Js Verma

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  Government Didn't Consider Repealing Section 377 In 2012: Minister

  The government had not considered repealing Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, which criminalises consensual gay sex, while amending laws after the 2012 gang-rape case in Delhi, Union Minister of State for Home Hansraj Gangaram Ahir said on Tuesday.

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  Justice Leila Seth, First Woman Judge Of Delhi High Court, Dies At 86

  Justice Leila Seth, the first woman judge of the Delhi High Court, died at the age of 86 on Friday night in Uttar Pradesh's Noida region. She is survived by her husband, two sons and a daughter.

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  Delhi Police Chief Alok Verma Front-Runner for CBI Top Job, Say Sources

  Delhi police chief Alok Verma apparently leads the shortlist of contenders for the post of the Chief of Central Bureau of Investigation, sources said after a three-member committee led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi met this evening. Sources said Mr Verma had got two out of three votes - that of PM Modi and Chief Justice of India JS Khehar, but th...

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  Arvind Kejriwal's Delhi Dialogue Commission Seeks Feedback on Women's Rights Bill

  The Delhi Dialogue Commission, an advisory body to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's AAP Government, today released for public consultation the draft Charter of Women's Rights Bill, 2015, which seeks to ensure enforcement of fundamental rights of women and their safety.

• Justice JS Verma's family refuses Padma Bhushan: read letter

  The family of Justice JS Verma, the architect of a report that became instrumental in shaping stronger anti-rape laws in the country, has refused to accept the Padma Bhushan award.

• Justice JS Verma's family refuses Padma Bhushan award

  The family of Justice JS Verma, the architect of a report that became instrumental in shaping stronger anti-rape laws in the country, has refused to accept the Padma Bhushan award.

• Justice Verma: An exceptional career

  Justice Jagdish Sharan Verma was the architect of a report that became instrumental in shaping a new, stronger anti-rape law in the country.

• Justice JS Verma, who headed the anti-rape law panel, dies

  Former Chief Justice of India Justice Jagdish Sharan Verma, who headed a three-member panel to examine laws on crimes against women, died today due to multiple organ failure. He was 80.

• Congress orders all MPs to be present when Rajya Sabha debates anti-rape bill

  After putting up an embarrassing show when the Lok Sabha debated the anti-rape bill yesterday, the Congress has instructed all its legislators to be present in the Rajya Sabha when the draft law to punish rape and other sexual crimes against women is taken up by the upper house.

• Anti-rape bill cleared by Lok Sabha, many ministers, MPs missing

  The Lok Sabha this evening cleared a draft law to punish rape and other sexual crimes against women, introduced in the wake of the fatal gang-rape of a student on a Delhi bus.

• Finally, anti-rape law in parliament today; age of consent is 18 now

  New laws to punish rape and other crimes against women will be shared with Parliament today for discussion and debate. After a meeting with political leaders earlier on Monday, the cabinet cleared the anti-rape bill the same evening - the age of consent will be 18, and not 16, as it had been originally proposed.

• Marital rape not criminal offence: MPs committee backs govt

  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.

• Can juvenile offenders be tried as adults for extreme crimes? Supreme Court to examine

  The Supreme Court will examine whether a juvenile offender can be tried as an adult in extreme cases, a request made by a Public Interest Litigation or PIL today. The court said it will examine the validity of the Juvenile Justice Act. The case will be heard next on April 3.

• Despite objections from women's groups, President Pranab Mukherjee signs ordinance on sexual assault

  Despite objections by women's groups, President Pranab Mukherjee today signed the ordinance on sexual assault which was passed by the union cabinet on Friday. Women's rights groups had urged the President yesterday not to sign the ordinance, saying the cabinet had selectively accepted the recommendations of the Justice JS Verma commission.

• We have accepted 90% of Justice Verma panel's recommendations: Law Minister to NDTV

  Law Minister Ashwani Kumar has rejected the allegations made by several women's rights groups who say that the union government has selectively accepted the recommendations of the Justice JS Verma commission on rape laws. The minister insists that the government has in fact accepted 90 per cent of the suggestions made by the panel and has hence has...