The Sealdah Civil and Criminal Court has sentenced life imprisonment to the accused Sanjay Roy in the RG Kar rape and murder case on Monday. Along with this, the court has also fined Rs 50,000 to the accused.
Pointing out that the UP Board examinations for Class 10 and Class 12 this time will take place with the newly enforced Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act 2024 in place, UP's Minister of State for Secondary Education Gulab Devi highlighted the fact that there would be speci
Taiwanese lawmakers have proposed a bill to tackle forced organ harvesting, a growing crime globally, particularly in China. The bill suggests severe penalties, including life imprisonment and the death penalty, for those involved. It also includes measures to protect whistle-blowers and pre
United States President Joe Biden announced on Monday that he is commuting the sentences of 37 individuals on federal death row. Their sentences will now be changed from execution to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.
Additional Director General (DG) (Prisons), Amitabh Thakur said that individuals serving life imprisonment who have completed at least 14 years of their sentence may qualify for release. This process is undertaken by the State Sentence Review Board as per its criteria.
The High Court Division of the Bangladesh Supreme Court on Wednesday commuted the sentence of United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) leader Paresh Baruah, changing his sentence from the death penalty to life imprisonment in the 10-truck arms smuggling case.
Zaman, convicted in a case re-registered by the NIA in 2018, was involved in raising funds for terrorist activities and conducting reconnaissance for potential attacks. The court imposed sentences for various charges under the Indian Penal Code and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami issued a stern warning over irregularities in exams and said that anyone who plays with the future of the children, will be taken to task under the new 'anti-copy' law in the state which has the provision for life imprisonment.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) Special Court at Hyderabad has convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment all the six accused in a 2019 human trafficking case involving Bangladeshi girls, who were forced into prostitution after being smuggled into India.
The World Uyghur Congress has expressed solidarity with Uyghur economist Ilham Tohti's family on the 10th anniversary of his life imprisonment, calling for his immediate release along with the many Uyghur intellectuals and scholars who are detained in China.