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 ...

On July 1, 2024, in a historic move, India rehauled its entire Criminal Justice Law, moving from the 1860 Indian Penal Code (IPC) to the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS). A year later, police officers ...

Delhi reported the highest crime rates under the new Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, including mob lynching and organized crime, in ...

The Delhi High Court has acquitted a man convicted for adultery, holding that the conviction could not survive after Section ...

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 ...

The Indian Penal Code 1860 (IPC) used to form the core of criminal law in India. However, in recent years, the Government of India deemed it necessary to review the country's existing criminal laws to ...

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has clarified that an adult merely accompanying a minor who has left home voluntarily of their ...

The Cultural Context of 420 In everyday conversations, when someone deceives us, we often refer to them as '420'. This term ...

According to NCRB figures, Pune registered 18,560 cases under the Indian Penal Code (IPC), Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and ...