Changes to law will clearly define unwelcome sexual acts TNN | Feb 2, 2013, 04.25 AM IST NEW DELHI: Changes to the criminal law dealing with offences against women cleared by the Cabinet aim to not only add specific new crimes but… Continue Reading →
23 Jan, 2013 Text: PTI NEW DELHI: The Justice Verma Committee on Wednesday recommended enhancing punishment of upto 20 years imprisonment for rape and murder and life for gang rape but refrained from suggesting death penalty. The three-member Committee headed… Continue Reading →
Jan 23, 2013 New Delhi: The Justice Verma Committee today recommended enhancing punishment of upto 20 years imprisonment for rape and murder and life for gangrape but refrained from suggesting death penalty. The three-member Committee headed by former Chief Justice… Continue Reading →
By Manoj Mitta, TNN | Jan 20, 2013, 1 NEW DELHI: The death penalty awarded this week by in a rape-and-murder case after a 10-day trial before a fast-track court has raised apprehensions about a possible rash of such sentences in the prevailing… Continue Reading →
PTI : New Delhi, Sun Jan 06 2013, 21:58 hrs Execution of rapists in full public glare, abolition of co-education and “sober and dignified” dress for girls are among the 11 suggestions made by Jamaat-e-Islami Hind to Justice J S Verma… Continue Reading →
Dear Hon. Justice Verma, Referring to your public notice on ‘Inviting suggestions on amendments to Criminal Laws Relating to Safety and Security of Women’, please find enclosed the submission of women’s groups, progressive groups and individuals, endorsed by approximately 1000… Continue Reading →
INDIA, Posted on Jan 04, 2013 CNN-IBN New Delhi: 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… Continue Reading →
Published: January 1, 2013 , NY times When the Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in 1976, it said there were two social purposes for imposing capital punishment for the most egregious crimes: deterrence and retribution. In recent months, these justifications for… Continue Reading →
Press Trust of India : Kochi, Mon Dec 24 2012, 07:27 hrs Renowned actor Kamal Hassan today said he was ashamed of the gang-rape of the 23-year-old girl in Delhi, but was against awarding death penalty to rapists. “I am against… Continue Reading →
Year 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Murder Rate inDeath PenaltyStates* 9.5 9.94 9.51 9.69 9.23 8.59 7.72 7.09 6.51 5.86 5.70 5.82 5.82 5.91… Continue Reading →
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