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 ...

Karnataka HC rules strangers cannot be charged under IPC Section 498A, limiting cruelty claims to relatives only.

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 Madhya Pradesh High Court, in a husband's petition seeking quashment of FIR, observed that while forced unnatural sex by ...

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 ...

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 ...

How different are the new Bills different from the prevalent laws? Prakash Singh: It is true that the Indian Penal Code (IPC), the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) and the Indian Evidence Act were ...

The Indian Penal Code (IPC), Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) and Indian Evidence Act, the British-era laws that formed the basis of the criminal justice system of the country for over 150 years, will ...

The Bombay High Court has held offences under any law, barring the IPC, which are punishable by up to three years in jail, are cognizable and non-bailable in nature and rejected the pre-arrest bail ...

LUCKNOW: Effective July 1, first-time offenders arrested for thefts under Rs 5,000 may face community service under the revised Indian Penal Code (IPC), Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023. The amended law ...