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CRIMINALISATION OF MINOR VIOLATIONS
Key Jan Vishwas provisions effective from May 15New Delhi will see key provisions of the Jan Vishwas Act come into effect on May 15. This landmark legislation aims to reduce the criminali...- Seven states embrace Jan Vishwas governance reforms: Trust in Centre’s initiative growsThe Jan Vishwas reforms introduced by the Centre are gaining traction as various Indian states take proactive steps toward decriminalizing ...
- Bring down age of consent from 18 to 16 yrs, SC toldThe Supreme Court faces a plea to lower the age of consent. Advocate Indira Jaising argues current laws criminalize adolescent relationship...
- When being a law-abiding citizen makes you a criminalThe piece highlights the vast scope of criminalized everyday actions under Indian laws. It stresses the need for a comprehensive review and...
- Pressing a minor girl's lips and sleeping next to her without sexually motivated advances not a POCSO offence: HCThe Delhi High Court ruled that touching a minor girl's lips and sleeping next to her without sexually motivated intent does not constitute...
- Government must penalise offences seriously, not criminaliseCriminalising offences that are best addressed through penalties and steep fines results in lower conviction rates. Studies demonstrate tha...
- Delhi HC delivers split verdict on criminalisation of marital rapeWhile Justice Rajiv Shakdher, who headed the division bench, favoured striking down the marital rape exception, Justice C Hari Shankar said...
- Decriminalisation of minor offences welcome step, say legal expertsIn June 2020, the Finance Ministry had proposed to decriminalise a host of minor offences, including those relating to cheque bounce and re...
- UN experts pull up Pakistan for enforced disappearance of leading activistIdris Khattak was last seen on 13 Nov 2019 after security agents stopped his car near the Swabi Interchange in the northernmost province of...
- Sec 377: A timeline of the colonial law in the modern eraSection 377 was introduced in 1861 by the British, on lines of the Buggery Act of 1533.
- History owes apology to LGBT community and kin: Justice Indu MalhotraJudge Malhotra was part of a 5-judge bench that held Section 377 of IPC to be in violation of the constitutional right to equality and dign...
- Section 377 a willing instrument of repression of LGBT community: Supreme CourtWriting a 181-page verdict, Justice Chandrachud said the human instinct to love was "caged" by constraining the physical manifestation of t...
- Experts welcome SC verdict decriminalising consensual gay sexWhile former Attorney General Soli Sorabjee termed it as a "celebratory" judgment, senior advocate Anand Grover said the verdict will chang...
- Supreme Court to reconsider its 2013 decision to criminalise gay sexUnder Section 377 of the IPC, consensual sexual acts between members of the same sex are an offence entailing punishment up to life term.
- HC refuses to admit PIL seeking marital rape be made criminal offenceThe petition stated that marital rape has been criminalised in almost all major common law jurisdictions throughout the world.
- AAP's rise has challenged established institutions: Amartya SenNobel laureate Amartya Sen also said that Anna Hazare's decision to stay away from the "crusade" was not wise.
- AAP's rise has challenged established institutions: Amartya SenAam Admi Party's rise is an "important departure" in politics which has challenged the established institutions, eminent economist Amartya ...
- Gay activists disappointed with SC verdict on homosexualityA bench of justices G S Singhvi and S J Mukhopadhaya set aside the 2009 Delhi High Court judgement which had decriminalised gay sex.
- Markandey Katju tears apart 'sons-of-the-soil' theoryThe retired Supreme Court Judge, without naming anyone, said people who were propagating such theories should be ostracised.
- Gay sex legalised by Delhi High CourtHowever, Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code which criminalises homosexuality, will continue for non-consensual and non-vaginal sex. 'Gay ...
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