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Topic: BNS

Haryana pushes for reformative justice over jail time—rolls out community service for minor offences

State has notified Community Service Guidelines, rooted in the BNS, for certain first-time offenders. It hopes to ‘instil lasting lessons in empathy & accountability’.

‘Bharatiya Ganit Parampara’ document in the offing, CBSE to revise legal curriculum for Classes 11 & 12

These proposals were approved during the CBSE governing body meeting held in June, the minutes of which were released last week.

Why POCSO court granted bail to Mumbai teacher arrested for ‘sexually assaulting’ her teen student

Court decides relationship was 'consensual' and as teacher had resigned from school, teacher-student relationship did not exist anymore, so 'allegation of influence was diluted'.  

19-yr-old gives birth on board a moving bus in Maharashtra’s Parbhani, newborn thrown out & dies

The incident occurred at around 6.30 am Tuesday on the Pathri-Selu Road and came to light after an alert citizen spotted something thrown out of the bus wrapped in a cloth.

‘Not a sword against dissent’: What Rajasthan HC said flagging ‘re-entry’ of sedition law

The court ruled this month that Section 152 of BNS requires deliberate action with malicious intent & noted that it ‘reintroduces’ sedition law, which the govt planned to ‘repeal’ in BNS.

Ex-CJI UU Lalit says new criminal laws ‘the way ahead’, commends provision on mob lynching

Speaking at an event, the former judge also spoke about the allowance of 15 days police custody, the new provision on hit-and-runs and 'burial' of the colonial era sedition law.

On Camera

If fundamental right to property can be taken away, so can all the others: AG Mulgaokar

If this step even partially achieves its desired results, there will be so much dislocation in the country’s economic structure as to prove a national calamity, advocate AG Mulgaokar wrote in 1969.

Niti Aayog recommends fully decriminalising 12 offences under new I-T Act to ‘foster more trust’

Recommendations appear in Niti Aayog’s Tax Policy Working Paper Series–II. It says there is a need to shift away from fear-based enforcement to trust-based governance.

India, UK sign £350 mn deal for Martlet. What are these Lightweight Multirole Missiles

In service with the British military since 2019, it is also known as the Martlet missile. Ukrainians have also deployed these missiles against Russian troops.

CJI, IPS, IAS & Homebound: A wake-up call 75 years in the making

Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.