Ministry for juveniles in heinous crimes to be tried as adults

Last Updated: Monday, December 2, 2013, 20:23

Women and Child Development Ministry has proposed that juveniles above 16 years of age involved in heinous crimes like murder or gang rape should be tried as adults under the Indian Penal Code.

Delhi gang-rape case: SC seeks Centre`s reply on laws on juvenility

Last Updated: Monday, December 2, 2013, 12:25

Nearly a year after the brutal gang-rape and murder of a 23-year-old girl here, the Supreme Court on Monday sought the Centre`s stand on criminal courts` power to decide `juvenility` of an offender, who are between the age of 16 to 18 years, in heinous crimes.

Delhi braveheart’s family moves SC seeking criminal trial for juvenile

Last Updated: Saturday, November 30, 2013, 09:25

The family of the 2012 Delhi gang-rape victim has filed a petition in the Supreme Court seeking fresh trial for the juvenile in a criminal court.

Couple booked for torturing minor domestic help

Last Updated: Monday, November 18, 2013, 23:50

Police have booked a couple for allegedly torturing and blackmailing their minor tribal domestic help after shooting her nude picture at Belpahar in Jharsuguda district, police said on Monday.

Rape and murder accused found juvenile in Odisha

Last Updated: Friday, November 1, 2013, 21:15

A local court on Friday found the three young men accused in the much-hyped attempted rape and murder of a minor girl case in Odisha`s Kendrapara district as juvenile delinquents.

Follow due process to ascertain age of juvenile offenders: NHRC

Last Updated: Friday, October 25, 2013, 23:16

National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Friday asked all states and UTs to inform it whether due process of law was being followed to ascertain the age of juvenile offenders.

Follow due process to ascertain age of juvenile offenders: NRHC

Last Updated: Friday, October 25, 2013, 22:30

National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Friday asked all states and UTs to inform it whether due process of law was being followed to ascertain the age of juvenile offenders.

Minor raped by juvenile in Delhi

Last Updated: Monday, October 21, 2013, 00:28

A six-year-old girl was raped by her minor neighbour at her house here, police said Sunday.

Four sent to police remand for gang-rape in Rajkot

Last Updated: Thursday, October 17, 2013, 23:54

Four people, who were arrested along with a 15-year-old boy on Wednesday for allegedly raping a 20-year-old mentally disabled woman, were on Thursday sent to five days` police remand while two policemen have been suspended on the charge of negligence of duty.

33 juveniles escape from Delhi correctional home, 14 held

Last Updated: Sunday, October 6, 2013, 19:30

Thirty-three inmates of a juvenile home in North West Delhi escaped, out of which 14 have been arrested, police said on Sunday.

Juveniles consume poison in reform centre

Last Updated: Saturday, October 5, 2013, 09:36

Three juveniles at a reform centre in Uttar Pradesh`s capital Lucknow consumed poison, officials said.

35 juvenile inmates escape from Rewa; ten held

Last Updated: Thursday, October 3, 2013, 17:49

In a glaring security lapse, at least 35 inmates of a government-run juvenile home here escaped from the facility by overpowering a lone security guard, sources said on Thursday.