Delhi court awards death penalty for rape-murder of 7-year-old 

Delhi's Tis Hazari court awarded death penalty to a rape and murder convict on Friday and handed life imprisonment...

"Nothing less than capital punishment...": CM Mamata

A local court in Bengal's Murshidabad handed a death sentence to a rape convict and a life sentence to the other in...

24 year old man gets death penalty for rape, murder of 6-year-old

The Sessions Court in Pune on Friday sentenced a 24-year-old man to death for the rape and murder of a six-year-old...

SC confirms death penalty awarded to man convicted of raping

New Delhi [India], June 24 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday confirmed the death penalty awarded to a man convicted...

Death penalty for rape, tough provisions in Maharashtra's...

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 10 (ANI): Maharashtra Cabinet has approved draft bills for strengthening the...

Bangladesh's cabinet gives nod to death penalty for rape

Dhaka [Bangladesh], October 12 (ANI/Xinhua): The Bangladeshi government on Monday approved a proposal for stringent...

Maharashtra govt forms committee to study Disha Act, asks...

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Feb 24 (ANI): The Maharashtra government has constituted a five-member committee to...

Gujarat: Man gets death penalty for rape, murder of...

Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], Dec 28 (ANI): The Gujarat High Court on Friday has given a death penalty to a man for...

Delhi government has shown interest in Disha Act: AP Assembly...

Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Dec 16 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh Assembly Speaker Tammineni Sitaram has said that...

AP Assembly passes Disha Bills for speedy, stringent action...

Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Dec 13 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly has passed two Disha Bills...

J-K Guv promulgates ordinance on death penalty for rape

Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], May 17 (ANI): The Jammu and Kashmir Governor N.N. Vohra on Thursday...

Centre to amend POCSO Act to ensure death penalty in child...

New Delhi [India], Apr 20 (ANI): The Central Government, in a letter, submitted to the Supreme Court on Friday, said...