The sedition law was meant to suppress the freedom movement and was used by the Britishers to silence Mahatma Gandhi and others, the court ...

On March 24, 2015, the Supreme Court struck down Section 66A of the IT Act as unconstitutional in a landmark judgement for free speech—Shre...

The two-month deadline for the completion of trial may lead to the accused walk free, as the prosecution scrambles to build a fool-proof ca...

A recent suggestion of a high court judge that child rapists and abusers should be castrated may find plenty of nods of approval.

Rapes must be understood as crimes of variegated violence and given graded punishments, premeditation and savagery topping the list.

Offences such as voyeurism, stalking, disrobing and trafficking of women have been added to the list of crimes against women.

Tall tales of wealth creation spurred by proximity to Delhi apart, Haryana is home to a series of bad news reeking of a feudal social order.

A special court’s handing out life sentences to the accused in Naroda Patiya killings is a significant moment given India’s largely abysmal...

The speed at which anti-corruption protesters were collecting at various locations from June through December 2011 had dazzled citizens aro...

A top American Senator has introduced a legislation in the Senate that seeks to eliminate foreign aid to Pakistan until the conviction of S...

Senator Rand Paul announced yesterday that he will introduce legislations in the Senate to strip Pakistan of all the US aid.

Does the government know when the new decade actually began? No, said CPM's Sitaram Yechury, pointing out that the opening lines of Preside...

Crime against the fairer sex is steadily increasing.

Crime against the fairer sex is steadily increasing, and less and less number of the accused are getting convicted.

The governor of Illinois was roused from bed and arrested Tuesday after prosecutors said he was caught on wiretaps audaciously scheming to ...