In a significant decision delivered on 15.04.2025, the Supreme Court firmly refused to interfere with the constitutionality ...

Section 211 of the Indian Penal Code is an important provision that deals with the offense of false charges of an offense made with the intent to cause injury. This provision is aimed at preventing ...

Among the three laws replacing India’s centuries-old criminal laws proposed by Union home minister Amit Shah in the ongoing Monsoon Session of Parliament was the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, ...

A recent Madhya Pradesh High Court decision has revived a long under-examined question: can the marital rape exception under Section 375 IPC be used to defend a husband from prosecution ...

NEW DELHI: In what may result in the first review of the new Indian criminal codes, the Centre has started discussions on the misuse of Sections 85 and 86 of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS) that ...

The Kerala High Court, in a recent ruling, clarified that a minimum of five persons are required to attract the offence of ...

Senior advocate and nominated MP Mahesh Jethmalani told the Rajya Sabha on Thursday that he will miss some parts of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), especially section 420 that is imprinted in everyone's ...

New Delhi [India], June 2 (ANI): The Law Commission of India, in its report submitted to the Law Ministry, has recommended that Section 124A of IPC dealing with Sedition needs to be retained in the ...

The Gujarat high court on Tuesday agreed to consider the constitutional validity of the exception accorded to marital rape in the Indian Penal Code and issued notices to the Union and state ...