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Book sexual crime cases promptly, ensure stringent punishment to culprits, TN CM Vijay tells policeTamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay has ordered swift action against those involved in sexual crimes. Following a brutal murder in Coi...
Top cases on the United States Supreme Court's docketThe U.S. Supreme Court is reviewing significant cases. These cases cover voting rights, presidential authority, immigration policies, and g...
Sweden to fine social media sites over 'murder adverts'Sweden's government said Wednesday it planned to introduce legislation requiring social media platforms like TikTok and Snapchat to take do...
Quote of the day by Julius Caesar: 'In war, events of importance are the result of...' – the dictator of Roman Empire reveals how small actions can shape big outcomes in war and lifeQuote of the day by Julius Caesar: His words remind us that small actions can have major consequences. His insights from war and politics r...
NCW takes cognisance of 'horrific gang rape' of minor girl in Tamil Nadu, seeks police reportThe National Commission for Women has taken suo motu cognisance of a horrific gang rape of a minor girl in Tamil Nadu's Tiruvannamalai dist...
Kultuli rape-murder case: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee calls for capital punishment, urges to stop media trialsWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee urged police to register the Kultuli rape-murder case under the POCSO Act. She called for capita...
Current social realities, challenges addressed in proposed new criminal laws: OfficialsThe new bill (BNS) has been rearranged keeping in view the ideals enshrined in the Constitution. The offences against women and children, m...
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 ...
Saudi Arabia ends death penalty for minors and floggingsSaudi Arabia has abolished flogging as a punishment, the supreme court announced, hailing the latest in a series of "human rights advances"...
Manipur mulls death penalty for crimes against womenCondemning the Kathua and Unnao rape cases, Biren said, "The Manipur government seeks fitting punishment for the criminals."
Farooq Abdullah wants bill to award death penalty for raping minorsAbduallah's comment comes in the backdrop of a nationwide condemnation of the rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Jammu and Kashmi...
Kathua rape case: J-K Dy CM defends probe by crime branchAsserting that the culprits in the case must be punished, he said if someone is not satisfied with the probe, he can move the court and put...
Arvind Kejriwal's view to try 15-yr-olds as adults mindless: ExpertsDelhi government's proposal to try juveniles of 15 to 18 years as adults for heinous crimes has got a thumbs down from legal experts and ri...
Punishment alone is no answer to juvenile crimeThe best way forward is to build in caveats that still offer juveniles some protection: like one in the Bill that stipulates that such offe...
- Rarest of rare test needs society's approval: Supreme Court
"Courts award death sentence, because situation demands, due to constitutional compulsion,"bench said.
Supreme Court firm on death penalty for terror acts, rape-murder casesIt also had also shown no leniency, with few aberrations, to those convicted in rape-murder cases, especially involving minors and mentally...
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.
Minor in gangrape should be given same punishment as other accused: AK WaliaDelhi Health Minister A K Walia today said the minor, who was allegedly part of the group that gang-raped a young paramedical student, shou...
Delhi Gang Rape: Minors could face death penalty if law amendedJolted by the extreme cruelty unleashed on Nirbhaya by the only juvenile among the six accused in the Delhi gang-rape case, the government ...
- Re-classify IPC into four: Committee
Criminal offences covered by the IPC must be re-classified into four comprehensive codes, according to the draft national policy on crimina...