Former IPS officer turned social activist Kiran Bedi on Monday said the Centre should have respected all aspects of the Justice Verma recommendations while framing a law on sexual assault without 'cherry-picking' on various points. ...
06:58 PM, Feb 04, 2013
The Supreme Court has decided to examine the definition of juvenile in the Juvenile Justice Act. The apex court has set for hearing on April 3 a public interest litigation asking that the judiciary be given powers to determine whether an accused is a juvenile or not. ...
02:40 PM, Feb 04, 2013
Demanding justice, the kin of a 45-year-old tribal from Gujarat's Sabarkantha district has refused to perform his last rites and preserved the dead body for over 60 days. Jiva Bhumbariya's body was found at a secluded spot near Magwas village in December. ...
11:19 AM, Feb 04, 2013
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11:18 AM, Feb 04, 2013
Frowning upon routine adjournments, the Supreme Court has said that speedy disposal of cases was the "primary morality of justice and ethical fulcrum of the judiciary". ...
12:39 AM, Feb 04, 2013
Amid a demand for lowering the juvenile age limit in the wake of the Delhi gangrape case, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Sunday gave her support, saying the nature of the crime should not be overlooked while deciding on the age issue. "If you match the nature of the crime with the age of the person with being juvenile and non-juvenile, then I think that evaluation could perhaps help in...
10:39 PM, Feb 03, 2013
Despite women's groups calling it "weak", the government is claiming credit for clearing ordinance on sexual harassment in "record time". Union Law Minister Ashwani Kumar said, "This historic ordinance has been approved in record time. It will be thoroughly discussed in the Budget session of Parliament. I hope that we will be able to give the nation a progressive and necessary law." ...
09:00 AM, Feb 03, 2013
Former IPS officer and activist Kiran Bedi on Saturday welcomed the ordinance to amend the criminal law with focus on crime against women but said the government has cherry picked recommendations of Justice Verma Committee. "Justice Verma's recommendations took a 360-degree view of the issue. The ordinance has cherry picked recommendations. Very well, it's a beginning made but it's still a long way to go," Bedi said. ...
03:22 AM, Feb 03, 2013
Has the ordinance on sexual harassment, meant to counter criticism about women's safety, backfired even before it was promulgated? Women's groups allege that the government has diluted the law against sexual crime by not accepting Justice JS Verma's recommendations in totality. Now, political parties have joined the chorus. ...
09:51 PM, Feb 02, 2013
Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and Vice President Rahul Gandhi met family members of the Delhi braveheart on Saturday evening, a day after government brought an ordinance providing for tough punishment to rapists. Sonia and Rahul drove to the residence of the braveheart's family and was with the family members for over an hour. ...
08:42 PM, Feb 02, 2013
The Centre's move to pass an ordinance, through which death penalty could be awarded in case of rape leading to death of victim, has received support from the brother of Delhi gangrape victim. He said on Saturday that public outrage nationally and internationally after the brutal incident had forced the Centre to frame stringent law. ...
06:13 PM, Feb 02, 2013
Women groups on Saturday urged President Pranab Mukherjee not to sign the ordinance of Criminal Law amendments passed by the Cabinet on Friday. Human rights lawyer Vrinda Grover said, "The ordinance is complete betrayal of the people's faith." ...
03:05 PM, Feb 02, 2013
A day after the Cabinet approved an ordinance for tougher anti-rape laws, activists say it is not tough enough. While the government claims it has accepted most of recommendations of the Justice Verma Committee on punishing sex offenders, it has not included proposals like changing rules for the armed forces under the Armed Forces Special Powers Act. The ordinance has also left out recognition of marital rape as a crime....
02:29 PM, Feb 02, 2013
While the Cabinet has approved a new law after examining Justice Verma Committee recommendations on punishing sex offenders, women groups have called the ordinance a dilution of the Verma panel recommendations. This came as the ordinance passed by the Cabinet remained silent on the Armed Forces Special Powers Act. Reports say that women groups will protest against the ordinance in the capital. ...
11:18 AM, Feb 02, 2013
A fast-track court in Delhi will frame charges against the five accused in the brutal Delhi gangrape case on Saturday. A month since the chargesheet was filed, arguments have been concluded both by the prosecution as well as the defence lawyers. ...
08:07 AM, Feb 02, 2013
Just days after the Justice Verma Committee made its recommendations to amend laws relating to sexual assault, the Cabinet has passed an ordinance. The punishment for rape could range from 20 years to even death in extreme cases, but the ordinance remains silent on the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) and marital rape. ...
07:50 AM, Feb 02, 2013
Amid clamour for lowering the age ceiling for juveniles, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid seems to favour the existing limit noting one should not react by looking at the issue in isolation but said the government will consider the demand. "We do know that the Verma Commission report that will be considered by the government, has not endorsed that the age be reduced...So if you like the Verma Commission report...
10:45 PM, Feb 01, 2013
The Cabinet will meet on Friday to decide on a stringent law to deal with sexual harassment. Sources had indiacted to CNN-IBN earlier that the government was considering the feasibility of an ordinance instead of waiting for the Budget Session to legislate on the recommendations made by the Justice Verma Committee. ...
02:24 PM, Feb 01, 2013
day after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh wrote to Justice JS Verma promising to act on his panel's suggestions to strengthen laws on crimes against women, sources on Thursday said that the Cabinet is discussing the ordinance on the panel recommendations. ...
12:00 PM, Jan 31, 2013
In a dramatic turn of events, actor-director Kamal Haasan said on Thursday he would not move the Supreme Court against a stay on his film 'Vishwaroopam' by the Madras High Court even as Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari indicated that the government may consider amending the Cinematograph Act 1952. ...
11:29 AM, Jan 31, 2013
