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Forged Will row: Buyer should not face criminal case for purchasing land on the basis of Will which police found to be forged; rules SCThe Supreme Court has shielded an innocent land buyer from criminal charges in a forged Will case. The buyer, unaware of the forgery, purch...- Wife’s MBA degree or past employment with MNCs can’t stop her from demanding maintenance, rules HCAn Allahabad High Court ruling states a wife's education or earning potential does not disqualify her from maintenance. The court considere...
- Religious freedom does not include collective right to convert others: Allahabad High CourtThe Allahabad High Court on Tuesday rejected the bail plea of a person accused of forcibly converting a girl to Islam and sexually exploiti...
- Three new criminal laws will be implemented during the yearMore than 3,000 master trainers from different fields will train police officers, lawyers and forensic experts, who in turn will train othe...
- Opposition MPs question 'haste' in adopting draft reports on bills to replace IPC, CrPC, Evidence ActOpposition MPs in the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs have raised concerns about the speed at which draft reports on three...
- Home panel to adopt draft reports on bills to replace IPC, CrPC, Evidence ActThe committee was given three months to examine the three bills and submit its report after Home Minister Amit Shah had requested the chair...
- Law minister Arjun Ram Meghwal justifies overhaul of criminal laws; says present laws lack 'Indianness'Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal has justified the proposed overhaul of criminal laws in India, stating that the current laws were imposed by...
- RS chairman refers bills to replace IPC, CrPC, Evidence Act to standing committee, seeks report within three monthsThe Chairman of Rajya Sabha, Jagdeep Dhankhar, has referred the three proposed laws, which will replace the Indian Penal Code, Code of Crim...
- Rajya Sabha chairman refers 3 bills to replace IPC, CrPC, Evidence Act to Standing Committee on Home AffairsThree proposed bills that will replace the Indian Penal Code, Code of Criminal Procedure, and the Indian Evidence Act have been referred to...
- Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Bill allows using draconian police powers for political ends: Kapil SibalFormer Union Law Minister Kapil Sibal under the UPA government claimed that the BJP government's proposal to replace the colonial-era India...
- Non-reporting of sexual assault against minor despite knowledge a serious crime: SCThe non-reporting of sexual assault against a minor despite knowledge is a "serious crime" and an attempt to shield the offenders, the Supr...
- Govt aims to make forensic probe compulsory for offences attracting punishment of more than 6 yrs: Amit ShahThe government aims to make forensic investigation "compulsory and legal" for offences attracting punishment of more than six years, Shah s...
- Law panel mooted repeal of sedition law in 2018Following the recommendations of the law panel, the home ministry held consultation with state governments and Union Territories, as law an...
- POCSO Act has supremacy over Atrocities Act: Gujarat HCThe court gave the ruling on Monday in a case of rape of a minor girl from a scheduled caste, when the Gujarat government objected to the b...
- IPC, CrPC in for change as Union home ministry tries to speed up justiceUnion home ministry, in consultation with the Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D), is considering amendments to the Indian Pe...
- Government sets in motion process to revamp criminal lawsThe new structure and content of criminal laws will be citizen centric, reflect the aspirations of a modern democracy and provide for speed...
- High Court seeks Centre's reply on plea for guidelines on police probe procedureA bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and C Hari Shankar issued a notice to the Centre, the Delhi government and the city police and ...
- Court directs registration of complaint against Sanjay Raut, OwaisiA court has directed registration of a complaint against Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut and MIM leader Akbaruddin Owaisi on charges of hurting re...
- Court could have called Manmohan Singh even if he were still Prime MinisterCriminal justice system operates on the premise that even if a hundred guilty escape the rigour of law, an innocent shouldn't be punished.
- The term 'wife' should include live-in partner too: SCA two judge bench of the Supreme Court has favoured broad meaning of the term ‘wife’ to include live-in partners for the purposes of mainte...
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