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Indian Penal Code
Address lack of punishment in Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita for ‘forced unnatural sex’: Delhi HC to Centre
Scroll Staff
· Aug 29, 2024 · 02:00 pm
Are India’s police prepared to enforce the new criminal laws on July 1?
Vineet Bhalla
· Jun 28, 2024 · 06:30 am
Supreme Court refuses to entertain petition against new laws replacing IPC, CrPC and Evidence Act
Scroll Staff
· May 20, 2024 · 02:09 pm
Don’t know Hindi, will continue calling criminal laws by original names: Madras High Court judge
Scroll Staff
· Jan 25, 2024 · 02:52 pm
Delhi riots case: Court frames charges of rioting against Khalid Saifi, Ishrat Jahan
Scroll Staff
· 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
Shreya Sojatia, IndiaSpend.com Udisha Srivastav, IndiaSpend.com
· Jan 20, 2024 · 07:30 pm
How Modi government’s new criminal laws drastically increase police powers
Vineet Bhalla
· Jan 07, 2024 · 06:30 am
Refusal to marry does not amount to abetting suicide, says Allahabad High Court
Scroll Staff
· Dec 28, 2023 · 11:47 am
Include gender-neutral provision to criminalise adultery in bill replacing IPC: Parliamentary panel
Scroll Staff
· Nov 13, 2023 · 03:32 pm
Constitution bench to hear petitions challenging sedition law
Scroll Staff
· Sep 12, 2023 · 06:06 pm
Women have unleashed ‘legal terrorism’ by misusing law on cruelty by husband, says Calcutta HC
Scroll Staff
· Aug 22, 2023 · 02:47 pm
The new IPC has a Hindi name. But legal experts point out that it is illegal
Vineet Bhalla
· Aug 16, 2023 · 06:30 am
Explainer: Is India really repealing the sedition law?
Sahil M Beg
· Aug 11, 2023 · 06:39 pm
Centre introduces bill to replace IPC, CrPC and Indian Evidence Act in Lok Sabha
Scroll Staff
· Aug 11, 2023 · 03:27 pm
Law panel’s support for sedition statute echoes colonial past instead of scripting democratic future
Faisal CK
· Jun 25, 2023 · 09:00 am
A new book explores the cultural, intellectual, and legal pre-history of India’s ‘blasphemy law’
J Barton Scott
· Apr 24, 2023 · 08:30 am
Marital rape hearing puts spotlight on other laws that reinforce patriarchal nature of marriage
Unnati Ghia Dhruva Gandhi
· Jan 27, 2022 · 09:27 am
Amit Shah asks states to submit inputs for proposed changes to penal code, CrPC, Evidence Act
Scroll Staff
· Nov 15, 2021 · 12:53 pm
Groping without ‘skin-to-skin contact’ does not amount to sexual assault under POCSO Act: Bombay HC
Scroll Staff
· Jan 24, 2021 · 05:09 pm
Punjab: 15-year-old brick kiln worker allegedly raped in Hoshiarpur
Scroll Staff
· Oct 27, 2020 · 10:40 am
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