President Droupadi Murmu has given assent to three new criminal justice bills, replacing colonial-era laws. Congress leader P Chidambaram criticizes the new laws, calling the Indian Penal Code more ...

The Indian Penal Code will be repealed and replaced with Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Bill, 2023 while the Code of Criminal Procedure Code will be replaced by Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. The ...

Indian Penal Code, 1860 sections 52, 80, 81, 83, 88, 90, 91, 92 304-A, 337 and 338 contain the law of medical malpraxis in India. A physician can be charged with ...

The Centre has formally notified in the official gazette the three newly rechristened laws — the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 and the Bharatiya Sakshya ...

From fake news to mob lynching, the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Bill, 2023 brought in several changes to the Indian Penal Code. While introducing the bill, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said, “The ...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code, which criminalises cruelty towards women by their husbands or in-laws, does not violate the right to equality guaranteed ...

Understanding how the Transplantation of Human Organs Act, 1992 governs and regulates organ donation in India by means of policy and punishment. Chapter 14 of the IPC deals with Offenses related to ...

The Indian Penal Code 1860 (IPC) used to form the core of criminal law in India. However, in recent years, the Government of India deemed it necessary to review the country's existing criminal laws to ...

India’s government has moved three bills in the lower house of parliament aimed at overhauling some colonial-era criminal laws, ranging from the controversial sedition law to strengthening laws that ...

The Supreme Court today said that a larger group of judges would re-consider and examine the constitutional validity of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), a law that criminalises sexual ...

NEW DELHI: With President Droupadi Murmu giving assent to the three new criminal justice bills, Congress leader P Chidambaram on Monday said the new Indian Penal Code has become "more draconian" and ...