Address lack of punishment in Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita for ‘forced unnatural sex’: Delhi HC to Centre

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· Aug 29, 2024 · 02:00 pm

Are India’s police prepared to enforce the new criminal laws on July 1?

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· Jun 28, 2024 · 06:30 am

Supreme Court refuses to entertain petition against new laws replacing IPC, CrPC and Evidence Act

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· May 20, 2024 · 02:09 pm

Don’t know Hindi, will continue calling criminal laws by original names: Madras High Court judge

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· Jan 25, 2024 · 02:52 pm

Delhi riots case: Court frames charges of rioting against Khalid Saifi, Ishrat Jahan

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· Jan 20, 2024 · 08:31 pm

Every seventh road accident in India is a hit-and-run – but truckers believe new law is too harsh

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· Jan 20, 2024 · 07:30 pm

How Modi government’s new criminal laws drastically increase police powers

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· Jan 07, 2024 · 06:30 am

Refusal to marry does not amount to abetting suicide, says Allahabad High Court

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· Dec 28, 2023 · 11:47 am

Include gender-neutral provision to criminalise adultery in bill replacing IPC: Parliamentary panel

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· Nov 13, 2023 · 03:32 pm

Constitution bench to hear petitions challenging sedition law

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· Sep 12, 2023 · 06:06 pm

Women have unleashed ‘legal terrorism’ by misusing law on cruelty by husband, says Calcutta HC

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· Aug 22, 2023 · 02:47 pm

The new IPC has a Hindi name. But legal experts point out that it is illegal

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· Aug 16, 2023 · 06:30 am

Explainer: Is India really repealing the sedition law?

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· Aug 11, 2023 · 06:39 pm

Centre introduces bill to replace IPC, CrPC and Indian Evidence Act in Lok Sabha

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· Aug 11, 2023 · 03:27 pm

Law panel’s support for sedition statute echoes colonial past instead of scripting democratic future

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· Jun 25, 2023 · 09:00 am

A new book explores the cultural, intellectual, and legal pre-history of India’s ‘blasphemy law’

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· Apr 24, 2023 · 08:30 am

Marital rape hearing puts spotlight on other laws that reinforce patriarchal nature of marriage

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· Jan 27, 2022 · 09:27 am

Amit Shah asks states to submit inputs for proposed changes to penal code, CrPC, Evidence Act

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· Nov 15, 2021 · 12:53 pm

Groping without ‘skin-to-skin contact’ does not amount to sexual assault under POCSO Act: Bombay HC

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· Jan 24, 2021 · 05:09 pm

Punjab: 15-year-old brick kiln worker allegedly raped in Hoshiarpur

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· Oct 27, 2020 · 10:40 am