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Delhi’s Ban On Firecrackers To Continue This Diwali, Online Sale Of Crackers Also Banned

September 8, 2022

Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai said that the production, sale and use of all kinds of firecrackers will be banned in the national capital until January 1. “Production, storage, sale and use of all types of firecrackers are being completely banned so

Touching Child’s Private Parts With Sexual Intent Is Sufficient To Attract POCSO Act: Bombay HC

Tannuka Juneja

August 26, 2022

Law, Governance & Policy·News

The Bombay High Court recently ruled that under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses Act (POCSO), even touching private parts with sexual intent is enough to consider it as sexual harassment. The High Court said this while rejecting the plea of

Forensic Probe to be Mandatory for Offences Attracting 6 yrs or More in Jail: Amit Shah

TC Web Desk

June 28, 2022

Law, Governance & Policy·News

The Union Home Minister Amit Shah, said on June 26 that the government planned to make forensic investigation compulsory in all cases where the offence carries a sentence of six years or more, through changes in the relevant law. “The Narendra Modi

Trapped By The Web

Jayanta Bhattacharya

June 3, 2022

Technology & Cyber Crime

In India, more than five cases of cybercrime are reported on an average every hour, according to the statistics compiled by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). The Bureau, under the Ministry of Home Affairs, is responsible for collecting and analysing crime

Delhi High Court Delivers Split Verdict on Criminalisation of Marital Rape

TC Web Desk

May 12, 2022

Law & Governance

On the matter of criminalising marital rape, the Delhi High Court on May 11 delivered a split verdict. The two judges, Justice Rajiv Shakdher and Justice Hari Shankar, failed to agree on their verdict on petitions seeking to make marital rape a

Over Half of Complaints of Crimes Against Women Received in 2021 Were from Uttar Pradesh, Says NCW

Tannuka Juneja

May 9, 2022

Law & Governance

Uttar Pradesh recorded more than 50 percent of the complaints of crimes against women (15,828), followed by Delhi (3,336), Maharashtra (1,504), Haryana (1,460) and Bihar (1,456) out of nearly 31,000 complaints received by the National Commission for Women (NCW) last year, the

Undertrials Made 76 Percent of India’s Prisoners in 2020; Delhi, J&K Had Highest Ratio: NCRB

TC Web Desk

May 5, 2022

Law & Governance

The latest available data from the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) says that in 2020, of the total 4,88,511 prison inmates in India, 76 percent, i.e., 3,71,848 were undertrials. Among the undertrials, about 20 percent were Muslims and 73 percent were Dalits,

Consent Matters

Amitabh Srivastava

March 3, 2022

Law & Governance

With 150 countries criminalising marital rape, India stands out as a boorish nation with successive governments failing to take a principled stand on this emotive issue. This dichotomy sticks out, even more, when one recalls the vociferous demands of politicians, news television

Unending Trail of Tragedy

Ninglun Hanghal

February 6, 2022

Environment & Sustainability

The Oting incident in Mon district of Nagaland in December 2021 has reignited public sentiment and uproar against the imposition of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), 1958 in some north-eastern states. The killing of 15 civilians by a special unit

Delhi’s Ban On Firecrackers To Continue This Diwali, Online Sale Of Crackers Also Banned

Touching Child’s Private Parts With Sexual Intent Is Sufficient To Attract POCSO Act: Bombay HC

Forensic Probe to be Mandatory for Offences Attracting 6 yrs or More in Jail: Amit Shah

Trapped By The Web

Delhi High Court Delivers Split Verdict on Criminalisation of Marital Rape

Over Half of Complaints of Crimes Against Women Received in 2021 Were from Uttar Pradesh, Says NCW

Undertrials Made 76 Percent of India’s Prisoners in 2020; Delhi, J&K Had Highest Ratio: NCRB

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