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Top Court Fumes At Centre Over No-Show In Beant Singh Assassin Case
Balwant Singh Rajoana, who is convicted for his involvement in an explosion that killed then Punjab chief minister Beant Singh, has filed a petition for commutation of his death sentence.
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Nurse On Yemen Death Row: Court Seeks Centre's Reply To Mother's Travel Request
The Delhi High Court on Saturday sought the Centre's response on a plea by the mother of a Kerala woman, who is on death row in Yemen for killing a Yemini national, seeking facilitation of her travel to that country.
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9/11 Victims' Families Split Over Proposal to Spare Suspects' Lives
A proposal to allow alleged perpetrators of the 9/11 attacks to plead guilty and avoid the death penalty poses a powerful dilemma for victims' families, some of whom still want to seek the ultimate retribution after two decades of legal limbo.
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Centre Goes To Supreme Court For "Victim Centric" Rules In Death Penalty Cases
The government today asked the Supreme Court for a change in guidelines in death penalty cases to bring in a seven-day time limit for convicts to use their last available legal options before execution. The current rules are skewed towards convicts and allows them to "play with the law and delay execution," the centre said in its petition, amid ang...
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Expect Consular Access To Kulbhushan Jadhav, Order Binding: Centre
A day after the International Court of Justice ordered Pakistan to review the death penalty to Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav, New Delhi on Thursday said the verdict is binding upon Islamabad and now it is time for them to act and provide consular access to the retired navy officer.
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Centre Toughens Child Abuse Law. Death Penalty For Sex Assault On Minors
The Union Cabinet Wednesday approved amendments in the POCSO Act, which deals with crime against children, and included death penalty for sexual assault on minors, officials said.
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"Rape A Very Serious Offence": Centre Defends Death Penalty In Court
Justifying the legislature's decision to provide death penalty for repeat offence of rape, the Union government on Wednesday told the Bombay High Court that rape laws had been amended in 2013 to introduce a powerful deterrent against such crimes.
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Centre Introduces Amendments To Child Abuse Law In Lok Sabha
The government today in the Lok Sabha introduced amendments to the POCSO Act, which provides for death penalty for aggravated sexual assault on children.
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Centre Strengthens Child Abuse Law To Include Death For Aggravated Assault
Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad today said that the cabinet has approved amendments to the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, further strengthening the law to safeguard minors in the country.
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Centre Will Bring Bill Proposing Death For Mob Killings: Hansraj Ahir
The central government will soon bring a bill proposing death penalty for mob killing, Union Minister of State for Home Hansraj Ahir said today.
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Punjab To Call For Death Penalty For Drug Dealers, Smugglers
Faced with criticism from several quarters over alleged spate of deaths due to drug overdose in the state, Punjab cabinet today decided to recommend to the Centre death penalty for drug peddlers and smugglers.
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Centre To Amend Child Sex Abuse Law To Make It Gender-Neutral
The centre is planning to amend the POCSO Act to provide justice to male child victims of sexual assault, the Women and Child Development Ministry said, days after an ordinance promulgated by President Ram Nath Kovind provided the death penalty for rape of girls under the age of 12.
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Was There Scientific Research That Death Penalty Is Deterrent To Rape: High Court To Centre
The Delhi High Court asked the Centre Monday if it had done any research or scientific assessment before coming out with an ordinance to award death penalty for rape of girls below the age of 12.
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Foreign Media On Modi Government's Move Towards Death For Child Rapists
Offenders who rape girls under 12 may now be subject to the death penalty in India, according to an ordinance passed by the cabinet Saturday after a nationwide furor over the rape and murder of an 8-year-old girl.
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Kathua Girl's Father Hopeful After Centre Approves Death Penalty For Child Rape
The father of an eight-year-old girl, who was raped and murdered in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir in January, expressed hope of getting justice, after the Union Cabinet introduced death penalty for those convicted of raping girls below the age of 12 years.
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Top Court Fumes At Centre Over No-Show In Beant Singh Assassin Case
Balwant Singh Rajoana, who is convicted for his involvement in an explosion that killed then Punjab chief minister Beant Singh, has filed a petition for commutation of his death sentence.
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Nurse On Yemen Death Row: Court Seeks Centre's Reply To Mother's Travel Request
The Delhi High Court on Saturday sought the Centre's response on a plea by the mother of a Kerala woman, who is on death row in Yemen for killing a Yemini national, seeking facilitation of her travel to that country.
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9/11 Victims' Families Split Over Proposal to Spare Suspects' Lives
A proposal to allow alleged perpetrators of the 9/11 attacks to plead guilty and avoid the death penalty poses a powerful dilemma for victims' families, some of whom still want to seek the ultimate retribution after two decades of legal limbo.
-
Centre Goes To Supreme Court For "Victim Centric" Rules In Death Penalty Cases
The government today asked the Supreme Court for a change in guidelines in death penalty cases to bring in a seven-day time limit for convicts to use their last available legal options before execution. The current rules are skewed towards convicts and allows them to "play with the law and delay execution," the centre said in its petition, amid ang...
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Expect Consular Access To Kulbhushan Jadhav, Order Binding: Centre
A day after the International Court of Justice ordered Pakistan to review the death penalty to Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav, New Delhi on Thursday said the verdict is binding upon Islamabad and now it is time for them to act and provide consular access to the retired navy officer.
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Centre Toughens Child Abuse Law. Death Penalty For Sex Assault On Minors
The Union Cabinet Wednesday approved amendments in the POCSO Act, which deals with crime against children, and included death penalty for sexual assault on minors, officials said.
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"Rape A Very Serious Offence": Centre Defends Death Penalty In Court
Justifying the legislature's decision to provide death penalty for repeat offence of rape, the Union government on Wednesday told the Bombay High Court that rape laws had been amended in 2013 to introduce a powerful deterrent against such crimes.
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Centre Introduces Amendments To Child Abuse Law In Lok Sabha
The government today in the Lok Sabha introduced amendments to the POCSO Act, which provides for death penalty for aggravated sexual assault on children.
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Centre Strengthens Child Abuse Law To Include Death For Aggravated Assault
Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad today said that the cabinet has approved amendments to the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, further strengthening the law to safeguard minors in the country.
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Centre Will Bring Bill Proposing Death For Mob Killings: Hansraj Ahir
The central government will soon bring a bill proposing death penalty for mob killing, Union Minister of State for Home Hansraj Ahir said today.
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Punjab To Call For Death Penalty For Drug Dealers, Smugglers
Faced with criticism from several quarters over alleged spate of deaths due to drug overdose in the state, Punjab cabinet today decided to recommend to the Centre death penalty for drug peddlers and smugglers.
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Centre To Amend Child Sex Abuse Law To Make It Gender-Neutral
The centre is planning to amend the POCSO Act to provide justice to male child victims of sexual assault, the Women and Child Development Ministry said, days after an ordinance promulgated by President Ram Nath Kovind provided the death penalty for rape of girls under the age of 12.
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Was There Scientific Research That Death Penalty Is Deterrent To Rape: High Court To Centre
The Delhi High Court asked the Centre Monday if it had done any research or scientific assessment before coming out with an ordinance to award death penalty for rape of girls below the age of 12.
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Foreign Media On Modi Government's Move Towards Death For Child Rapists
Offenders who rape girls under 12 may now be subject to the death penalty in India, according to an ordinance passed by the cabinet Saturday after a nationwide furor over the rape and murder of an 8-year-old girl.
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Kathua Girl's Father Hopeful After Centre Approves Death Penalty For Child Rape
The father of an eight-year-old girl, who was raped and murdered in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir in January, expressed hope of getting justice, after the Union Cabinet introduced death penalty for those convicted of raping girls below the age of 12 years.
