Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs submitted three reports to Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, Friday, on bills that seek to replace IPC, CrPC & Indian Evidence Act.
Madhya Pradesh High Court noted that since 'relationship between husband & wife falls into marital rape exception to section 375, pre-requisite of consent becomes immaterial'.
Proposed Bharatiya Nyaya Samhita, 2023 has scrapped Section 377, which offered gender-neutral protection against ‘unnatural sex’ while also safeguarding animals.
Such laws don’t mean judges get ‘swayed by gender-related factors’, HC says, sets aside lower court order that found prima facie case against petitioner for 'outraging modesty of woman'.
Last year, Home Minister Amit Shah had tabled 3 new Bills in Lok Sabha, to introduce modern methods to bring about 'transformative change' in judicial system. These come into effect today.
Colonial legacy not valid ground for repeal, says 22nd Law Commission tasked with reviewing the provision. The commission submitted its report to the Union Law Ministry on 24 May.
Woman went missing in 2015 & parents said unidentified body recovered from Agra was hers. She has now been found living with husband & kids and taken to observation home.
Govt has filed affidavit in SC after 5 May order asking it to clarify its stand. Court is hearing petitions demanding that the sedition law be declared unconstitutional.
Two questions are pertinent: Why does the Trump administration keep making the same mistakes on the peace proposal? And what does a hurried peace plan mean on the ground?
While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.
Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.
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