Justice Js Verma

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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.

• 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...

• Women's groups reject ordinance on rape laws, urge President not to sign it

  Women's rights groups today rejected the union government's ordinance on rape laws, saying it had selectively accepted the recommendations of the Justice JS Verma commission.

• 'Amanat' case: Fast-track court likely to frame charges today

  A special fast-track court is today likely to frame charges against five men accused of brutally gang-raping and murdering a medical student in Delhi last month.

• Rape law ordinance: Govt rejects JS Verma panel's recommendations on marital rape, review of AFSPA

  The government has brought in an ordinance to introduce stricter penalties for crimes against women, including death in extreme cases, but ignored the Justice JS Verma commission's recommendations on criminalising marital rape and reviewing controversial sections of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA).

• Cabinet to bring in ordinance for stronger penalties in rape cases

  To demonstrate its commitment to protecting women after national outrage over the gang-rape of a medical student on a Delhi bus last month, the government has decided to issue an ordinance that implements the recommendations of the Justice JS Verma Commission.