Indian Penal Code
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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
Scroll Staff
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Punjab: 15-year-old brick kiln worker allegedly raped in Hoshiarpur
Scroll Staff
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Bombay HC upholds validity of clause that provides death penalty for repeat rape offenders
Scroll Staff
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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
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Berating the country cannot be treated as sedition, observes Law Commission
Scroll Staff
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Punjab Cabinet approves draft of bill that makes sacrilege punishable with life imprisonment
Scroll Staff
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Supreme Court shouldn’t just decriminalise homosexuality. Its verdict must also foster inclusion
Namita Bhandare
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Supreme Court reserves judgement on Section 377 as hearing challenging archaic law ends
Scroll Staff
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Supreme Court to begin hearing pleas challenging law that criminalises homosexuality
Scroll Staff
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Six new petitions in Supreme Court seek quashing of law that criminalises homosexuality
Scroll Staff
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‘The dead also have dignity’: Supreme Court asks why media often names rape victims
Scroll Staff
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Centre wants stricter Supreme Court guidelines on female genital cutting, an offence under IPC
Scroll Staff
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Rape laws: Why is sexual violence against India’s transgender community not being taken seriously?
Ankita Ramgopal
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Telangana tightens law against dissent, to allow arrests, cases without court nod
Scroll Staff
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Supreme Court refers PIL against law on adultery to a Constitution bench
Scroll Staff
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Child marital rape is now illegal. It is time to criminalise adult marital rape too
Sruthisagar Yamunan