Though there was a rise in rape cases across the country from 2007 to 2011, the conviction rate of accused remained stagnant at 26 per cent. The number of registered rape cases rose to 24,206 in 2011 from 20,737 in 2007, an increase by 3,469, with Madhya Pradesh recording a highest number of such incidents, according to a data given by Minister of State for Home Affairs RPN Singh in...
05:47 PM, Mar 13, 2013
In the wake of brutal Delhi gangrape, the Law Ministry is pushing for early setting up of fast-track courts across the country to try such heinous crimes and civil cases having human dimension. The ministry said it is ready to bear majority of the financial burden involved in the setup. ...
05:30 PM, Jan 29, 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
The Verma Committee rejected the suggestion of chemical castration of rapists as it considered handing down such a punishment would violate human rights and that mutilation of the body is not permitted under the Constitution. "We note that it would be unconstitutional and inconsistent with basic human rights treaties for the state to expose any citizen without their consent to potentially dangerous medical side effects." ...
12:04 PM, Jan 24, 2013
The CNN-IBN State Of The Nation Survey revealed that most respondents said there experience at a police station was neither too good nor bad. ...
11:51 PM, Jan 22, 2013
In the backdrop of the horrific and brutal gangrape of a 23-year-old paramedical student inside a chartered bus in the capital on December 16, 2012 by six men, citizens have voiced for better policing and effective laws to help women feel safe in the city. ...
10:06 PM, Jan 22, 2013
The CNN-IBN State Of The Nation Survey conducted after the barbaric incident reveals that India is seeking stronger laws and stricter punishment for heinous crimes like rape. ...
11:58 PM, Jan 21, 2013
The horrific and brutal gangrape of a 23-year-old paramedical student inside a chartered bus in Delhi on December 16, 2012 by six men shook the national capital, forcing its citizens to come out on the streets in large numbers to demand justice and seek improvement in law and order. The CNN-IBN State Of The Nation Survey conducted after the barbaric incident reveals the India is seeking stronger laws and stricter...
10:09 PM, Jan 21, 2013
Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on Friday met Director Generals of Police and Home Secretaries from all the states over providing more security to women. Several aspects of crimes against women were discussed at the meeting in the national capital. ...
06:10 PM, Jan 04, 2013
Haryana police on Friday began putting names and details of convicted rapists on a government website even as two youths were arrested in Jind district for allegedly recording and circulating the obscene MMS of a teenager. Haryana police have started a process to put names, addresses and crime details of at least 2,500 convicted rapists in the past about a decade on the website, a senior police official said here...
03:03 PM, Jan 04, 2013
A South Korean court on Thursday ordered chemical castration of a repeat child sex offender in a first such decision given in the country. According to the Seoul Southern District Court's verdict, the 31-year-old man surnamed Pyo will be sentenced to 15 years in jail and given medication which inhibits sexual urges, Xinhua reported. ...
12:24 PM, Jan 03, 2013
Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar on December 26 said he was in favour of death sentence for rapists and enacting a law in this regard. "I am in favour of death sentence for rapists and enacting a law in this regard," he told reporters on the sidelines of the Diamond Jubilee Celebrations of Karnataka Journalists' Cooperative Society Limited (KJCS). ...
03:34 PM, Dec 30, 2012
Ravidas Camp, a south Delhi slum which is home to four of the six gang-rapists, was seething with anger on Saturday over the 23-year-old victim's death as some residents pressed for hanging the culprits and described them as "wolves". ...
02:56 AM, Dec 30, 2012
In an attempt to name and shame rapists, the government has decided to prepare a data base of all rape convicts across the country and their photographs, names and addresses would be made public. Minister of State for Home RPN Singh said he has directed the National Crime Records Bureau to prepare a directory of all rape convicts and upload their photographs, names and addresses on its website. ...
06:39 PM, Dec 27, 2012
In an unusual case, an Indian-origin physiotherapist found guilty of raping a woman patient in 2011 was on Wednesday spared jail by an Australian court, with the judge citing his remorse. Barath Devadas, 35, was found guilty of rape of the woman at a Woodville West physiotherapy clinic in Adelaide in January 2011. ...
12:41 PM, Dec 19, 2012
The father, brother and uncle of a 13-year-old girl in Kerala have been arrested for allegedly raping her for the past two years. The issue came to light when the girl, who is studying in the eighth standard, refused to go home after school hours. Reports say the girl narrated the incident to her teacher who later informed the police. ...
09:40 AM, Nov 27, 2012
Mumbai: In his long career, Satish Kaushik has played it all, but never before has he played a rapist. In Nagesh Kukunooor's 'Laxmi', about human trafficking, he is cast as a slimeball who rapes and forces a 20-year-old girl into prostitution. The victim is played by Monali Thakur who was one of the finalists on season two of 'Indian Idol'. She later gained popularity as a playback singer when she...
02:54 PM, Oct 08, 2012
New Delhi: After Congress MP Sajjan Singh Verma, RJD MPs Rajniti Prasad and Ram Kripal Yadav have served a privilege notice against Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal for calling MPs "rapists, murderers and looters" during an election campaign rally last month. The Lok Sabha Secretariat has sought reply from Kejriwal following the receipt of the notices. He has been asked to furnish his reply by March 24. "Received privilege notices...
11:51 PM, Mar 19, 2012
New Delhi: The Delhi police was on Saturday directed by a court in New Delhi to inform it as to what action it has taken on a complaint against key team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal for his alleged derogatory remarks against parliamentarians. Metropolitan Magistrate Purshotam Pathak directed the Delhi Police to file an Action Taken Report (ATR) by April 11. The complaint was filed by petitioner Vibhor Anand, a law...
06:51 PM, Mar 17, 2012
New Delhi: Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal has been served a Breach of Privilege notice for his comment comparing MPs to rapists, murderers and looters. Congress MP Sajjan Singh Verma has served a privilege notice against Kejriwal for calling MPs "rapists, murderers and looters" during an election campaign rally last month. The Lok Sabha Secretariat has sought reply from Kejriwal following the receipt of the notice from Verma, a Congress...
06:32 PM, Mar 17, 2012
