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Topic: BNS

UP ATS says arrested dental student recruited people for ISIS, incited them to carry out fidayeen attacks

Haris Ali used encrypted media applications, was in touch with Pakistan-based handlers, alleges UP Anti-Terrorism Squad.

Backtracking over ‘kundali’ mismatch after sex on promise of marriage is an offence—Delhi HC

Delhi High Court has held that this can amount to offence under Section 69 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, which criminalises sexual intercourse by deceit or on false promise of marriage.

Emails, threats & sexual assault: SAU student alleges gangrape, says staff tried to suppress incident

Condemning the incident, South Asian University asserts that it has a zero-tolerance policy on sexual harassment and all forms of violence against women.

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'.  

‘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

The influencer war that took rural creator Pujarini Pradhan global

As social media debated whether audiences were consuming Pujarini Pradhan as a symbol, The Juggernaut turned her into a story that could circulate globally, with or without her participation.

SEBI proposes return of open market share buybacks to support stocks

Regulator seeks feedback on allowing firms to repurchase shares via exchanges after tax changes, as markets reel from war-led selloff and foreign outflows.

South Korea’s Cheongung-II missile system makes its mark in West Asia war. Here’s why

UAE has been using this defence system, which is similar to America's Patriots, against Iranian missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.