Marital rape not criminal offence: MPs committee backs govt
Edited by Amit Chaturvedi | Friday March 1, 2013
The government's decisions to reject marital rape as a criminal offense and to introduce the death penalty for the most extreme rape cases have been accepted by a parliamentary committee.
Full text of PM's letter to Justice JS Verma
NDTV.com | Wednesday January 30, 2013
The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh has written to Justice (Retd) J.S.Verma on the report submitted by the Committee on Amendments to Criminal Law. The text of the Prime Minister's letter is as follows:
Law Minister on Justice Verma report: highlights
Edited by Samira Shaikh | Thursday January 24, 2013
The Justice JS Verma committee, which has said that "failure of governance" is the root cause for sexual crime, has put the ball for action in the government's court by meeting a tough 30-day deadline to submit its recommendations on changes in law. ...
Recommendations of the Justice Verma Committee: 10-point cheat-sheet
Edited by Prasad Sanyal | Thursday January 24, 2013
A three-member commission assigned to review laws for sexual crimes submitted its report to the government on Wednesday. The commission, headed by former Chief Justice of India, Justice JS Verma, has identified "failure of governance" as the root ca...
After Justice Verma report, ball now in government's court
Edited by Samira Shaikh | Thursday January 24, 2013
The Justice JS Verma committee, which has said that "failure of governance" is the root cause for sexual crime, has put the ball for action in the government's court by meeting a tough 30-day deadline to submit its recommendations on changes in law. ...
Shocked Delhi Police Commissioner got a pat on the back: Justice Verma
Edited by Abhinav Bhatt | Thursday January 24, 2013
The Justice JS Verma committee, a group of three legal experts set up amid massive protests over last month's gang-rape of a student on a Delhi bus, has proposed sweeping changes to existing laws for sexual crimes but has not recommended the death pe...
No consensus on death penalty for rapists; favour life imprisonment, says Prakash Karat
Reported by Sandeep Phukan; edited by Mala das | Friday January 4, 2013
On a day when the government deliberated upon measures it should recommend to the Justice JS Verma Committee, constituted to strengthen laws on crimes against women, the CPI(M) says death penalty for rapists may not be the best idea.
