The Indian Penal Code 1860 (IPC) used to form the core of criminal law in India. However, in recent years, the Government of India deemed it necessary to review the country's existing criminal laws to ...

Telangana High Court rules forest officials are not police officers, quashing IPC sections in a recent preliminary offence report.

In the annals of legal history, certain moments stand out as pivotal junctures that shape the course of a nation’s legal framework. The year 1833 saw one such turning point, when the British ...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code, which criminalises cruelty towards women by their husbands or in-laws, does not violate the right to equality guaranteed ...

The Supreme Court on Monday held that current penal laws do not allow for the invocation of rape or unnatural offences against a deceased person as it affirmed a Karnataka high court ruling that ...

The Centre today introduced three new Bills in the parliament to overhaul the country's criminal laws. Union Home Minister Amit Shah today moved to repeal and replace the Indian Penal Code, the Code ...

NEW DELHI: The Centre has invoked Section 8 of the General Clauses Act, 1897 to provide for any references to the erstwhile Indian Penal Code (IPC), Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) and the Indian ...

The Kerala High Court recently observed that a woman cannot be charged with sexual harassment under the Indian Penal Code section 345A even if the alleged offence was committed against another woman, ...

Section 420, the once ubiquitous term synonymous with cheating and dishonesty in India, has officially exited the legal landscape. Replaced by Section 318 in the new Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), the ...