A lawyer has moved the Supreme Court challenging provisions of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) that allow ...

Delhi court summons two police officers over Faizan’s 2020 death during riots, following CBI chargesheet and High Court ...

The Patna High Court has described Section 53A of the Code of Criminal Procedure as a “forgotten provision” and observed that ...

The Delhi high court has held that Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code cannot be used to criminalize consensual oral or anal ...

Of the 1,085 death sentences that High Courts across India decided over the last decade, only 106 or 9.77% sentences were ...

The Supreme Court ruled that arrests for offenses punishable by up to seven years should be exceptional, emphasizing notices to cooperate as the norm.| India News ...

The court held that the investigating agency had validly obtained an extension of time to complete the probe after giving the ...

While refusing to halt trial in a rape case, the Allahabad High Court said affidavits attacking the victim’s character were ...

In a key judgment, the Chhattisgarh High Court ruled that if a woman chooses to leave her matrimonial home without a valid ...

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that once charges are framed and trial has commenced, a Sessions Court cannot summon additional accused under Section 213 BNSS without recording ...

The Bareilly district administration has imposed prohibitory orders under Section 163 of the BNSS with immediate effect in view of upcoming festivals, board examinations and intelligence ...