Laws Of The Land
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New criminal laws replacing IPC, CrPC and Evidence Act to come into effect from July 1
The laws were passed in the Winter Session of Parliament on December 21 in the absence of several Opposition MPs.
Scroll Staff
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Wrestlers protest shows how Indian law is a tool of oppression rather than an instrument of justice
It has exposed the deep malaise in the body politic of sports as well as Indian democracy.
Nandita Haksar
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India could soon have a law to compensate those who have been wrongfully prosecuted
The Law Commission, in its latest report, identifies key criteria for compensation and provides a framework for computing it.
Sharib Ali
Trending
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‘Lathis, threats and gunshots’: How BJP wrested a narrow victory in UP
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A decade of ‘gaslighting’ in Modi’s India
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YouTuber Ajeet Bharti booked in Bengaluru for comments about Rahul Gandhi, Ram temple
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Why the sanction to prosecute Arundhati Roy under UAPA is legally suspect
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Rahul Gandhi to retain Rae Bareli Lok Sabha seat, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra to contest Wayanad bye-polls
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Can a live-in relationship be treated as de facto marriage, asks Supreme Court
The bench issued a notice to Attorney General of India KK Venugopal and posted the matter for further hearing on September 12.
Scroll Staff
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Re-promulgation of ordinances without legislative approval violates Constitution: Supreme Court
A seven-judge bench held that Parliament and state legislatures were the ‘primary law-givers’, and sidestepping them was a ‘constitutional infraction’.
Scroll Staff
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The ‘Nordic model’ of prostitution law is a myth
Flying in formation? The Nordic countries go their own way on sex work.
May-Len Skilbrei and Charlotta Holmström, The Conversation
Video
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Watch: Scenes after goods train collides with Kanchanjunga Express in West Bengal
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Watch: This portrait of singer Taylor Swift was made using 10,000 tiny hand-sculpted cats
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‘You can laugh at God...that’s not blasphemy,’ says Pope Francis as he meets over 100 comedy artists
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Eco India: How conservation efforts are making the fires of the sacred Arunachala Hills go away
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Eco India, Episode 264: Are phenomenons like forest fires natural or man made?