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Don’t know Hindi, will continue calling criminal laws by original names: Madras High Court judge
Scroll Staff
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Delhi riots case: Court frames charges of rioting against Khalid Saifi, Ishrat Jahan
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Every seventh road accident in India is a hit-and-run – but truckers believe new law is too harsh
Shreya Sojatia, IndiaSpend.com Udisha Srivastav, IndiaSpend.com
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How Modi government’s new criminal laws drastically increase police powers
Vineet Bhalla
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Refusal to marry does not amount to abetting suicide, says Allahabad High Court
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Include gender-neutral provision to criminalise adultery in bill replacing IPC: Parliamentary panel
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Constitution bench to hear petitions challenging sedition law
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Women have unleashed ‘legal terrorism’ by misusing law on cruelty by husband, says Calcutta HC
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The new IPC has a Hindi name. But legal experts point out that it is illegal
Vineet Bhalla
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Explainer: Is India really repealing the sedition law?
Sahil M Beg
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Centre introduces bill to replace IPC, CrPC and Indian Evidence Act in Lok Sabha
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Law panel’s support for sedition statute echoes colonial past instead of scripting democratic future
Faisal CK
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A new book explores the cultural, intellectual, and legal pre-history of India’s ‘blasphemy law’
J Barton Scott
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Marital rape hearing puts spotlight on other laws that reinforce patriarchal nature of marriage
Unnati Ghia Dhruva Gandhi
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Amit Shah asks states to submit inputs for proposed changes to penal code, CrPC, Evidence Act
Scroll Staff
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Groping without ‘skin-to-skin contact’ does not amount to sexual assault under POCSO Act: Bombay HC
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Punjab: 15-year-old brick kiln worker allegedly raped in Hoshiarpur
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Bombay HC upholds validity of clause that provides death penalty for repeat rape offenders
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Section 377: Supreme Court to pronounce judgement on validity of law on Thursday
Scroll Staff
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Crackdown on activists shows India needs to drop ‘criminal conspiracy’ as a penal offence
K Chandru