The Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday welcomed the ordinance providing for tough punishment including death sentence if a rape victim dies or is left in vegetative state, saying it supports strict laws but insisted on improving policing to ensure safety of women. ...
08:27 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
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
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
The Vice Principal of the Don Bosco School, Pune, will be produced before a judicial magistrate on Friday on charges of molesting and attempting to rape a 14-year-old student. ...
08:44 AM, Jan 25, 2013
A doctor with over 20 years of experience recounts the horror she faced during her tenure as a resident doctor at IIM-Bangalore. The doctor alleges that she was sexually harassed by the Chief Administrative Office of the institute and was later thrown out when she complained against him. ...
12:02 PM, Jan 23, 2013
Blank Noise, a volunteer-led project against street sexual harassment, had initiated a 24 hour tweetahon to push for a change in the way we address the security of women. ...
09:07 AM, Jan 20, 2013
After the horrific Delhi gangrape incident which shook the nation to its foundation, people for the first time in one voice said 'No to crimes ...
02:51 PM, Jan 19, 2013
The brutal gangrape of a 23-year-old para-medical student in Delhi in December 2012 was perhaps one of the worst examples of public apathy. In another unfortunate incident in Ambala, the passengers in a bus stood watching when the conductor was stabbed for taking on molesters. ...
08:02 AM, Jan 19, 2013
Congress president Sonia Gandhi said in Jaipur on Friday that issues related to crimes against women and children must be promptly dealt with. "Discrimination against the girl child and atrocities against women are a blot on our collective conscience. Sexual harassment, women trafficking and female foeticide should shake us and awaken us," Sonia Gandhi said at the party's meeting in Jaipur. ...
06:21 PM, Jan 18, 2013
Director Sudhir Mishra joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on his movie 'Inkaar'. ...
03:21 PM, Jan 18, 2013
A Jodhpur trial court has sentenced a man for sexually harassing a woman on a volvo bus. The trial has been concluded within a week of the case being filed. ...
01:31 PM, Jan 09, 2013
In the backdrop of recent rape cases in Delhi and Noida, a group of students of Amity Law School on Tuesday took pledge to help victims of road accidents, sexual or domestic violence and protect girls in distress. "We have asked the colleges to take affidavit from male students that they will treat the girl students with grace and not indulge in eve teasing or harassment within or outside the...
09:41 PM, Jan 08, 2013
Vishnu Wagh, a BJP MLA from Goa and Abu Azmi, a Samajwadi Party MLA, on Tuesday drew flak for their insensitive comments regarding women and sexual assault cases. ...
08:10 PM, Jan 08, 2013
The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the transfer of Chhattisgarh human rights activist and school teacher Soni Sori from the Raipur Central Jail to Jagdalpur Jail. Sori had complained of sexual harassment from jail officials at the Raipur prison. ...
04:56 PM, Jan 08, 2013
Another case of harassment in Delhi has been reported and this time by foreign nationals. Four foreign nationals were accused of harassing a hotel manager in the heart of Delhi's Connuaght Place. ...
10:07 AM, Jan 08, 2013
Another case of harassment in Delhi has been reported and this time by foreign nationals. An FIR has been registered against four people who allegedly sexually harassed and threatened the Assistant Manager of a prominent hotel in Delhi's Connaught Place on Monday evening. ...
08:20 AM, Jan 08, 2013
The demand to reduce the juvenile age from 18 to 16 has gained momentum after the recent gangrape and murder of the Delhi braveheart. Should it be done? Save the Children's director of advocacy and policy Shireen Vakil Miller's shared her perspective on the issue. ...
05:36 PM, Jan 07, 2013
