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Uttarakhand HC issues contempt notice to DoPT secretaryThe Uttarakhand High Court issued a contempt notice to Dr Vivek Joshi from DoPT for allegedly defying a court order regarding the empanelme...- Nirbhaya verdict: Justice JS Verma panel made a differenceThe panel recognised that rape and molestation and even forms of sexual offences such as voyeurism needed to be punished with imprisonment ...
- Alok Verma frontrunner for post of CBI DirectorAs ET reported on Monday, the list of probable has 49 names.
- Maneka Gandhi thanks opposition for passing Juvenile Justice BillWomen and child development minister Maneka Gandhi thanked the Opposition for passing the much-expected Juvenile Justice Bill.
- 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.
- AAP drafts new Bill for women's rights in line with Justice Verma Panel recommendationsDDC released a new bill titled 'Charter of Women’s Rights' modelled on the 'Bill of Rights’ and other recommendations of the Justice Verma ...
- Government sitting on proposals to bar convicted politiciansThe government had been sitting on proposals to bar convicted lawmakers from contesting elections for years.
- ‘Rape’ replaces ‘sexual assault’ in Criminal Law Ordinance, 2013The 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...
- Lower juvenile age in rape cases: BJP leader Venkaiah NaiduNaidu is believed to have asked law ministry to examine if the cut off age for juveniles could be made 16 in crimes against women.
- 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.
- Rejection of Justice Verma panel report on AFSPA unfortunate: Mufti Mohammad SayeedPDP patron Mufti Mohammad Sayeed today dubbed the rejection of Justice J S Verma committee's recommendation on AFSPA as "unfortunate".
- 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 ministriesThe Justice JS Verma committee has decided to meet top bureaucrats and eminent civil society members before finalising its report on a stro...
- Congress endorses Mayawati, says rape accused shouldn't be fielded in polls"This is a very good proposal. We fully agree that those found involved in rape and sexual crimes should not be given ticket," Raashid Alvi...
- Anti-Rape Laws: Sushil Kumar Shinde asks for political parties' viewsSushil Kumar Shinde has written to all political parties, including Congress, on Monday asking them to give their suggestions on framing st...
- Delhi gang rape: Former Delhi high court woman judge to probe the caseThe Commission of inquiry to identify lapses and fix responsibility in the Delhi gang rape incident to submit report within 3 months.
- Delhi gang rape: Justice Verma committee begins work; seeks public commentsThe 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 billPSC examining the Lokpal Bill has invited Venkatachaliah and Verma to present their views on the shape and jurisdiction of lokpal.
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