The Delhi High Court ruled that women could be prosecuted under the POCSO Act for penetrative sexual assault on a child, not restricting th...

On November 29, the top court held, "The offence punishable under Section 120-B of the IPC will become a scheduled offence only if the cons...

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs has recommended retaining provisions related to carnal intercourse with minors and act...

Denying bail to the petitioner, Justice Anoop Kumar Mendiratta said "such incidents of luring a minor and entering into a physical relation...

The trial court had convicted 54-year-old Sengar under various provisions including Section 376 (2) of IPC which deals with the offence of ...

Additional Sessions Judge Saurabh Kulshreshtha, during the in-camera trial, said he will pronounce the order in the middle of November, the...

The amendments in the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act also provide for fines and imprisonment to curb child pornogr...

Apart from proposing stringent punishment for aggravated forms of offences against women and children, the government plans to set up new a...

The Bill seeks to protect children from offences of sexual assault, sexual harassment and pornography and provide for establishment of Spec...

Provisions could be included in various sections of the IPC, CrPC and Evidence Act to cover lynching as an “aggravated form” of offence to ...

The Union Cabinet today okayed the draft Trafficking of Persons (Prevention, Protection and Rehabilitation) Bill, which proposes a punishme...

Sources say the additional responsibility for the National Investigation Agency (NIA) would be part of the proposed anti-human trafficking ...

It reminded Lalu that the statements can aggravate the differences between different sections of society and also inciting them on grounds ...

The anti-rape bill passed in the LS has a provision that will classify rape committed during a communal riot as an aggravated case of rape.

Lok Sabha today passed a bill which provides for natural life term or even death for repeat offenders of rape and other stringent punishmen...

The home ministry has moved a Cabinet note, which has reintroduced the term ‘rape’ in place of ‘sexual assault’ in the Criminal Law (Amendm...

The Cabinet on Friday cleared an Ordinance, which provides for death sentence to rapist who kills his victim or leaves her in a persistent ...