Alok Verma frontrunner for post of CBI DirectorAs ET reported on Monday, the list of probable has 49 names.
Juvenile Justice Bill was rushed through in Rajya Sabha: CPIMCPI(M) today rued that Parliament missed an opportunity to consider the "important" bill in a more "dispassionate and scientific" manner.
Arun Jaitley opposes cap on ads in TV, print mediaHe stressed on the challenge posed by digital media and pointed out how newspapers abroad were shutting down in favour of digital platforms.
JS Verma's family refuses to accept Padma BhushanFamily of late Justice J S Verma has refused to accept the Padma Bhushan award conferred on him by the government posthumously.
Justice JS Verma, head of anti-rape law panel, diesJustice Jagdish Sharan Verma, who headed the anti-rape law panel, passed away on Monday. Justice JS Verma died due to multiple organ failur...
- ‘Rape’ replaces ‘sexual assault’ in Criminal Law Ordinance, 2013
The home ministry has moved a Cabinet note, which has reintroduced the term ‘rape’ in place of ‘sexual assault’ in the Criminal Law (Amendm...
Marital Rape: Parliamentary Panel and government decide against terming it a criminal offenceThe decision is significant as the three-member expert committee headed by JS Verma had recommended that marital rape be considered a crimi...
Govt retrieves 6-year-old report ahead of talks on police reformsThe group of ministers (GoM) had examined the ARC's report on improving public order only once so far, in August 2012.
No recommendations made by the Verma committee has been rejected, clarifies P ChidambaramChidambaram said the 'correct position' was that certain recommendations of the Verma committee had not found their way into the ordinance.
Women unsafe because of poor governance, not dearth of laws: Justice JS Verma"The CJI's statement shows how pained he must have been after the gang-rape incident. There are many ways to contribute to a protest", Verm...
Justice JS Verma committee rejects chemical castration, lowering of juvenile ageDeath is a known form of penalty but mutilation has not been recognised in progressive jurisprudence as prescribed punitive action, the com...
Justice JS Verma submits report on rape laws, 'shocked' by system's apathyJustice Verma said the failure of governance was the root cause of crime against women. He also said it was "equally shocking" that there w...
- Delhi gang rape: Verma Panel to hear views of ministries
The Justice JS Verma committee has decided to meet top bureaucrats and eminent civil society members before finalising its report on a stro...
- Framing rape laws: Some bizarre ideas
The panel, which will submit its report this month, has received suggestions ranging from the bizarre to the macabre to ones that will be d...
- Delhi gang rape: Justice Verma committee begins work; seeks public comments
The committee headed by former CJI J S Verma is reviewing the existing rape laws in a bid to provide quicker justice and stringent punishme...
- Parliamentary standing committee invites M N Venkatachaliah & J S Verma’s for their views to sought lokpal bill
PSC examining the Lokpal Bill has invited Venkatachaliah and Verma to present their views on the shape and jurisdiction of lokpal.
- ‘Balakrishnan should quit as NHRC Chief’
With the income-tax department alleging former chief justice of India KG Balakrishnan’s kin possess “black money”, ex-CJI JS Verma demanded...