Before Parliament passed Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Indian Medical Association wrote to Home Minister asking for death by medical negligence to be treated as civil, not criminal, matter.
Bharatiya Nyaya (Second) Sanhita has provision criminalising printing/publishing 'any matter' concerning court proceedings in rape/sexual assault cases without prior permission.
The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Bill, 2023, passed by Lok Sabha Wednesday, prescribes 5-yr jail term for causing death by negligence for all but registered medical practitioners.
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, which has replaced IPC, also introduces life term or death sentence for mob lynching & hate-crime murders. It replaces the term mental illness with 'unsound mind'.
Eight of the 28 panel members give dissent note on Hindi title. Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita proposes changes like removing offence of sedition, defining terrorism & organised crime.
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Bill, introduced in Lok Sabha in August to replace IPC, has also sought to introduce a new provision dealing with crimes linked to mob lynching and hate.
Former CEO Howard Schultz once told shareholders those who opposed his support of same-sex marriage were free to invest elsewhere. But now, CEO Brian Niccol seems to be selling Starbucks as a place that just, well, sells coffee.
New CPI series will take 2024 as base year, will provide more accurate measure of inflation, spending on digital services. Expected to enhance representation and reliability, says Saurabh Garg.
Tajikistan did not want to extend the lease because of apparent pressure from Russia & China over non-regional military personnel at the air base, it is learnt.
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