The Supreme Court's five-member collegium headed by CJI S A Bobde failed to reach consensus over recommending Justice B V Nagarathna, a jud...

The Uttarakhand High Court has issued notices to the Centre, CAT chairman L Narasimha Reddy and the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) ...

Union home ministry, in consultation with the Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D), is considering amendments to the Indian Pe...

Donna Fernandes of women's rights organisation Vimochana said women are forced to reconcile because of a lack of sensitivity and awareness.

The petition further sought to issue declaration that the BMPC as the only committee authorised to consider, discuss, opine on matters rela...

Additional Advocate General AS Ponnanna submitted that, protest is by Akhila Karnataka Police Maha Sabha, which is not a recognised body of...

Government is working on a proposal to make Section 498A of IPC—that deals with offences of dowry demand and cruelty by husband and in-laws...

Now, the offence is non-compoundable and non-bailable which provides for immediate arrest of the accused.

By making an offence compoundable, contesting parties get an option to compromise their issues outside the court and avoid a trial.

P Chidambaram strongly advocated separation of investigation and prosecution by amending the criminal justice system for speedy delivery of...

The Supreme Court sought to know if the Centre and the CBI were on the same page on the prosecution of the 2G scam accused.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday sought to know if the Centre and the CBI were on the same page on the prosecution of the 2G scam accused.

A two judge bench of the Supreme Court has favoured broad meaning of the term ‘wife’ to include live-in partners for the purposes of mainte...

Bollywood's evergreen star Dev Anand has been honoured with a lifetime achievement award for his contributions to the Indian cinema.

Government was open to the idea of court proceedings in important cases being telecast live but a decision would need wider consultations, ...

At a time when the Malimath committee on criminal justice system reforms has recommended enacting a legislation on the lines of laws in the...