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Renukaswamy murder case: SC directs Bengaluru court to expedite trial involving actor DarshanThe Supreme Court has ordered a Bengaluru court to speed up the Renukaswamy murder case. Actor Darshan and others are involved. The court n...- Madhumita Shukla murder case: SC allows remission of case convict, says reformation should be state's focusThe Supreme Court has ordered the premature release of Rohit Chaturvedi, a convict in the 2003 Madhumita Shukla murder case. Chaturvedi has...
- 91,000 missing girls traced in Maharashtra over 13 years, most cases linked to love ties: CM Devendra FadnavisMaharashtra has successfully traced and reunited over 91,000 missing girls with their families in 13 years, with nearly 60% linked to love ...
- Bombay HC cuts rape convict's life term, saying the rapist wrote essays on Mahatma Gandhi in jailThe Bombay High Court has reduced a life sentence to 12 years for a man convicted of raping a five-year-old girl in 2016. The court conside...
- Priyadarshini Mattoo case: Delhi HC sets aside decision to reject convict's plea for premature releaseThe Delhi High Court overturned the sentence review board's rejection of Santosh Kumar Singh's premature release plea, who was convicted in...
- 'Disha rape-murder accused killed in a fake encounter'The panel headed by former SC judge VS Sirpurkar recommended filing of murder charges against 10 policemen responsible for the killing the ...
- Convicts in Nirbhaya case to be executed together, not separately: Delhi HCThe parents of the victim had urged the court to expeditiously decide the Centre's plea and were assured by the judge that the order would ...
- Nirbhaya case: HC order on Wednesday on Centre's plea against stay on convicts' hangingThe Centre and the Delhi government has challenged the trial court's January 31 order staying "till further orders" the execution of all th...
- Nirbhaya's parents urge HC to expeditiously decide Centre's plea against stay on convicts' executionThe Centre and Delhi government challenged the trial court's order staying the execution. Nirbhaya's parents urged the Delhi High Court to ...
- Conviction rate for rape only 27.2% even as country celebrates justice in Nirbhaya caseAccording to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), 1,56,327 rape cases were on trial in 2018. Of these, trial was completed in 17,313 c...
- Nirbhaya case convict shifted to Tihar JailPawan Gupta is lodged in Jail No. 2 of Tihar, where two other convicts in the case - Mukesh Singh and Akshay are also lodged, while Vinay S...
- DCW chief requests President to streamline process to ensure hanging of convicts in Nirbhaya rape caseThree of the four convicts in the case, who were sentenced to death, are likely to file a curative petition challenging the death penalty s...
- Nirbhaya: Convicts plead mercy, SC reserves order on plea for reviewing death penaltyA bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices R Banumathi and Ashok Bhushan heard the arguments on behalf of condemned convicts...
- Government compiling record of tainted MPs, MLAs as HCs of no helpHowever, even six months after the SC deadline passed, the government has not received information from any HC on the completion of trials.
- Remembering Nirbhaya: Rape trial reforms run into roadblocksThe case saw decisive judicial intervention on two fronts - a speedy trial to convict the guilty and constant monitoring to improve safety ...
- Government may amend law to put MP/MLAs’ trials on fast trackThe government is working on an amendment in the law to ensure that trials against MPs/MLAs charged with serious offences are completed wit...
- December 16 gangrape : All 5 accused found guilty, political leaders for death sentenceThe victim’s family, present in court when the verdict was read, said justice would not be done if all five accused were not hanged for the...
- Rape cases: Supreme Court wants drastic changes in law for quick disposalThe Supreme Court has said, favouring "drastic" amendment in the law for quick disposal of such matters.
- BJD MP Baijayant Panda for replacement of word rape with sexual assaultDemanding stronger rape-shield laws, he suggested limiting what defence can ask the victim about her previous sexual history.
- Ajmal Kasab, Hasan Ali Khan, Shiney Ahuja cases dominate Maharashtra legal scene in 2011Confirmation of death sentence to Kasab, trial of Hasan Ali for money laundering and conviction of Shiney dominated the legal scene in 2011.
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