A four-year-old girl's rape and murder in Pune has prompted calls for the Shakti Act. NCP-SP MLA Rohit Pawar highlighted flaws in the curre...

The West Bengal Governor has sent back the Aparajita Bill. The Bill aims to increase penalties for rape and sexual offences. The central go...

The three convicts were awarded the death penalty after being held guilty of raping and killing a 19-year-old woman in 2012. The victim's m...

The share of death sentences for sexual crimes is on the rise, driven by several state-level sentencing decisions.

There are over 50 countries that still allow capital punishment and gruesome crimes such as the Nirbhaya gang rape-and-murder case serve as...

The minimum punishment in case of rape of women has been increased from rigorous imprisonment of seven years to 10 years, extendable to lif...

A number of activists argue that the introduction of the death penalty would simply lead to a decrease in the already poor conviction rates...

According to the proposal, those convicted of committing rape on children up to 12 years can also be awarded death penalty.

In a letter submitted to Supreme Court the Centre had said that it has started process to amend POCSO Act to ensure maximum punishment of d...

The Women and Children Development (WCD) minister has now proposed that rape of any child below the age of 12 years could lead to the death...

BJP leader Sushma Swaraj demanded the new anti-rape law be made more stringent and provide for death penalty in cases of rape of children.

Offences such as voyeurism, stalking, disrobing and trafficking of women have been added to the list of crimes against women.

Justice VR Krishna Iyer says death penalty should be abolished even for terrorists as by hanging a terrorist would not deter future terror ...

The ordinance says trafficking will lead to imprisonment of not less than seven years but which may extend to 10 years and with fine.

India's cabinet has approved harsher punishments for rapists, including the death penalty, after a brutal gang-rape in New Delhi that spark...

He said death penalty is not the ultimate solution to curb such cases and suggested longer jail term.

Chief Justice of Bombay High Court Chandrashekhar Dharmadhikari said that in the rule of law, respect for law is more important than fear o...