Delhi government proposes Rs 7.5 lakh compensation for families of prisoners who die in custodyThe Delhi government has proposed a compensation of Rs 7.5 lakh for families of prisoners who die due to unnatural causes in custody. The p...
06 Sep, 2024, 05.13 PM IST
Kolkata medic rape-murder case: Accused Sanjay Roy sent to 14 days judicial custodyKolkata's Sealdah court remanded Prime accused Sanjay Roy to 14 days in a doctor's rape and murder case, causing national outrage. Roy was ...
23 Aug, 2024, 03.16 PM IST
Kerala veterinary student death: Stripped, assaulted using a belt and wire, says remand reportThe remand report alleges that the victim was viciously assaulted. 18 accused have been remanded to judicial custody. Belt and cable wire w...
04 Mar, 2024, 12.00 PM IST
Kerala woman doctor suicide: Investigations ordered after note says 'everybody wants money'Kerala doctor suicide: The tragic death of a young female doctor at Thiruvananthapuram Medical College has prompted the Kerala government t...
07 Dec, 2023, 04.11 PM IST
Assam: Family members can approach police to revisit criminal cases if not satisfied with outcome, says CMThe relook of the cases is triggered by the fact Sarma in August this year asked the police to relook in the minor girl child murder case i...
11 Nov, 2022, 06.52 PM IST
A year after Sushant Singh Rajput's death, lawyer asks why no custodial probe of suspects by CBIThe probe agency has not yet filed the charge sheet or the closure report in the death case.
15 Jun, 2021, 10.30 AM IST
Unnao: CBI 'deliberately' did not name MLA in murder case of rape survivor's father, court toldThe submissions were made before District Judge Dharmesh Sharma, who held a special hearing on a court holiday with the Delhi High Court's ...
10 Aug, 2019, 05.36 PM IST
16 High Courts initiated suo motu PILs on custodial deaths: Supreme CourtThe top court had on September 15 observed that custodial death was a crime and such incidents indicate the "apparent disdain" of the state...
27 Dec, 2017, 03.14 PM IST
Undertrial review panel's functioning needs fine-tuning: Supreme CourtThe apex court's observations came weeks after it had expressed shock at the large number of people languishing in jails in "complete viola...
31 Oct, 2017, 07.25 PM IST
Supreme Court for open air jails, better treatment for prisonersNHRC figures show that prisoners cut off from family and friends had a 50% more chance of committing suicide than those outside.
16 Sep, 2017, 12.47 AM IST
Supreme Court passes slew of directions on prison reforms across IndiaThe bench asked the Secretary General of the apex court to sent the copy of its verdict to the Registrar General of every high court within...
15 Sep, 2017, 01.49 PM IST
In Uttar Pradesh, a prisoner dies every 26 hoursHuman rights activist Naresh Paras, who filled the RTI application, has written to the NHRC, governor of UP and the PMO to take up the matt...
17 Oct, 2016, 11.04 AM IST
Subramanian Swamy writes to Rajnath Singh for SIT probe into Sunanda's deathRajya Sabha member, who has been pushing for speedy investigation into the case and had targeted Tharoor, said it was the duty of the polic...
15 May, 2016, 01.02 AM IST
61 custodial deaths in Gujarat in 2011-12: State Human Rights CommissionOf the total deaths in police or judicial custody, 51 were cases of natural deaths, while seven were suicides and three were unnatural or d...
26 Mar, 2016, 10.42 AM IST
BSP MP Dhananjay Singh denied bail in maid's murder caseDhananjay had moved the plea before the sessions court after he failed to get relief from a magisterial court which had earlier dismissed h...
29 Nov, 2013, 02.34 PM IST
Former sewadar of Asaram Bapu's ashram records statement in courtThe police today recorded the statement of a former sewadar of self-styled godman Asaram Bapu, facing the charge of sexual assault of girls...
09 Oct, 2013, 09.44 PM IST
- Delhi gang rape case: NCM not in favour of death penalty for rape convicts
NCM has said such a "blanket provision" would prompt offenders to kill their victims while cautioning the government of "knee-jerk reaction...
13 Jan, 2013, 03.25 PM IST