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Tuesday, November 4, 2025
TopicIndian Penal Code

Topic: Indian Penal Code

2 men from prominent Kolkata business families arrested for ‘filming 182 women, extortion’

Police arrested Aditya Agarwal and Anish Loharuka for running a sleaze racket since 2013, in which they would 'repeatedly harass, blackmail and extort the women'.

Can changes in British-era IPC alter police attitude towards people or more reforms needed?

The Narendra Modi government has decided to revamp the British-era Indian Penal Code.

Motor Vehicles Act offences can also be prosecuted under IPC, says Supreme Court

The Supreme Court said there is no bar under the Motor Vehicles Act that prevents an offence from being prosecuted and sentenced under the both statutes.

What is sexual intercourse not amounting to rape that Chinmayanand is accused of

Chinmayanand has been charged under Section 376C of IPC, which was introduced after 2012 Delhi gang rape case.

There is a law to protect doctors from assault but this is why it doesn’t work

At least 19 states, including West Bengal, have passed the Medical Protection Act that shields doctors, but it’s the implementation that’s a problem.

Delhi court to rule on bail cancellation of woman who’s accused CJI of sexual harassment

CJI Ranjan Gogoi referred to complainant’s ‘criminal track record’ while refuting the charges. Her lawyer says one is a closed case and the other is a way to intimidate her.

Woman abused by husband can file 498A complaint at place where they seek refuge: SC

Supreme Court makes it clear that the complaint need not be filed at the place where husband's home is located.  

Candidates’ failure to make public criminal record may lead to contempt of court action: EC

The new EC directive also makes it compulsory for political parties to publicise criminal record of their candidates. 

SC refuses to lift bar on immediate arrest of husband & family under anti-dowry law

However, a three-judge bench led by CJI withdraws family welfare committees it had mandated to vet complaints filed by women under the law.

Shashi Tharoor summoned as accused in wife Sunanda Pushkar’s death case

MP Shashi Tharoor is facing charges of abetment to suicide and cruelty towards Sunanda Pushkar.

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Launch of India’s heaviest comms satellite is a level up for its soaring military ambitions. Here’s how

ISRO’s LMV3 rocket set off the CMS-03 satellite from Sriharikota Sunday. It weighs 4,410 kg, will primarily serve Indian Navy and has a life of at least 15 years.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.