The issue of marital rape in India has ignited considerable legal and societal debate, with Section 375 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) --- now reintroduced as Section 63 of the Bhartiya Nyay Sanhita - ...

Section 211 of the Indian Penal Code is an important provision that deals with the offense of false charges of an offense made with the intent to cause injury. This provision is aimed at preventing ...

Among the three laws replacing India’s centuries-old criminal laws proposed by Union home minister Amit Shah in the ongoing Monsoon Session of Parliament was the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, ...

The Kerala High Court, in a recent ruling, clarified that a minimum of five persons are required to attract the offence of ...

NEW DELHI: In what may result in the first review of the new Indian criminal codes, the Centre has started discussions on the misuse of Sections 85 and 86 of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS) that ...

Senior advocate and nominated MP Mahesh Jethmalani told the Rajya Sabha on Thursday that he will miss some parts of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), especially section 420 that is imprinted in everyone's ...

KOCHI: A man or his relatives cannot be held guilty for cruelty towards a woman under section 498A of the IPC if there was only a live-in relationship and no solemnisation of marriage, the Kerala High ...

Police here took the unprecedented step of invoking IPC Section 376 (3) in a case involving the alleged rape of an 11-year-old girl by her brother-in-law. Following the directive of SP Atul Sharma, a ...

The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) Bill which is proposed to replace the British-era Indian Penal Code (IPC) does away with two contentious provisions on unnatural sex and adultery that were diluted ...