Politicians in the West African nation's parliament voted 42 to four to advance the controversial bill, which would repeal a landmark 2015 ban on female genital mutilation (FGM) that made the practice punishable by up to three years in prison.
The Delhi Police on Tuesday filed an Action Taken Report (ATR) in Patiala House Court in a complaint moved by Sameer Wankhede, an Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer who filed a complaint seeking registration of an FIR against Gyaneshwar Singh, IPS, alleging harassment and atrocities punish
The Patiala House Court of Delhi has issued notice to Delhi Police and sought action taken report (ATR) over a complaint moved by Sameer Wankhede, Indian revenue service, IRS officer for direction to register of FIR against Gyaneshwar Singh, IPS, alleging harassment and atrocities punishable
The Delhi Police on Tuesday opposed the bail plea of accused Neelam Azad in the Parliament security breach case and said the present accused is involved in the offence, which is punishable up to a life sentence or death penalty.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday clarified that an offence punishable under Section 120B (criminal conspiracy) of the IPC will become a scheduled offence only if the conspiracy alleged of committing an offence specifically included in Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
In a statement released by the EcoR, carrying inflammable and explosive objects like firecrackers, gas cylinders, acid, petrol, kerosene, etc, in passenger trains during a train journey is a punishable offence under the Railways Act, 1989, and the offender may get imprisonment for up to thre
A single bench of justice Sanjay Dwivedi on Thursday ordered that the FIR registered against Singhar for the offence punishable under Sections 294, 323, 376(2)(n), 377, 498-A, 506 of the Indian Penal Code was quashed.
The Courts cannot be used as matrimonial facilitators for the purpose of pressurizing the accused to get married to the victim or be denied bail or by the accused for obtaining bail by asking the complainant to appear before the Court and state that he was ready to get married to her, stated
"NCW has formally directed the Head of Public Policy at Twitter India to remove the video showing the disgraceful act of two women being paraded naked. This video compromises the victims' identities and is a punishable offence," the NCW tweeted.
Rose-ringed parrots have been declared a protected bird under the Tamil Nadu Wildlife Protection Amendment Act 2022, making it a punishable offence to breed or sell these species of parrots.
New Delhi [India], March 9 (ANI/PNN): According to the Supreme Court of India, economic abuse is punishable by law under the Domestic Violence act. The problem is that most women don't know what economic abuse is and don't realize that they can take legal action. In a patriarchal culture whe
"This behaviour against women and especially widows of those who have sacrificed their lives for our country is punishable and unapologetic. The government will have to take strict action against the police and people involved in this," Pilot told reporters after meeting the women on Tues