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The Bill also provides for making the existing criminal laws related to other sexual offences more stringent. (Photo: PTI)

After Rajasthan, MP, Haryana passes Bill for death penalty of rape convicts

The Criminal Law (Haryana Amendment) Bill, moved by the state's parliamentary affairs min was passed on the last day of the budget session.

15 Mar 2018 8:19 PM

According to the National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB) 2016 report, the cases of crimes against children have shown a steady rise in Rajasthan.

In Rajasthan, death penalty for raping girls under 12 years

With this, Rajasthan has become the second state in the country after Madhya Pradesh approving death sentence for those convicted of such rapes.

10 Mar 2018 5:17 AM

In December 2017, Shivraj Singh Chouhan led-Madhya Pradesh government passed Dand Vidhi (Madhya Pradesh Sanshodhan) Vidheyak. (Representational Image | Pixabay)

After MP, Rajasthan passes bill on death for rape of girls aged up to 12

Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje-led Rajasthan has become second state after Madhya Pradesh to pass such a bill.

09 Mar 2018 6:28 PM

According to the court papers, it was not clear that if Perumal’s injuries were caused by the accident or they were inflicted before the crash. (Representational image)

Indian-origin man faces death penalty for murder of co-worker in Singapore

Arimuram allegedly got into a fight with Perumal, who was then driving a prime mover and he was a passenger.

17 Feb 2018 6:28 PM

The bench, which termed the Delhi minor rape case as 'brutal', also said that it could not direct Parliament to amend the law. (Photo: Representational | File)

Centre opposes plea for death penalty for convicts in rape cases of minors

'The death penalty is not the answer to everything,' Additional Solicitor General PS Narasimha, appearing for the Centre, said.

02 Feb 2018 11:09 AM

According to reports, the people who consumed 'Spirit Alcohol,' were admitted in a critical condition to Lucknow Trauma Center late on Wednesday night. (Photo: ANI)

'Spirit alcohol' claims 9 lives in UP's Barabanki, probe underway

On a related note, the Adityanath govt recently passed a bill giving death penalty, life imprisonment for those dealing in illicit liquor.

11 Jan 2018 1:18 PM

DCW Chief Swati Maliwal on Monday said that she was 'completely heartbroken' and 'fed up' with the increasing number of child rapes in the capital. (Photo: File)

Need to come on roads again to protest, wake up sleeping system: DCW chief

Chief of Delhi Commission for Women fed up of child rapes in the capital, demands death penalty for rapist within 6 months.

07 Nov 2017 12:40 PM

The woman, said to be found in the bedroom of the apartment unit with a knife beside her, had suffered multiple stab wounds, including one in the chest. (Representational Image | Photo: File)

Singapore: Indian-origin man stabs wife to death, surrenders

Krishnan Raju has been charged in the State Court with causing the death; if convicted, he faces the death penalty.

28 Oct 2017 7:17 PM

Why is SC distracted with non-vital issues?

The Supreme Court also recently persuaded itself to hear a plea to have Mahatma Gandhi’s assassination investigated afresh.

09 Oct 2017 1:20 AM

Pak has begun consultations over the nomination of an ad-hoc judge for the Kulbhushan Jadhav case. (Photo: File)

Pak begins process to select ad-hoc judge in Kubhushan Jadhav case

India had moved the Hague-based International Court of Justice against Mr Jadhav's death penalty handed down by a Pakistani military court.

15 Aug 2017 5:41 PM

Naresh, the main accused in Junaid Khan lynching case, before being produced in district court Faridabad on Sunday. (Photo: PTI)

Prime accused in Junaid's lynching sent to 2-day police custody

The incident took place on June 22 Junaid along with his brothers were allegedly attacked by a mob while returning to their village.

09 Jul 2017 9:17 PM

A data analysis by the organisation showed a total of 465 prisoners have been executed during the last two-and-a-half-years since the country lifted moratorium on executions. (Photo: File/Representational)

Pak hanged 465 prisoners since 2014, 5th most prolific executioner globally: report

Justice Project Pakistan (JPP) said that the use of death penalty is used as a political tool and even as a jail overcrowding solution.

07 Jul 2017 6:54 PM

The victim’s mother stated that her husband was a good for nothing fellow, and demanded that he should be hanged. (Image for representational purpose only)

Father gets death penalty for killing pregnant daughter

After the murder, Eknath Kisan Kumbharkar (47) is said to have stated that his daughter Pramila had disgraced him and so he had killed her.

21 Jun 2017 1:32 AM

The International Court of Justice at The Hague. (Photo: AP)

It’s time India should move ICJ against Pak on all issues

The BJP government had said that moving the ICJ against Pakistan in the matter is not “practical”.

24 May 2017 2:02 AM

Deepak Mittal, joint secretary of India's Ministry of External Affairs, right, and his delegation wait for judges to enter the World Court in The Hague. (Photo: AP)

Direct dialogue could lessen tensions in Jadhav case: US to India, Pak

A State Department spokesperson said that India and Pakistan could stand to benefit from practical cooperation.

16 May 2017 8:54 AM

Ausaf, who held marathon meetings for two days with the officials of the Foreign Office and the Law Ministry, is expected to represent Pakistan before the ICJ. (Photo: File)

Pak preparing strategy, to question ICJ jurisdiction on Jadhav case

Necessary to keep all options confidential so that India might not know the strategy being devised, says Pak Attorney General.

13 May 2017 1:20 PM

Yogesh Raut, Vishwas Kadam and Mahesh Thakur

Three get death for rape and murder of Pune techie

Not a single witness turned hostile in the case.

10 May 2017 2:25 AM

Nirbhaya’s parents Asha Devi and B.N. Singh light candles at a memorial near Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on Friday. (Photo: Pritam Bandyopadhyay)

A case that justifies use of death penalty

One of the six accused committed suicide in jail and another was a teenager who has served out his three-year jail term.

07 May 2017 12:23 AM

Delhi gangrape convicts Akshay Thakur, Pawan Gupta (face covered), Vinay and Mukesh Singh (R). (Photo: File)

Supreme Court rules death for Nirbhaya gangrape convicts

The four convicted in the case had approached the SC against the Delhi HC's order that had confirmed death penalty awarded by trial court.

05 May 2017 2:21 PM

File photo of former Indian naval officer Kulbhushan Jadhav who has been sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court on charges of 'espionage'. (Photo: PTI)

Jadhav case: India summons Pakistan deputy high commissioner

Shah's summoning comes five days after Indian envoy Gautam Bambawale had met the Pakistan foreign secretary.

19 Apr 2017 9:51 PM

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