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Legal status Homosexual relations are legally still a crime in India under an old British era statute dating from 1860 called Section 377 of th..

While research abounds on attitudes toward capital punishment in the United States, such work has been lacking in non-western nations — particularly in India, the world's largest democracy. Data recently collected have revealed variance in levels of support for the death penalty among Indian college students: 44 percent express some degree ..

In the judgment, K. Srikanth Singh vs. North East Securities Ltd., the Supreme Court has held that the vicarious liability of directors must be pleaded and proved in case of offence committed by the company under sect..

RIGHT TO BAIL AS A CONST I TUTIONAL RIGHT By Vidhan Maheshwari, National Law Institute University, Bho..

Abolition of the Death Penalty- Tarunabh Khaitan and Vasuman Khandelwal Document actions (print, sendto etc) --> An over of the law and history of the death penalty Keywords: death pen..

Encounter killings: Truth commissions neededby Upneet LalliWHAT is ..

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All hospitals should provide free medical treatment to Acid attack/Rape victims under the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 2013    Government of India has set up a dedicated fund called Nirbhaya Fund for implementation of initiatives aimed at enhancing the safety..

As per National Crime Records Bureau, a total of 38,172 cases, 58,224 cases and 89,423 cases were registered under crime against children during 2012, 2013 and 2014 respectively.  The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 which came into force on 15.01.2016, has provisions for punishment relating to offences against childre..

The National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) held Lok Adalats across the country yesterday mostly on cases relating to Criminal Compoundable matters, etc. which were settled out of the courts. The total value of settlement reached in these Lok Adalats is about Rs. 77 crores in about 1,11,000 cases. Of these cases finally settled, about 98000 are pending matters and o..

Section 28(1) of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 provides that for the purposes of providing a speedy trial, the state Government shall in consultation with the Chief Justice of the High Court, by notification in the official Gazette, designate for each district, a Court of Session to be a Special Court to try the offences under the Act ..

The Law Commission in its 257th Report on May, 2015, titled “ Reforms in Guardianship and Custody Laws in India” has recommended for amendments in the Guardians and Wards Act, 1890 and the Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act, 1956. The details of the recommendation are available on the website of the Law Commission st..

The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, gave its approval to amend the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 by pursuing the Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Bill, 2013, pending before the Rajya Sabha by moving official amendments.    div style="font-family: ar..

In order to augment the capacity of States in the domain of investigation of heinous crimes against women viz. rape, acid attack, dowry death and human trafficking etc., the Ministry of Home Affairs has proposed to set up 150 Investigative Units for Crime against Women (IUCAW) in most crime prone districts of each State on a 50 : 50..