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Chit fund scam: Odisha Police arrests 2 Saradha group employees


Economic Offence Wing (EOW) of the Crime Branch (CB), arrested two employees of Saradha Group on Thu...

PIL on sexual offences: SC asks Centre, states to


SC sought responses from Centre and states on a PIL seeking effective and protective measures, in re...

‘Officer can lose job if he turns woman complainant away`


Claiming that city police had been now sensitised enough to deal properly with the crimes against wo...

Change in mindset key to curbing sexual crimes: Justice Verma


Former chief justice of India JS Verma on Saturday said change in the mindset of society is more imp...

All-women courts to handle cases where women are victims: HC


To mark the International Women`s Day, the Bombay High Court has directed that cases of sexual offen...

Parl panel backs govt decision not to accept marital rape as criminal offence


A Parliamentary panel on Friday supported government`s decision not to accept marital rape as a crim...

Suspended DIG`s residence searched in Patna


Residences of Deputy Inspector General of police Alok Kumar, who was suspended on the charge of dema...

Delhi Police pulled up for casually probing sexual offence cases


A local court has pulled up Delhi Police for its "casual attitude" in investigating sexual...

Two men awarded 10 years jail for gang-raping hand


Two men have been sentenced to 10 years rigorous imprisonment by a Delhi court for gang-raping a han...

Delhi girl raped at knifepoint


A 14-year-old girl was raped allegedly by her neighbour while three others were molested in separate...

Hike penalty by 2500% for offences in Metro: CISF


The CISF has favoured a 2500 per cent hike in penalites related to offences against women and other ...

Disposal of sexual offence cases higher than others: Delhi HC CJ


Disposal of sexual offence cases is much higher than others, Delhi High Court Chief Justice D Muruge...

NHRC to give suggestions on laws on sexual offence


The National Human Rights Commission will give suggestions to the government on making laws regardin...

Govt considering making bribery in pvt sector criminal offence


The Government is considering a proposal to make bribery in private sector a criminal offence throug...

Dishonour killings: Law panel for harsher punishment, but no to death


Against the backdrop of the latest case of alleged dishonour killing, the Law Commission has recomme...

South Africa still remains ‘rape capital of world’


South Africa’s National Freedom Party (NFI) has said the sexual offence statistics in the country we...

Assange loses final legal bid to block extradition to Sweden


The hacker-turned-activist, Assange, an Australian national, has been on conditional bail and is sou...

Sentencing set for Australian fake-collar-bomber


Paul Douglas Peters, who chained a fake bomb to a 18-year-old woman`s neck in a bizarre extortion at...

Bill to raise fine for forest offences


The Bill also seeks to revise the limit of fines for compounding of minor offences under the Forest ...

HP against making pvt sector corruption ‘criminal’


Himachal Pradesh is the only state so far which has opposed the proposal to make bribery in privat...

Make bribing of voters a cognisable offence: EC


The Election Commission has suggested to the government to make bribing of voters, in cash or kind...

Centre may repeal suicide bid as penal offence


The Centre has told the Delhi High Court that it is willing to consider repealing suicide bid as a ...

HC to consider whether adultery is an offence


The constitutional validity of the adultery law has come under judicial scanner, with the Bombay H...

Pvt practice by govt docs not a criminal or graft offence: SC


The apex court said if doctors resort to private practice, they can at the most be proceeded only un...

MP High Court files chargesheet against Digvijay


The MP High Court has directed the EOW to file a chargesheet by June 30 against ex-CM Digvijay Singh...

Police can`t seize immovable property related to offence: HC


Only movable property can be seized under section 102 of criminal procedure code, was the majority ...

Watching porn at home no offence: Bombay HC


The Bombay High Court on Wednesday held that watching porn movies at private residence does not co...

Bail in heinous offence should be granted judiciously: SC


Those accused of heinous offences should not be granted bail in an arbitrary manner SC has ruled.

Abusing by caste in pvt not an offence: SC


Abusing a Dalit by his caste in private interaction is not an offence, a Delhi court has said.

WCD, Law ministries resolve differences on sexual offence bill


The Ministries of Women and Child Development and Law have resolved their differences over a speci...

Sangakkara charged with level 2 offence for collision


The incident happened in the 26.5 over when Sangakkara bumped into Nathan McCullum while trying to g...

Assault on doctors now non-bailable offence in Maha


Assault on doctors is now a cognisable and non-bailable offence in Maharashtra with the `Maharashtra...

Charging capitation fee a cognisable offence: Bill in LS


A bill that makes charging of capitation fee by any medical or technical institute a cognisable offe...

Charging capitation fee a cognisable offence: Bill in LS


A bill that makes charging of capitation fee by any medical or technical institute a cognisable offe...

Pre-marital sex not a statutory offence: Supreme Court


The Supreme Court has held that pre-marital sex is not a statutory offence.

Maha plans to make illegal tree cutting non-bailable offence


Maharashtra Government is planning to make illegal cutting of trees as a non-bailable offence by b...

Financing terrorism to be an offence in Pak


Financing terrorism would become a criminal offence in Pakistan as the Anti-Money Laundering Bill ha...

Maoist held in train offence case in Jharkhand


A Maoist allegedly involved in the April 22 siege of train in Latehar was on Sunday arrested at Ga...