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Aam Admi Party Delhi chief booked over minor survivor's identity disclosureDelhi Police has registered a case against Aam Aadmi Party's Delhi unit chief Saurabh Bhardwaj. He is accused of revealing the identity of ...
Delhi records highest suicides in India, most victims married; Bengaluru second highest: Crime dataDelhi reported the highest number of suicides in 2024 with 2,905 cases, though this marks a decline from previous years. Family-related iss...
North Carolina man faces ‘kidnapping and rape charges’ after transporting teen girl he met on dating app to his houseA 51-year-old man, Justin Newman, faces serious charges including kidnapping and statutory rape. Authorities allege he transported a 15-yea...
Nirbhaya case: One convict moves Delhi High Court claiming he was juvenile in 2012Seeking to be declared a juvenile at the time of occurrence of the incident, Pawan alleged that his ossification test was not conducted by ...
President Pranab Mukherjee gives nod to trial of juveniles as adults for serious crimesThe Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015, got Mukherjee's nod recently, official sources said here today.
'Juvenile' walked free, others in his footsteps won'tThe juvenile convict's release on December 20 perhaps galvanised lawmakers into giving their assent to the Juvenile Justice Bill two days l...
2 months on, GoM yet to submit report on legal measures to ensure women safetyHad the report come on time, it could have played a significant role in the case of the juvenile involved in the Nirbhaya gang rape case.
Activists divided on release of juvenile convict in the December 16 gang rape case"I think the boy should be given another chance to live," Kavita Krishnan, secretary of All India Progressive Women's Association (AIPWA), ...
Juvenile convict in the 2012 Delhi gang-rape case to be monitored after releaseLast month, Union minister Maneka Gandhi had advocated that a 'close watch' be kept on the convict after he completes his sentence.
Delhi government's logic on juvenile flawed: Chief Justice AP ShahFormer Delhi HC Chief Justice AP Shah has said the Delhi government's decision to explore possibility of awarding death sentences to juveni...
Parliamentary Panel rejects move to try juveniles as adultsThe ministry also told that according to the amendments, the JJB is expected to conduct a preliminary enquiry within one month
Delhi polls: BJP's Krishna Tirath takes hardline on prosecuting juveniles accused of rapeRecently switched to BJP from Congress, Tirath had ruled out harsher punishment for juveniles in the aftermath of the December 16 rape case.
A shocking 132 per cent increase in cases of attack on women by juvenilesMinister for Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi had favoured treating juveniles accused of heinous crimes like rape on par with adul...
NCW chairperson supports govt's stand on juvenile rapistEven though the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has opposed the Women and Child Development ministry's proposal ...
Court to give verdict in Shakti mill gangrape cases on March 20The accused in the telephone operator case are Ashfaq Sheikh, Kasim Hafiz Sheikh alias Kasim Bangali, Salim Ansari, Vijay Jadhav and a mino...
Ministry for juveniles in heinous crimes to be tried as adultsThe proposal is part of a draft note being prepared by the Women and Child Development (WCD) ministry for Cabinet nod, sources said here.
Cabinet readies to treat 16+ in heinous crimes as adultsCases including the Nirbhaya gang-rape, Mumbai’s Shakti Mills case and even the Guwahati rape case stood out for involvement of minors in t...
Lower male juvenile’s age to 16 yrs: PanelA parliamentary panel has recommended reduction in the age of a male juvenile from 18 to 16 years after observing that there had been a 10....
- Public sentiment against juvenile before trial unfortunate, CJI Altamas Kabir says
Chief Justice of India Altamas Kabir on Saturday said public sentiments akin to "baying for blood" of the juvenile accused in the Delhi gan...
- SC notice to UP govt on judicial probe in Banda rape case
The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to Mayawati-led UP government on the plea seeking a judicial probe into the alleged rape of a Dal...