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Your letter 'factually incorrect' to 'cover up delays' in setting up of FTSCs for rape cases: Center to Mamata BanerjeeThe Center has disputed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's claims regarding fast track special courts for rape cases. Union Minis...31 Aug, 2024, 08.35 AM IST- West Bengal failed to implement Centre's schemes to deal with crimes against women: WCD ministerUnion minister Annapurna Devi has criticized the Mamata Banerjee government, alleging that the situation of women in West Bengal is “deteri...28 Aug, 2024, 12.35 PM IST
- Badlapur assault case: SIT registers FIR against school authoritiesThe Special Investigation Team (SIT) has registered an FIR against the school authorities involved in the Badlapur sexual assault case for ...23 Aug, 2024, 12.10 PM IST
- 'Watching porn not an offence': SC to examine HC judgement, terms the ruling as 'atrocious'The Supreme Court will scrutinise a Madras High Court ruling deeming watching child pornography as non-offensive. The controversial judgmen...11 Mar, 2024, 04.49 PM IST
- Not very satisfied with present performance of fast track special courts: Kiren RijijuIn his address, Rijiju also shared data on FTSCs and said, "Based on the pendency of cases in March 2018, a total of 1,023 fast track speci...02 Mar, 2023, 03.40 PM IST
- Court comes down hard on TwitterIn today’s ETtech Top 5 Newsletter: Delhi High Court gives government a free hand on Twitter; Pine Labs gets funding at $3.5 billion valuat...06 Jul, 2021, 09.43 PM IST
- Rajya Sabha Panel submits report on tackling child porn, recommendations could include changes in POCSO ActThe panel may want the POSCO Act to consider as an offence the act of “advocating or counselling sexual activity” to a minor, and may want ...13 Jan, 2020, 11.47 PM IST
- Uttar Pradesh likely to set up 218 fast track courtsState law minister Brajesh Pathak told reporters that Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has expressed concern over crimes against women. For t...10 Dec, 2019, 08.18 AM IST
- NHRC begins on-the-spot probe into Hyderabad encounter killings amid raging debate on police actionThe team from the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) visited Chattanpalli village, about 50 kms from here, where the alleged encounter...07 Dec, 2019, 07.46 PM IST
- Justice can never be instant, loses its character when it becomes revenge: CJIIn the backdrop of gunning down of the four accused by Telangana police in an encounter, Chief Justice of India S A Bobde said that the rec...07 Dec, 2019, 05.44 PM IST
- Law minister urges CJI to ensure mechanism to monitor quick disposal of rape casesThe minister said there are 704 fast-track courts for heinous offences and others and the government is in the process of setting up 1,123 ...07 Dec, 2019, 01.46 PM IST
- India needs 1,023 special courts to try cases of rape and child rape: Law ministryThe Criminal Laws (Amendment) Ordinance amended the Indian Penal Code (IPC), the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), the Evidence Act and th...29 Jul, 2018, 05.36 PM IST
- Speed up cases under pocso: SC to High CourtsThe government had recently issued an ordinance to make rape an offence punishable with death penalty if the child is 12 years or younger.02 May, 2018, 07.11 AM IST
- Death for rape of children below 12: Cabinet approves ordinanceThe move comes in the wake of public outrage over the Kathua rape-and-murder case where the victim was a minor.21 Apr, 2018, 02.52 PM IST
- Convictions rise in sexual offence cases on childrenBengaluru has the most number of child sexual offences cases registered in the country under the Act. According to the National Crime Recor...01 Dec, 2016, 02.08 PM IST
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