If passed, Bill will reshape how Indians encounter law in routine life—removing the tag of ‘criminal’ from everyday infractions & replacing it with accountability through fines.
The three new criminal laws will have 358 sections, a new chapter on crimes against women and children, and prescribes that judgment be delivered within 45 days of completion of trial.
Drivers of trucks, buses and tankers staged the protest against the new hit-and-run law that sets down punishment of up to 10 years' imprisonment or a maximum fine of Rs. 700,000.
Much of the praise has focused on the ‘protective’ men in the crowd. It recentres male authority over public space. Do women require guardianship simply to exist outside?
Republican Senator Lindsey Graham says bill will be 'well-timed, as Ukraine is making concessions for peace and Putin is all talk, continuing to kill the innocent'.
Indian Army has inducted loitering munitions, kamikaze and surveillance drones for over Rs 5,000 crore post Operation Sindoor from various domestic firms.
Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.
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