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Delhi university students protest against rising incidents of rape and sexual harassment in New Delhi on Tuesday. (Photo: Bunny Smith)

Nagaon: 19-yr-old gets death for raping, setting 11-yr-old girl on...

The court had convicted Zakir Hussain and acquitted five other accused for lack of evidence on September 4.

7 Sept 2018 3:53 PM IST

The directive comes in the wake of the alleged rape of a minor girl by an electrician in an NDMC-run school in the city. (Representational image)

Chennai: 17 accused of raping teen may get death penalty

Charge sheet was filed before a Mahila court in Chennai for cases under POCSO Act, nearly two months after the incident...

13 Sept 2018 10:56 AM IST

Kulbhushan Jadhav

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...

15 Aug 2017 5:41 PM IST

Nirbhayas 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.

7 May 2017 12:23 AM IST

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...

5 May 2017 2:21 PM IST

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...

9 July 2017 9:17 PM IST

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...

13 May 2017 1:20 PM IST

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 IST

Deepak Mittal, joint secretary of Indias 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 IST

Convicted militants were members of banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan. (File Photo)

Pak hanged 465 prisoners since 2014, 5th most prolific executioner...

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

7 July 2017 6:54 PM IST

Judges should never be bloodthirsty a real concern for the dignity of human life postulates resistance to taking a life through laws instrumentality. (Representational image)

360 degree: Emotions and word of law

Wobbly and inconsistent standards could dilute or confuse India's legal process.

26 March 2017 5:58 AM IST

Supreme Court of India

360 degree: Why capital punishment must stay

When delivered scrupulously, the death penalty can uphold our moral conscience.

26 March 2017 5:53 AM IST