Read the full text of the Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill as introduced in Lok Sabha on March 19, 2013. ...
12:51 PM, Mar 20, 2013
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh on Sunday wrote to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, slamming the central government's decision to lower the age of consensual sex to 16 years saying that it is felt by many that the decision is solely based on culture prevalent in metro cities. ...
03:20 AM, Mar 18, 2013
The Cabinet meet on anti-rape law begins. The Delhi gangrape case of December 2012 triggered the government's proposed new anti-rape law. The Cabinet will take it up the new law on Tuesday. But consensus has eluded the government specifically on clauses relating to the use of the term 'rape', voyeurism, and reducing the age of consent from 18 to 16 years. ...
10:00 AM, Mar 12, 2013
The Delhi gangrape case of December 2012 triggered the government's proposed new anti-rape law. The Cabinet is likely to take up the new law on Tuesday. But consensus has eluded the government specifically on clauses relating to the use of the term 'rape', voyeurism, and reducing the age of consent from 18 to 16 years. ...
08:36 AM, Mar 12, 2013
The Cabinet is likely to finalise tough new laws on crimes against women with a new Criminal Law Amendment Bill this Thursday. Sources have told CNN-IBN that the age of consent for sex is likely to be reduced from 18 to 16 as suggested by the Justice Verma panel. ...
07:58 AM, Mar 06, 2013
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home has pressed for death sentence for rapists in cases where the victim dies or is left in a vegetative state. The committee, set up to examine the Criminal Law amendment bill of 2012, has also proposed to replace the word 'rape' with 'sexual assault' to broaden the definition of crimes against women. ...
09:14 AM, Feb 27, 2013
Will Justice Verma panel's recommendations go a long way in ensuring gender justice? Women's rights crusader Kavita Krishnan shared her perspective on this subject with IBNLive readers. ...
04:46 PM, Jan 25, 2013
Justice JS Verma committee, constituted to look into rape laws, on Wednesday refused to propose lowering the legally defined age for juvenile delinquents from 18 to 16 years. "The condition of juvenile homes in the country is pathetic," Justice Verma said at a press conference after submitting his report to the Union Home Ministry. ...
08:39 AM, Jan 24, 2013
In a detailed and scathing report, the three-member Justice JS Verma Committee called for stricter implementation of existing laws, police reforms, gender sensitisation of the security agencies and judiciary along with several changes in the Indian Penal Code (IPC) to deal with crime against women particularly rape cases. ...
08:25 AM, Jan 24, 2013
The Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill, replaces the word 'rape' by the phrase 'sexual assault' and seeks to widen the scope of the offence. ...
02:05 PM, Dec 31, 2012
Beijing: China is preparing to overhaul a key criminal law amid public confusion and some dread over whether the government is about to give police the legal authority to disappear people. At issue is an amendment to the criminal procedure law that would allow police to secretly detain suspects for months without informing their families. The effect would be to legalize the secret detentions police have increasingly been using against...
09:29 PM, Mar 01, 2012
Law graduates are opting to climb up the corporate ladder rather than go for criminal law. ...
10:58 PM, Jul 12, 2007
