Indian Penal Code

What is sedition law?

A debate to scrap the British-era sedition law is raging in the corridors of the Supreme Court of India. But what is the sedition law? Why do experts believe that it has been misused since inception?

Exception 2 of IPC Section 375 says that a rape charge cannot be filed against a man who has non-consensual sex with his wife

The IPC alone offers a bouquet of choices to suppress freedom of expression

All draconian laws must be reviewed

The officials said the case has been transferred to the Crime Branch which with the help of the district police will carry out further investigation in the case

Severe clashes erupted during a Shobha Yatra procession on the occasion of Hanuman Jayanti on Sunday between two groups of people in which 8 cops and one civilian were injured

Amit Shah has written to MPs, seeking their suggestions regarding amendments in the Indian Penal Code (IPC), the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) and the Indian Evidence Act

In 2020, 71,107 cases of offences against public tranquility were registered under various sections of the Indian Penal Code and rioting accounted for 72.6 per cent of these cases

Apex court should order scrapping all sedition cases

The agency has dispatched a team under an inspector general-rank officer to probe the violence case and it is in Bengaluru

US District Judge Jacqueline Chooljian of the Central District of California has scheduled his bond hearing for June 30

Lawmakers fix compensation amounts but do not revise them for decades

The incident took place on Wednesday and we have initiated an investigation into the matter

162 persons were sentenced to death by trial courts in the same year

Mukhopadhyaya's latest ruling restoring Cyrus Mistry as Tata Sons chairman came as a rude shock to the salt-to-software behemoth.

He said the government will keep in mind Supreme Court orders while making changes to the IPC and CrPC.

Condemning the crime, Reddy said the Union government is very serious on the issue and is ready for suitable amendments

Experts share their views on the need for an overhaul of the Code, framed in 1860, in view of the recent spate of high-profile financial crimes