Guwahati: In what has come as shock, a 12-year-old girl was gangraped in an abandoned house by five minor boys in Guwahati.
Senior superintendent of police, Guwahati, Anand Prakash Tiwari said that t

Hyderabad: The Mumbai gangrape incident has once again brought into focus, women’s security. The incident has pushed corporates and MNC managements into summoning self-defense trainers to conduct wor

Woman police constable gangraped
Latehar, Jharkhand: A woman police constable was allegedly gang raped by a gang of dacoits on National Highway 75 near Jagaldaga in Latehar district, police said on S

A 14-year-old girl was allegedly gangraped by three men in the wee hours this morning at her home in Hindon Vihar area here.

Asserting that none of the justice Verma Committee recommendations has been rejected, the government today said the ordinance on sexual violence against women was promulgated to meet the “universal demand” for a law at the earliest on the basis of the broadest consensus available at the moment.

The Supreme Court today decided to examine the constitutional validity of the provision giving the definition of juvenile in the Juvenile Justice Act which treats a person as a minor till he attains the age of 18 years.

Two days after it was cleared by the Union Cabinet, an ordinance on sexual violence against women under which rape that leads to death of the victim can now attract death penalty was today promulgated by President Pranab Mukherjee.

The Supreme Court today set aside Kerala high court’s order acquitting 35 accused in the Suryanelli gangrape case of 1996 in which a 16-year-old girl was gangraped for over 40 days.

The Delhi high court today asked the city government to issue a direction to all the hospitals in the capital not to deny treatment to victims of criminal offences, especially those of rape and road accidents.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said that the government will be prompt in pursuing the recommendations of J.S. Verma committee to amend the law to deal effectively with cases of sexual assault against women.