A Texas man this week could become the first person executed in the United States for a murder conviction tied to the diagnosis of shaken baby syndrome.
Robert Roberson is scheduled to receive a…
Today (September 3) is a significant day for West Bengal and the Mamata Banerjee government. The West Bengal Assembly has passed the Aparajita Woman and Child (West Bengal Criminal Laws Amendment)…
Rocked by protests by junior doctors and masses over the rape and murder of a 31-year-old postgraduate trainee doctor at the state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, Mamata Banerjee-led West…
The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that a Muslim woman can seek maintenance from her husband under section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), which is applicable to all married women…
The first FIR under the new criminal code was registered in New Delhi on Monday, the same day it came into force. The complaint under Section 173 of the new Bharatiya Nagarik Sanhita (BNS) was filed…
Almost a month after his death a viscera test report on Tuesday revealed that gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari was not ‘murdered’ as no trace of poison was found in his system.
Ansari’s…
Jailed gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari died of cardiac arrest at a hospital in Banda in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday. Prohibitory orders under Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC),…
In anticipation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Chennai on March 4, the Greater Chennai City Police (GCP) has implemented extensive security measures. A total of 15,000 personnel have been…
The newly enacted laws — the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, and the Bharatiya Sakshya Act — to completely overhaul the criminal justice system in the country will…
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will not appear before the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) for questioning in connection with an excise policy case linked to money laundering, the Aam Aadmi Party…