Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita allows handcuffs in grave casesCrPC, which defined 'arrests how made', gave unbridled powers to authorities to arrest a person under Section 46, allowing use of reasonabl...
24 Jan, 2024, 12.31 AM IST
Rajya Sabha passes Telecommunications Bill 2023The Telecommunications Bill, 2023, was passed by the Rajya Sabha on Thursday. The bill aims to amend and consolidate the laws related to th...
21 Dec, 2023, 05.32 PM IST
Opportunity to replace, redraft colonial criminal laws 'wasted' : Congress leader P ChidambaramThe Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed three key bills -- the Bharatiya Nyaya (Second) Sanhita, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha (Second) Sanhita and ...
21 Dec, 2023, 01.21 PM IST
India's criminal laws set to get a revamp, Lok Sabha approves BNSS BillIn a session marked by the suspension of 151 Opposition MPs, the Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha (Second) Sanh...
21 Dec, 2023, 11.08 AM IST
Amit Shah to move three amended bills on criminal laws in Lok Sabha for consideration, passageUnion Home Minister Amit Shah will introduce three amended criminal law bills for consideration and passage in the upcoming Winter Session....
15 Dec, 2023, 11.24 AM IST
Home Minister Amit Shah tables three new criminal law bills in Lok SabhaUnion Home Minister Amit Shah has presented three proposed criminal law bills—Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Bharatiya Sakshya Bill, and Bharatiy...
13 Dec, 2023, 11.30 AM IST
Parliamentary Committee withholds draft report on three bills to replace existing criminal lawsParliamentary Standing Committee of Home Affairs on Friday withheld the draft report on three bills to replace the existing criminal laws. ...
27 Oct, 2023, 02.37 PM IST
New Bills replacing IPC, CrPC, Evidence Act will be passed soon: Union Home Minister Amit ShahAmit Shah announced that three new Bills replacing the Indian Penal Code (IPC), CrPC and Indian Evidence Act will be passed by the Parliame...
27 Oct, 2023, 10.45 AM IST
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...
23 Oct, 2023, 05.41 PM IST
Former CJI among experts suggested by opposition MPs for briefing panel examining criminal justice billsThe Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs is examining the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Bill, 2023; the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sa...
13 Sep, 2023, 04.23 PM IST
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...
28 Aug, 2023, 11.23 AM IST
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...
19 Aug, 2023, 11.19 AM IST
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...
18 Aug, 2023, 10.41 PM IST
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...
14 Aug, 2023, 11.12 AM IST
Legal experts welcome Centre's move to replace colonial-era laws, voice reservations over naming them in HindiThe Indian government has introduced three bills to replace colonial-era laws, the Indian Penal Code, Code of Criminal Procedure and Indian...
11 Aug, 2023, 07.56 PM IST
Centre notifies Identification Act, poised to give cops access to biometric dataThe rules have made it mandatory for the National Crime Records Bureau to draw up a standard operating procedure to specify equipment and d...
20 Sep, 2022, 12.24 AM IST
Rajasthan government tables controversial bill, move challenged in High CourtThe Criminal Laws (Rajasthan Amendment) Bill, 2017 was introduced in the Assembly by Home Minister Gulabchand Kataria to replace an ordinan...
24 Oct, 2017, 12.59 AM IST