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RG Kar victim's neighbour moves to Calcutta HC claiming house destruction after poll resultA prosecution witness in a Kolkata rape and murder case approached the Calcutta High Court. He claims his house was vandalised after electi...
Unnao rape case: SC sets aside order suspending Sengar's life term, asks HC to decide plea afreshThe Supreme Court has overturned a Delhi High Court decision that suspended the life sentence of former BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar. The c...
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...
Anti-rape Bill: Death penalty, 21-day probe and penalties for unauthorised media publishing, here's all you need to knowAnti Rape Bill, West Bengal: In response to the R G Kar rape and murder case in Kolkata, the West Bengal government passed the Aparajita Wo...
For first time, marrying a woman after concealing identity to be crime under proposed law: Amit Shah"Crime against women and many social problems faced by them have been addressed in this bill. For the first time, intercourse with women un...
Rape of minor, mob lynching may invite death, acts against nation to be punished with life: BillsUnion Home Minister Amit Shah has introduced three bills to replace the Indian Penal Code of 1860, the Criminal Procedure Act of 1898, and ...
Controversial antiques dealer Monson Mavunkal gets life imprisonment for raping minorA Kerala court on Saturday sentenced controversial self-styled antiques dealer Monson Mavunkal to life imprisonment for raping a minor girl...
President gives assent to the Criminal Law (Amendment) ActThe amendment replaces the criminal law amendment ordinance promulgated on April 21 after the rape and murder of a minor girl in Kathua and...
Bill providing for stringent punishment in rape cases introduced in Lok SabhaKiren Rijiju said the recent incidents of rape and gangrape of women under the age of 16 years and 12 years have shaken the conscience of t...
Cabinet nod to introduce bill in Parliament providing for death penalty for rape of girl below 12 yearsThe bill stipulates stringent punishment for perpetrators of rape, particularly of girls below 12 years. Death sentence has been provided f...
Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill to be introduced in monsoon session of ParliamentThe amendment bill, once approved by Parliament, will replace the Criminal Law (Amendment) Ordinance promulgated on April 21.
Ordinance underscores Modi govt's commitment to women's safety: Amit ShahThe minimum punishment in case of rape of women has been increased from rigorous imprisonment of seven years to 10 years, extendable to lif...
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.
Rajasthan passes bill for death penalty for rape of girls aged 12 & belowChief Minister Vasundhara Raje-led Rajasthan has become second state after Madhya Pradesh to pass such a bill.
Uber cab driver gets jail for life for raping woman executiveAn Uber cab driver was sentenced to life imprisonment till his natural death for raping a woman executive in his taxi 11 months ago by a De...
Rape with death will attract death penaltyThe ordinance says trafficking will lead to imprisonment of not less than seven years but which may extend to 10 years and with fine.
- MAMC gangrape case: Delhi HC awards life term to prime convict
Prime convict in Maulana Azad Medical College rape case gets lifer.