French influencer Amine Mojito received a prison sentence. He faced legal action for fake syringe attacks on strangers. Mojito filmed himse...

West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose has returned the Aparajita Bill to the state government due to serious objections raised by the Centre...

The British government has unveiled intentions to introduce a law compelling offenders to be physically present in court during the declara...

A bench of Justices Surya Kant and A S Oka, which was dealing with an appeal against a judgement of the Bombay High Court, enhanced the sen...

There was a necessity of maintaining a reasonable proportion between the seriousness of the crime and the punishment, said the bench. The c...

40% of the BJP candidates have a criminal case against them. Congress, with 39%, is hardly any better.

The bench then ordered that the plea of Kumar be listed before an appropriate bench to which Justice Khanna was not part and adjourned the ...

The surplus issue must be examined by technically qualified people, says the former finance minister

The ICJ decision puts a lot of pressure on Pakistan, and more particularly its army, to not carry out the death sentence handed out to Jadh...

Jitender, a former Delhi University student, who was awarded 30 years jail term by a trial court in a murder case, was directed by the cour...

A person convicted of murder in Delhi or Jammu & Kashmir has the highest probability of being handed the death penalty than anywhere else i...

Befitting punishment should be awarded by courts to the guilty so that "public abhorrence" of the offence committed is reflected, the Supre...

In recent years, the rising crime rate, particularly violent crimes against women has made the criminal sentencing by the courts a subject ...

Pakistan lifted moratorium on death penalty in all cases where capital punishment had been handed down by a court.

Report said that percentage of children in Class II who still cannot recognize numbers up to 9 has increased from 11.3 per cent in 2009 to ...

The agony faced by a person because of long trial cannot be a reason for a court to take a lenient view while punishing the accused.

The Supreme Court has asked the government to revisit the sentencing policy which provides for two years of jail for rash driving.