The Bombay High Court has criticized the special investigation team for failing to arrest two school trustees related to a sexual assault c...

The Bombay High Court denied pre-arrest bail to the chairman and secretary of a school in Badlapur, Maharashtra. They failed to report the ...

The National Medical Commission has reinstated previously removed topics in the forensic medicine and toxicology curriculum for undergradua...

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah accused JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy of attempting to downplay rape and sexual offence charges agains...

Delhi Police has completed its arguments in the case against former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Shara...

In the judgement passed on November 5, a division bench of Justices Suraj Govindaraj and G Basavaraja said, "Having come across several cas...

The non-reporting of sexual assault against a minor despite knowledge is a "serious crime" and an attempt to shield the offenders, the Supr...

The committee said that it believed that minor sexual offenders may commit more serious and heinous crime if left untreated and uncounselle...

With the charges being modified, the offences now entail a minimum punishment of 10 years unlike under section 3 of the Act, where it was s...

The Centre had favoured retention of penal law on adultery, saying that it is a public wrong which causes mental and physical injury to the...

The bench also questioned the law on various counts including that an extra-marital affair becomes non-punishable if the woman's husband st...

The HC said that the offences had to be analysed and examined from psychological and sociological angles. The judge suo motu impleaded the ...

Govt will ascertain if judges refuse to hear divorce cases involving child molestation by either parent before considering amendment to the...

Bengaluru has the most number of child sexual offences cases registered in the country under the Act. According to the National Crime Recor...

In the verdict, SC discharged Govindachamy, saying there was no intention on his part to kill the victim but only to sexually assault her b...

The programme, which has already been launched at the national and state level among doctors, will soon be expanded to educational institut...

India Inc's diversity programmes involving the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community are unlikely to be affected after th...