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- India
New criminal laws come into effect, usher in widespread changes in justice system
New Delhi: Three new criminal laws came into effect in the country on Monday, bringing far-reaching changes in India’s criminal justice system. The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS)…
- India
Left-backed lawyers’ body stages protest against 3 new criminal laws in Tripura
Agartala: Even as the Tripura government along with the other states of the country gears up for the three new criminal laws coming into force from July 1, the All India Lawyers…
- News
3 new criminal laws to be implemented in Telangana on July 1
Hyderabad: Telangana has put in place all necessary measures to implement the three new criminal laws: Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, and Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, which will come into force…
- India
With most Oppn MPs outside, Lok Sabha passes new criminal bills
The new criminal law bills have been passed by the Lok Sabha on Wednesday, December 20 on the ongoing Winter Session in Parliament in New Delhi. #BREAKING Lok Sabha passes three criminal…
- Entertainment
High-profile controversy: JSW MD Sajjan Jindal named in actor’s rape complaint
Mumbai: The managing director of the JSW Group, Sajjan Jindal, was the subject of a rape complaint filed at the BKC police station on Wednesday. The actress who filed the complaint claimed…
- India
Marital rape not an ‘offence’ if wife is 18 or above: Allahabad HC
Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court has observed that marital rape cannot be considered an offence under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) if the wife is above the age of 18. The court…
- India
Centre’s Bills on replacing criminal-penal laws ‘draconian’: TMC
Kolkata: The ruling Trinamool Congress on Tuesday moved a resolution in the West Bengal Assembly seeking consensus building on three bills introduced before the Parliament by the BJP-led NDA government to replace…
- India
Par panel recommends retaining IPC section 377, adultery provision
New Delhi: The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs has recommended to the government to retain IPC section 377 provisions related to carnal intercourse with minors and acts of bestiality in the…
- India
Adoption of draft on bills to replace criminal laws faces delay
New Delhi: A parliamentary committee scrutinising three bills to replace existing criminal laws did not adopt its draft report as scheduled on Friday, taking into account the submission of some opposition members…
- India
Any law becomes ‘out of date’ after 50 yrs: Amit Shah justifies replacing IPC
Dehradun: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday justified the need to replace the IPC, CrPC and the Evidence Act saying any law becomes out of date after 50 years. “There has…
- India
BNS Bill proposes to do away with IPC provisions on unnatural sex, adultery
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) Bill which is proposed to replace the British-era Indian Penal Code (IPC) does away with two contentious provisions on unnatural sex and adultery that were…
- India
Govt wants to bring ‘dictatorship’: Sibal slams bills to replace criminal laws
New Delhi: Terming the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) Bill as “unconstitutional”, former law minister Kapil Sibal on Sunday alleged that the government talks about ending colonial-era laws but their thinking is that…
- India
Bill replacing CrPC to bring changes in police probe, trial with technology aid
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) Bill, which seeks to replace the colonial-era CrPC, proposes key changes in criminal justice delivery system, including a provision for attachment of properties of…
- India
BNS Bill proposes higher fine for illegal payments in connection with polls
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) Bill introduced in the Lok Sabha by Home Minister Amit Shah proposes an enhanced fine of Rs 10,000 instead of the present Rs 500 for…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad hotel lift accident case: Police book owner for negligence
Hyderabad: Telangana police have booked a hotel owner in Banjara Hills for negligence in connection with the gruesome lift accident which was reported earlier this year, police said on Saturday. The incident…
