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Wednesday, November 12, 2025
TopicCode of Criminal Procedure

Topic: Code of Criminal Procedure

Asian Paints fake products case: SC says companies can challenge acquittals as ‘victims’ in criminal cases

Court says Section 372 of CrPC gives 'expansive understanding' to term 'victim' & not narrow meaning. It allows Asian Paints' plea in case against man selling its counterfeit products.

SC backs maintenance for woman from 2nd husband. Why the order reaffirms broader definition of ‘wife’

It said the law—Section 125 of the CrPc—is not a benefit received by a wife but rather a legal and moral duty owed by the husband.

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BBC scandal: Britain’s elite establishment is rapidly sinking

The impact of all this upheaval is unmooring. We search for the BBC to confirm that Britain still exists and find it missing.

India’s factory data may get reality check in MoSPI’s new IIP plan, defunct factories to be dropped

MoSPI proposes to remove closed factories from IIP sample, aiming for truer picture of India’s industrial health in upcoming 2022–23 base series. Plan open to public feedback until 25 November.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.