The Legislature ended its session Friday without fulfilling an $18.5 million request from organizations that support victims ...

After previous failures, Texas lawmakers passed a bill that defines consent and fixes what advocates called a loophole in ...

Nearly 150 laws went into effect in Florida on July 1, including a wide variety of new crimes, harsher penalties, and changes ...

Resource centers around the state have frozen hiring and are operating understaffed in anticipation of funding shortfalls.

Political violence can encompass a broad range of actions, from torching Tesla charging stations to premeditated sniper ...

Legislation has been introduced in the Ohio Statehouse that would increase penalties for anyone convicted of killing a first ...

In this FIR, Section 3 (1) of the Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act was invoked against Jaleel. On Friday, the assistant commissioner of police ...

Ensure Implementation Of Section 11 Of Domestic Violence Act. The Supreme Court noted that Section 11 also imposes duty on the Central Government "and, therefore, ...

Violence erupted in West Bengal's Murshidabad during protests against the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, with accusations of police misconduct and political blame game intensifying.

Attempts to murder cases also decreased from 65 in 2023 to 56 in 2024. However, cases categorised as ‘other sections of the act’ have steadily increased from 109 in 2022 to 110 in 2023 and 144 ...

The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, aims to protect SC/ST individuals from atrocities, establish special courts, and provide victim support, reflecting ...

NEW DELHI: A case has been registered against Infosys co-founder Senapathy Kris Gopalakrishnan along with former IISc director Balaram, and 16 others under the Prevention of SC/ST Atrocities Act ...