Women and child development minister Maneka Gandhi thanked the Opposition for passing the much-expected Juvenile Justice Bill.

CPI(M) today rued that Parliament missed an opportunity to consider the "important" bill in a more "dispassionate and scientific" manner.

DDC released a new bill titled 'Charter of Women’s Rights' modelled on the 'Bill of Rights’ and other recommendations of the Justice Verma ...

The government had been sitting on proposals to bar convicted lawmakers from contesting elections for years.

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 decision is significant as the three-member expert committee headed by JS Verma had recommended that marital rape be considered a crimi...

Naidu is believed to have asked law ministry to examine if the cut off age for juveniles could be made 16 in crimes against women.

Chidambaram said the 'correct position' was that certain recommendations of the Verma committee had not found their way into the ordinance.

PDP patron Mufti Mohammad Sayeed today dubbed the rejection of Justice J S Verma committee's recommendation on AFSPA as "unfortunate".

Death is a known form of penalty but mutilation has not been recognised in progressive jurisprudence as prescribed punitive action, the com...

Justice Verma said the failure of governance was the root cause of crime against women. He also said it was "equally shocking" that there w...

The Justice JS Verma committee has decided to meet top bureaucrats and eminent civil society members before finalising its report on a stro...

"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...

Sushil Kumar Shinde has written to all political parties, including Congress, on Monday asking them to give their suggestions on framing st...

The Commission of inquiry to identify lapses and fix responsibility in the Delhi gang rape incident to submit report within 3 months.

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...

PSC examining the Lokpal Bill has invited Venkatachaliah and Verma to present their views on the shape and jurisdiction of lokpal.