A week after Justice JS Verma Committee submitted its recommendations to the Home Ministry, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday thanked him for the report. The Prime Minister, in a letter to Justcie Verma, assured him that the government would use it as a basis to strengthen laws on crimes against women. ...
02:13 PM, Jan 30, 2013
Member of the JS Verma committee Justice Leila Seth has come out strongly in favour of the existing juvenile justice laws. ...
11:57 PM, Jan 29, 2013
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11:24 PM, Jan 29, 2013
The Juvenile Justice Board has ruled that the sixth accused in the Delhi gangrape case, allegedly the one who most brutally assaulted the braveheart, is a minor. ...
11:08 PM, Jan 29, 2013
In what may provide a whole new twist to the juvenile debate, sources say that the government is likely to seek legal opinion on lowering the juvenile age. The government may change the Juvenile Justice Act, making exception for rarest of rare cases. ...
09:30 PM, Jan 29, 2013
Delhi Police is seeking legal opinion on the ruling of the Juvenile Justice Board that the sixth accused in the Delhi gangrape case was a juvenile. A decision on whether to go in for an appeal is expected to be taken soon. ...
09:15 PM, Jan 29, 2013
The Delhi braveheart's family will challenge the Juvenile Justice Board's decision of declaring the sixth gangrape accused a minor. In an interview to CNN-IBN, the braveheart's father said that the family will challenge it in the higher court. He said the family wants a bone test to decide if the accused is a minor. ...
03:24 PM, Jan 29, 2013
Member of the JS Verma commitee Justice Leila Seth has come out strongly in favour of the existing juvenile justice laws. Speaking to CNN-IBN Deputy Editor Sagarika Ghose, Justice Seth said we must accept the age limit laid down by the law and the key is to focus on reform of the child. She said one can't keep lowering the age and changing law to suit a particular case. ...
03:10 PM, Jan 29, 2013
All options are open to appeal in higher courts against the Juvenile Justice Board's decision that the sixth accused in the Delhi gangrape-murder case is a minor, say sources in the Delhi Police. Sources in the police say that the Juvenile Justice Board's order was based on the school certificate of the accused that declares his age is 17 years and six months. ...
09:48 AM, Jan 29, 2013
The Juvenile Justice Board's decision to declare the sixth accused a minor in the Delhi gangrape-murder case has reignited the debate on whether there is a need to revise the Juvenile Justice Act. Speaking to IBN18 Editor-in-Chief Rajdeep Sardesai, Janata Party President Subramanian Swamy said that in such cases, there has to be retribution. ...
07:43 AM, Jan 29, 2013
The family of Delhi braveheart on Monday termed the Juvenile Justice Board's decision of ruling the sixth accused in the case minor as "unfortunate". ...
11:51 PM, Jan 28, 2013
The family of Delhi braveheart on Monday termed the Juvenile Justice Board's decision of ruling the sixth accused in the case minor as "unfortunate" and said that they would challenge it in the court. "The family would consult legal experts and challenge the matter in the relevant court," the brother of the girl said. ...
10:10 PM, Jan 28, 2013
Forty-three days after a horrific gangrape shocked India like never before, a Juvenile Justice Board has settled a raging debate, ruling that the sixth accused in the case is a juvenile and hence, cannot be tried and sentenced under criminal law. ...
09:55 PM, Jan 28, 2013
The Juvenile Justice Board, which has ruled on the basis of the accused's school records, said there was no doubt he was a juvenile. ...
09:37 PM, Jan 28, 2013
Government sources have claimed that an all-party meeting is likely to be called soon to discuss amendments proposed by the Justice JS Verma Committee to the anti-rape law. A new bill amending the anti-rape law could be presented in the Budget Session of Parliament, they said. ...
07:04 PM, Jan 28, 2013
Setting a precedent by completing the trial in ten days after filing of the chargesheet, a fast-track court in Madhya Pradesh on Monday sentenced a youth to 14-year rigorous imprisonment for raping a minor girl in 2012. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 5,000 on the 21-year-old convict Jitendra. ...
06:40 PM, Jan 28, 2013
Khan, in his petition, contended that Bachchan's use of the word 'racha gaya' (written) for Quran during the fifth edition of KBC was an insult to the Muslims as the religious book was not written and was revealed by Allah (god) Himself. ...
06:21 PM, Jan 28, 2013
In a major setback to the prosecution in the Delhi gangrape case, the Juvenile Justice Board has declared that the sixth accused is a minor. The board, which based its ruling on the basis of the accused's school records, said there was no doubt about it. ...
04:26 PM, Jan 28, 2013
The Juvenile Justice Board in the national capital is expected to take a decision on Monday on whether the youngest accused, who claims to be a minor, in the Delhi gangrape-murder case will go through a bone test for the verification of his age or not. ...
08:10 AM, Jan 28, 2013
Justice JS Verma, the head of the panel that was constituted in the aftermath of the horrific Delhi gangrape to suggest reforms in anti-sexual harassment laws, has made a startling claim. In an interview to Karan Thapar on Devil's Advocate, the former Chief Justice of India said that Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde, the most important stakeholder in the issue, did not interact with the panel even once during the...
08:42 PM, Jan 27, 2013
