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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday night described former Chief Justice of India J S Verma, who died in New Delhi, as a "man of vast understanding" whose "generous advice and guidance" he will miss very much. Singh said Justice Verma was "held in great respect as a public figure not only for his vast understanding and knowledge of law and the many path-breaking judgements he delivered as a judge but also for his deep sensitivity to the concerns of the common man and his fierce commitment ...

Without a strong political will the CBI cannot be freed from the government’s control, says Anil Chowdhry Interestingly, the Central Bureau of Investigation is a ‘war baby’, which has again been drawn into the ‘war zone’, but of a different kind, thanks to our politicians and media. In 1943, the erstwhile British Rulers of India became aware that a lot of corruption had taken place in the department of war and felt the need to check it. So they passed the Delhi ...

Troubled with a variety of mind-boggling scams and executive overreach, the last thing a shaken United Progressive Alliance-II government needed was a dressing down from the Supreme Court. The  apex court also virtually cut its wings by passing a detailed order asserting that the government’s right arm, the Central Bureau of Investigation can’t be allowed to be caged but should free fly without any hindrance after the blatant interference by the Prime Minister’s Office, ...

A new law passed by the Indian Parliament aimed at addressing sexual violence, while positive in some respects, has several deficiencies and also violates India’s international law obligations, the Amnesty International has said. The upper house of Parliament passed the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2013 on 21 March 2013, meaning that the law will come into effect once it is signed by the President. The lower house approved the law two days earlier, with less than half of its members ...

Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday demanded an "independent and credible" inquiry into the violation of human rights in Sri Lanka even as she refused to comment on key United Progressive Alliance partner the Dravida Munnetra Kahzagam withdrawing support to the bgovernment at the Centre. Voicing her pain and anguish over the "denial of legitimate political rights" to Sri Lankan Tamils, Gandhi dwelt at length on the issue at the Congress Parliamentary Party meeting in New Delhi. Gandhi's ...

New Delhi : Amid differences of opinion in the cabinet over the proposed anti-rape law, Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde Tuesday expressed confidence that the government will resolve the issue by Thursday and pass the legislation by March 22. There is a sense ...

A parliamentary panel on Friday supported government's decision not to accept marital rape as a criminal offence, saying it could lead to "practical difficulties".The Justice J S Verma Committee set up in the aftermath of the Delhi gang-rape incident to suggest changes in the criminal law had recommended that the exception for marital rape be removed from the Indian Penal Code."The fact that the accused and victim are married or in another intimate relationship may not be regarded as a ...