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Sunday, December 14, 2025
TopicIndian Penal Code

Topic: Indian Penal Code

POCSO accused who ‘preyed on minor daughter for yrs’ got bail within 10 days of arrest. Then she moved HC

Delhi HC recalled bail granted to accused by Additional Sessions Judge in June 2021. It directed that he be sent back to prison within a period of seven days.

Why Himachal HC reversed acquittal of newspaper editor over 2004 ‘defamatory’ report calling man ‘gunda’

Convicting editor, court says reproducing someone's statements doesn’t exempt publisher from liability, & they must verify what they print if they wish to claim they acted in ‘good faith’.

Mental Healthcare Act invoked to quash suicide attempt case. Why Kerala HC said law is retrospective

Mental Healthcare Act, 2017, says anyone who attempts suicide would be presumed to have severe stress and would not be tried and punished under the IPC unless proven otherwise.

‘Defensive medicine, risk aversion’ — why doctors are on edge over new law on death by negligence

Under IPC, punishment for death due to negligence by doctors entailed either financial penalty or imprisonment, but under new law, jail term is mandatory.

New criminal laws set to be enforced soon, a look at key changes that have sparked controversy

Senior advocate Indira Jaising joins list of jurists seeking deferment of implementation of new laws, scheduled for 1 July. Experts worried about lack of procedural safeguards, misuse.

Gr Noida ‘dowry death’: Shattered family recalls woman’s last call — ‘something bad is going to happen’

25-yr-old Karishma Bhatti's family says she suffered frequent domestic abuse over dowry at the hands of her husband & in-laws, who were also unhappy when she gave birth to a daughter.

Truckers’ protest: Road ministry suggests online portal to report hit-and-run cases

Road transport secretary Anurag Jain talks about suggestion after protest by truckers over tougher hit-and-run penalty under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, which will replace IPC. 

3,000 trainers, a task force, forensic vans: This is how 3 new criminal laws will be implemented

Date for implementation of Bharatiya Nyaya (Second) Sanhita, Bharatiya Sakshya (Second), Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha (Second) Sanhita likely to be announced before 26 January.

‘Shielding errant doctors’ — patients’ group on medical negligence clause in criminal law bill

In a letter to Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya, People for Better Treatment says bill gives ‘unparalleled ammunition for the most reckless members of the medical profession’.

New criminal law bill broadens definition of terrorism, now includes ‘threat to economic security’

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'.

On Camera

Though India pursued a different path, we admired Lenin, were influenced by his example: Nehru

On 22 June 1955, Jawaharlal Nehru addressed an audience in Moscow during his first visit to the Soviet Union as India’s PM.

South rising, west slipping: India’s export map is being redrawn, shows RBI data

Data shows re-alignment in India’s exports, with Tamil Nadu & Telangana posting strong growth in 2024-25 as traditional heavyweights Gujarat & Maharashtra see declines. Gujarat still leads, though.

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.