crime occurred on August 3. A neighbor filmed the assault and shared it online...

The Kerala High Court ruled that exposing a naked body or having sexual intercourse in front of a minor constitutes sexual harassment under...

As many as 34 students were kept in a room for around five hours on Monday and were not allowed to eat, drink or go to the toilet, their pa...

The Cabinet's recent proposal to raise the minimum age of marriage for women to 21 years has focussed attention on the need to review the m...

The Bill, which was already approved by the Rajya Sabha, defines child pornography, making it punishable.

The petition today alleged that the state police was now asking them to re-appear and re-record their statements and exerting pressure in t...

Several offences against women and children by their trusted friends or family members and persons in authority also shocked the conscience...

NGO working for the protection of men's rights in the country today said the juvenile convict in the 2012 Delhi gangrape case deserves a se...

A bench headed by Justice T S Thakur directed that the board file its report before the court within four weeks.

The SC today agreed to hear bail plea of Asaram Bapu on health grounds in Jodhpur rape case and directed setting up a board of doctors to e...

Charges were framed against self-style godman Asaram today for rape, criminal conspiracy and other offences by a Jodhpur court.

Since the fateful incident, the family of the girl remains in grip of shock, grief and anger though four of the rapists were sentenced to d...

A fast track court hearing the December 16 gangrape case today asked the counsel for the accused not to "harass" the victim's male friend.

“States have said that the age to consider someone a juvenile should be reduced from 18 to 16 as it was earlier. We are looking into the de...

Alarmed over the increase in the number of crimes involving children in Tamil Nadu and the lack of comprehensive rules to safeguard their i...