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 Bombay High Court while quashing a First Information Report (FIR) filed against a man and his family held that "indiscriminate" invoking of section 498A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) by "highly ...

The Karnataka High Court directed Karnataka State Law University to examine repeater students in the Indian Penal Code (IPC), not the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS). Two students challenged the ...

Mumbai: The Aurangabad bench of the Bombay High Court recently quashed an FIR against a woman accused of harassing her sister-in-law, observing that a mere reference to divorce or remarriage with a ...

Doctors practising modern medicine have objected to a section in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), which will replace the Indian Penal Code (IPC), on National Doctors’ Day on July 1. Section 304 A of ...

The Supreme Court on Friday said that the government’s decision to review the offence of sedition under the old IPC cannot prevent Parliament from introducing it in the BNS as the legislature function ...

In the annals of legal history, certain moments stand out as pivotal junctures that shape the course of a nation’s legal framework. The year 1833 saw one such turning point, when the British ...

Three new criminal laws — Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita and the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam — came into effect nationwide on Monday (July 1). These laws will replace the ...

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday (August 28, 2024) asked the Centre to treat as representation a petition against the exclusion of penal provisions for the offences of unnatural sex and sodomy from ...

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 ...