The Supreme Court of India will consider taking up the letter written by the Unnao rape case victim to Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi on the judicial side.The letter written by the victim and her family members claimed that they were being threa ...
As per information provided by Ministry of Home Affairs, Police andPublic Order are State subjects under the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India. The responsibility to maintain law and order, protection of life and property of the citizens ...
The details of cases registered for crimes against women, including rape, from 2014 to 2016 is as below: Year No. of cases registered 2014 3,39,457 2015 3,29,243 2016 3,38,95 ...
Stricter laws not enough, time-bound disposal of justice essential to prevent Crimes Against Women: MoS (Home) Shri Hansraj Gangaram AhirUnion Minister of State for Home Affairs, Shri Hansraj Gangaram Ahir has said the Government, responding to publi ...
As per data reported by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), the number of cyber crime pertaining to credit card, ATM, debit card and Internet banking shows a marginal increase of 4.4% from 13,083 in 2014-15, to 13,653 in 2016-17.RBI has issued Cyber Sec ...
All hospitals should provide free medical treatment to Acid attack/Rape victims under the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 2013 Government ...
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 ...
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 Adala ...
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 officia ...
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 de ...
