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?

Criminalising marital rape: Delhi High Court delivers split verdict

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

Beyond the sedition law

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

Pragmatic decision

All draconian laws must be reviewed

Police arrest 20 and apprehends two juveniles over Jahangirpuri clashes

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

Situation in Jahangirpuri area fully under control: Delhi Police

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 seeks suggestions for amendment to IPC, CrPC, Indian Evidence Act

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

Rioting cases up in 2020 after a downward trend for years, shows data

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

Climate of treason

Apex court should order scrapping all sedition cases

NIA takes over probe on Bengaluru violence; re-registers 2 FIRs under UAPA

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

Mumbai terror attack accused Rana not a flight risk: Attorney to US court

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

Price tags on life and limbs

Lawmakers fix compensation amounts but do not revise them for decades

Former ABVP member arrested for sexually harassing woman on JNU campus

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

Growing clamour for hanging: Over 462 on death row in the year 2018

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

A hard task master: NCLAT chairman ruffles many feathers, yet again

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

Govt panel to recommend amendments in IPC, CrPc to curb mob lynching: Shah

Amid demand by members for a separate law to curb mob lynching, Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday said in Rajya Sabha that the government has set up a committee to suggest necessary amendments in the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) to deal with it. Responding to a series of queries during Question Hour, Shah said he has also written to all state chief ministers and governors to send recommendations on making changes to IPC and CrPC after consulting with experienced investigating officers and public prosecutors "Under the Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D), a committee has been set up to make changes in the IPC and CrPC. We will start working on amendments after receiving recommendations from the committee," Shah said in the Upper House. He said the government will keep in mind Supreme Court orders while making changes to the IPC and CrPC. On the issue of lynching, Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai said ..

Govt ready to amend law to ensure swift justice for crimes against women

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

Curbing financial crimes: Does Indian Penal Code need a revamp?

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