The 2012 Delhi gang rape case led to the Criminal Law (Amendment) act 2013, usually known as the Nirbhaya Act, which introduced major reforms including stricter punishments for sexual crimes, death penalty for cases of extreme brutality.
PM spoke about fast-track trial of rape cases in MP and Rajasthan where the convicts were condemned to death within days and said such cases need to be given wide publicity to deter people from committing such crimes.
The judgment brings the focus on this crucial shortcoming in our society that has been accentuated both by societal mindsets as well as State apathy.
The Supreme Court order not only removes the inconsistency in the age of consent, it could also have a significant bearing on cases under the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006.
New Delhi: The Supreme Court today made the National Commission for Women (NCW) a party to a PIL challenging constitutional validity of a provision in rape laws that permits intrusive sexual intercourse with a girl
New Delhi, Jan 4: The government today ruled out convening a special session of Parliament to discuss stricter punishment for sexual offences saying the issue would be taken up after receipt of the Justice Verma
New Delhi, Jan 2: The government has asked political parties to give their views on reviewing rape laws to Justice J S Verma Committee, set up to suggest amendments in the statute to provide speedier
New Delhi, Dec 29: Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde Saturday mourned the death of the young gang-rape victim in Singapore and promised to enact "more stringent laws" to prevent such crime."Her death will not go in
New Delhi, Nov 23: A high-level committee constituted by Union Home Minister P Chidambaram last year to look into the issue of amendments to rape laws is all set to recommend that intercourse with a
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