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
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
Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje-led Rajasthan has become second state after Madhya Pradesh to pass such a bill.
09 Mar 2018 6:28 PM
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 death penalty is not the answer to everything,' Additional Solicitor General PS Narasimha, appearing for the Centre, said.
02 Feb 2018 11:09 AM
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 BJP government had said that moving the ICJ against Pakistan in the matter is not “practical”.
24 May 2017 2:02 AM
A State Department spokesperson said that India and Pakistan could stand to benefit from practical cooperation.
16 May 2017 8:54 AM
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
Not a single witness turned hostile in the case.
10 May 2017 2:25 AM
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
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
Shah's summoning comes five days after Indian envoy Gautam Bambawale had met the Pakistan foreign secretary.
19 Apr 2017 9:51 PM