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As Xi Jinping’s control over administration continues to strengthen after the 20th Party Congress and 14th NPC, the amendment to Public Security Administration Punishments Law would further provide legal backing for arbitrary actions by the police and bureaucrats, thereby strengthening authoritarian tendencies in China.
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Taking strict action against a soldier , who was caught passing secret information to a Pakistan embassy staffer in the national capital about military activities along the northern borders, an Army Court Martial has awarded over 10-years jail sentence to him.
Iranian lawmakers have called for firm punishment of those who incited the recent riots across the country and caused loss of life and extensive damage to public property.
The terrific twin blast that rocked Hyderabad eleven years ago, a special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court finally announced its verdict convicting two and now it will pronounce the quantum of punishment for the two Indian Mujahideen operatives convicted in the 2007 Hyderabad blasts case.
With the historic Criminal Law (Amendment) Act 2018 being passed in the Parliament, President Ram Nath Kovind has given the assent to the Act , that provides either death penalty or life imprisonment to people convicted of raping girls below the age of 12 years making the amended Act a law!
The Lok Sabha on Tuesday unanimously passed the Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Bill, 2018 that provides for punishment to bribe givers and takers, and extends prior nod for a prosecution to former public officials.
Ousted Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam Nawaz were arrested by Pakistani accountability officials on Friday. Notably, Nawaz Sharif was with awarded ten-years imprisonment a case stemming from 2016 Panama Papers revelations that showed they owned the apartments through off-shore companies. While Maryam was convicted and awarded with seven-years imprisonment for concealing ownership of the apartments.
With an aim to preserve the value of international cricket and its status, the International Cricket Council has decided to impose a ban of minimum six Tests or 12 One-Day Internationals (ODIs) on ball tampering offenders as it has now been upgraded as a Level 3 offence as per it's new code of conduct.
In a bid to empower women and stop their exploitation, Saudi Arabia passed a new law to criminalise sexual harassment. Notably, the announcement from Saudi government weeks before a decades-old ban on women driving is set to expire.
The death penalty for the child rapist is going to see the light of the day. Hearty thanks to the countless candle marchers. The credit also goes to those conscious media and columnists who all fuelled the agitation and energized the activists. Here PM Modi’s dynamism can’t be overlooked either, because this ordinance, which was long overdue, has happened now.
Asaram Bapu, a self-styled godman was awarded the life imprisonment by a Jodhpur Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe Court on on Wednesday for raping a minor girl at his ashram in Manai village in Rajasthan.Earlier in the day, the TADA court led by Judge Madhusudan Sharma has convicted Asaram Bapu and two others accused named Shilpi and Sharad in a rape case in the Central Jail of Jodhpur. After a long debate on the punishment, Jodhpur Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe Court sentenced life imprisonment to
I guess the time is ripe that each morally conscious individual be allowed a shotgun to shoot the “perversion and depravity” of any kind at sight!
On Monday, 13 convicts were executed on charges of terrorism. “The Ministry of Justice, today Monday, announced the execution of 13 convicts following the completion of legal measures. There were 11 convicts of terrorist crimes, including a car bombing, the assassination of security members or kidnappings,” the ministry announced.
Former Australian Skipper Steve Smith and Cameron Bancroft on Wednesday accepted the punishment of a ban with full responsibility for his role in ball tampering scandal. Notably, Australian players including Steve Smith and David Warner were banned for a year from international cricket for orchestrating the event, while Bancroft was suspended for nine months after they were embroiled in the ball-tampering scandal during the Cape Town Test against South Africa.
Maharashtra set to put a ban on Hookah bars. Maharashtra has placed a bill to ban Hookah bars. The bill proposes a minimum imprisonment of one year extending up to three years if anyone is found running hookah parlour. The fine will be a minimum of Rs 50,000 and maximum Rs 1 lakh.
If the government can’t make the financial frauds a case for capital punishment then it should give the sufferers an option to opt for passive euthanasia. After all, stating that human beings have the right to die with dignity, the Supreme Court allowed passive euthanasia.
Maharashtra government is going to make such a law soon, after which those who sell adulterated milk will be restrained. The government will punish such people for a maximum of three years, on which there will be no provision of bail.
The Rajasthan government will soon table a bill in the state assembly seeking death penalty for those convicted of raping minors.
The chief of the Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front and noted Kashmiri separatist Yasin Malik who supports terrorism and Pakistan is now talking about respecting the rights of the prisoners of the Kashmir valley that are involved in the activities against India.