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Erasing Macaulay’s mark
August 14, 2023 7:00 am
By adopting Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and related reforms, India is reclaiming its identity with flair
Bills replacing criminal laws need consultations: Congress
August 14, 2023 5:27 am
In a statement, AICC general secretary Randeep Surjewala referred to as many as 18 changes proposed by the Home Minister, who had claimed that mob lynching has been criminalised for the first time.
IPC is history: In 1837, how Macaulay cracked the code
August 13, 2023 2:41 pm
According to the government, the three new Bills to replace the Indian Penal Code of 1860 (IPC), the Evidence Act of 1872 and the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1973 will simplify procedures, make the laws relevant to the contemporary situation and provide speedy justice.
How the Indian Penal Code came into existence under British colonial rule
August 13, 2023 8:55 pm
Union Home Minister Amit Shah, on August 11, introduced a bill in the Lok Sabha to replace the Indian Penal Code of 1860. Shah claimed that the IPC was meant to protect the governing interests of the British rather than Indian citizens.
The ‘new IPC’ removes the punishment for attempting suicide — or does it? Here’s what the proposed Nyaya Sanhita says
August 13, 2023 5:39 pm
Section 309 of the Indian Penal Code punishes anyone who tries to kill themselves — usually understood to be the last resort of deeply distressed individuals — with a prison term and/ or a fine.
Faizan Mustafa writes: New penal code falls short of its laudable objectives
August 12, 2023 3:00 pm
Definitions of many crimes remain vague and some much-needed improvements, such as criminalisation of marital rape, remain unaddressed
What was the govt's process behind introducing the Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita Bill?
August 13, 2023 12:20 pm
An official in the MHA said that a committee was set up under the chairmanship of the Vice Chancellor of National Law University, Delhi to prepare the new law.
Kerala professor, whose hand was chopped off in 2010 by PFI activists, bears no ill-will against his attackers
July 12, 2023 4:23 pm
Joseph firmly believes that his life was not destroyed by what happened 13 years ago, but admitted that it did undergo some changes and he did suffer some losses.
After Youtuber's arrest, Kerala govt warns stern legal action against misleading social media content
June 24, 2023 4:17 pm
Sivankutty's statement assumes significance in the wake of the arrest of controversial Youtuber 'Thoppi' who had been accused of making allegedly objectionable remarks and creating a traffic block on a busy road at a recent inauguration of a shop in Malappuram district
Multi-crore irrigation scam: ED attaches Rs 70.15-cr properties of accused
May 05, 2023 8:23 am
The ED had initiated an investigation on the basis of FIR registered under various sections of the IPC and PC Act and challans filed thereof.
INDIAN PENAL CODE VIDEOS
Sarfaraz Alam suspended from JDU over molestation charges
January 23, 2016 3:27 pm
Patna, Jan 23 (ANI): Janata Dal (United) (JDU) leader Sarfaraz Alam was suspended from the party on Saturday, following allegations of molesting a woman in the Rajdhani Express. An FIR was registered against Alam for misbehaving with a woman passenger on the Guwahati-Rajdhani Express on Sunday night. The case was filed at GRP police station in Patna, and Alam was booked under sections 341, 323, 290, 504 and 354A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
