As part of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's zero-tolerance policy against crime, the Uttar Pradesh government has awarded legal punishment to around 3,0000 criminals in the last three years.
Human Rights Chief of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, Fiona Frazer, in a statement said the Taliban's corporal punishment is against international law.
During the hearing on Monday, additional session judge Dharmendra Tada found the convict guilty under Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections 302, 201, 489A, 489B, 489C and 489D. Judge Tada awarded death penalty to the convict in IPC Section 302, life imprisonment separately in Sections 489A, 489B
Some US House of Representatives members have criticized the UN's position to continue operating in Afghanistan without its female staff. They called the continuation of humanitarian aid only for men, a serious punishment for Afghan women and girls, who have been completely erased from publi
The Delhi High Court on Friday granted relief to Sukesh Chandrasekar in a matter related to the punishment awarded to him. The jail authorities have been directed to give him a hearing.
India's ace wrestler Bajrang Punia asserted that the wrestlers are willing to face punishment if their charges against the World Wrestling Federation (WFI) Chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh are proven wrong.
In an official statement, the Congress MP said, "The rule of law as laid down in our country's Constitution is paramount. Criminals should be given the harshest punishment, but it should be under the law of the land."
Regarding the encounter of gangster Asad Ahmad and his aide Ghulam, Puja Pal, wife of slain Bahujan Samaj Party legislator Raju Pal on Friday said that there is a punishment for those who take law in their hands.
West Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Sukanta Majumdar alleged that some tribal women who had joined the BJP were forced by the Trinamool Congress (TMC) to perform dandavat parikrama as punishment and then they were forced to rejoin the state's ruling party.
The 14 accused persons were found guilty under Section 304 (2) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the SC/ST Act. The quantum of punishment will be pronounced on Wednesday.