"DNA testing cannot be ordered as a matter of course and must be subject to stringent safeguards to protect the dignity of individuals and the legitimacy of children born during the wedlock.

New Delhi: The Allahabad High Court last month rejected an accused man’s plea for DNA testing of the rape survivor and her child. The plea had come in the middle of the trial, when five prosecution ...

New Delhi — India's government has told the country's Supreme Court that criminalizing marital rape would be "excessively harsh," as it opposes petitions with the court seeking to amend a British ...

NEW DELHI, July 8 (Reuters) - India's overhaul of its decades-old criminal justice system has come under criticism from some lawyers and activists who say the changes could increase police powers over ...