Comply with Juvenile Board`s order to act against gangs: HC to police

Last Updated: Thursday, September 26, 2013, 20:23

The city police have been directed by the Delhi High Court to implement the Juvenile Justice Board`s earlier order, asking it to probe and act against adult offenders for using children in offences.

Delhi gangrape case: HC to hear trial court reference on Monday

Last Updated: Sunday, September 22, 2013, 17:54

The Delhi High Court will hear on Monday the trial court`s reference for confirmation of the death penalty awarded by it to four men in the December 16 gangrape-cum-murder case.

Life term to man for raping, forcing niece into prostitution in Delhi

Last Updated: Sunday, September 22, 2013, 10:54

A 50-year-old man has been sentenced to life imprisonment by a local court for ravishing his minor niece, allowing others to gang-rape her and forcing her into prostitution.

Accept school certificate as age proof: Supreme Court

Last Updated: Saturday, September 21, 2013, 17:53

Noting the large number of cases where the question of whether or not an accused is a juvenile reach right up to the Supreme Court, the apex court has said that an authentic school leaving certificate (SLC) should confirm the age, and there is no need for a medical determination of this if that document is available.

Judiciary recognises rapists age by matriculation certificate, but fails in my case: VK Singh

Last Updated: Saturday, September 21, 2013, 17:40

Former army chief General VK Singh, who fought an age-related battle with the government prior to his retirement last year, on Saturday questioned the courts of the country on their fairness in dealing with his case.

Delhi gangrape verdict: Confirmation might take a year

Last Updated: Sunday, September 15, 2013, 18:46

The exultation over speedy justice after a trial court here sentenced the four convicts in Dec 16, 2012 gang-rape to death may turn out to be short-lived as the journey of the case through the higher judiciary may, even if speeded up, take at least an year, jurists and legal experts say.

Delhi gang-rape: As accused get death, their families live to die

Last Updated: Friday, September 13, 2013, 16:16

Call it fulfillment of a deceased`s last wish or the emancipation of thousands who either raised their voices on the streets or strongly condemned the December 16 gang-rape from within the confines of their homes.

Juvenile accused of second Shakti Mills gang-rape identified

Last Updated: Thursday, September 12, 2013, 23:42

The 17-year-old minor boy who is an accused in the July 31 gang-rape case was identified by the victim and her boyfriend on Thursday.

Ape fossil found in China may shed light on human origin?

Last Updated: Friday, September 6, 2013, 18:04

A six-million-year-old fossilised cranium of a juvenile ape has been unearthed in southwest China and paleontologists believe that it may help unravel the mystery of human origin and its Asian links.