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Thursday, July 24, 2025
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Topic: IPC

House panel okay with new criminal bill’s Hindi title, says retain adultery & unnatural sex sections

Eight of the 28 panel members give dissent note on Hindi title. Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita proposes changes like removing offence of sedition, defining terrorism & organised crime.

UP ATS detains Ghaziabad welder for suspicious transactions, FIR points to link with ‘Pakistan intel’

FIR mentions transactions to tune of Rs 65-70 lakh, names Riazuddin & Bihar resident Izrahul Hussain as accused, claims both transferred this amount to various bank accounts.

Gender-neutral adultery provision, Sec 377 on non-consensual acts: What House panel wants in penal code

Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Bill, introduced in Lok Sabha in August to replace IPC, has also sought to introduce a new provision dealing with crimes linked to mob lynching and hate.

Avoiding ‘unnecessary’ arrests in dowry cases — Calcutta HC’s new guidelines for cops & courts

SC judgment last month asked HCs & DGPs to issue circulars to ensure police & lower courts strictly follow arrest guidelines established in 2014 Arnesh Kumar case.

‘Poorly drafted, Hindi titles unconstitutional’ — Oppn MPs’ objections over criminal law overhaul bills

The three bills that seek to replace IPC, CrPC and Indian Evidence Act were referred to 28-member parliamentary panel on Home Affairs on last day of monsoon session for scrutiny.

No sedition in Modi govt’s bill to replace IPC, but jail time for those who ‘excite…secession’

Amit Shah introduces Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023 in Lok Sabha. Bill sent to Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs.

Have communal killings gone up or down? NCRB data show 12% fall in toll from 2006-13 to 2014-21

In last eight years since 2014, 2020 had the most communal killings reported at 62. Barring 2013 (71) & 2020, toll has never crossed 50 in any single year.

‘Suspicious prosecution plot’: Court order acquitting Union MoS Baghel in Sec 144 violation case

Pointing to inconsistencies in witnesses’ statements, all the witnesses being police personnel & lack of video evidence, Agra court acquits SP Singh Baghel in 7-year-old case.

Victim or criminal? How law finds itself in knots when a battered woman kills her abuser

Courts are coming up with different understanding & versions of battered women syndrome to adjudicate such cases, but stakeholders say more clarity from law, judiciary required.

After Chandigarh University row, cleaner at Kanpur hostel held for ‘making obscene videos’

Accused was allegedly cornered after a woman at private hostel noticed a mobile kept near the door while she was bathing. Hostel warden & caretaker also held.

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India’s ancient wisdom could save the future of AI. Build with wisdom, not just engineering

Each billion dollars we spend on GPUs and AI hardware is akin to planting more neurons in the simulated brain we are building. And this brain is expanding — quickly.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Indian firm sets up titanium, superalloy plants to meet global need. Safran, Dassault, BAE line up

PTC Industries is investing Rs 1,000 cr in 4 manufacturing plants in UP, has already started supplying titanium parts to BAE Systems for its M-777 howitzers that India also uses.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.