Crpc

Amit Shah tables bill to replace CrPC, IPC & Indian Evidence Act, says sedition law to be repealed

The Bharatiya Sanhita Suraksha Bill, 2023 in Lok Sabha to replace three "19th Century Laws", namely the Indian Penal Code, Code of Criminal Procedure and Indian Evidence Act, says Amit Shah as he tables bill in Lok Sabha on Friday

Capital punishment, lynching, sedition: How criminal laws could change

Home minister Amit Shah introduced three Bills in Lok Sabha today (11 August), with an aim to reform India’s criminal justice system. From capital punishment for mob lynching to repealing sedition law, here are the big modifications proposed by the Centre

'Great step towards decolonisation': Tejasvi Surya hails Bills tabled to replace IPC, CrPC and Indian Evidence Act

Hailing the tabling of Bills to replace the IPC, CrPC and Indian Evidence Act, BJP leader Surya on Friday said "the fact that India had to wait for 75 years to decolonise its criminal justice system speaks volumes of the kind of intellectual and mental slavery that plagued the earlier regimes

'Rising trend of powerful men seeking gag orders': Read NWMI's statement on muzzling of media in cases of sexual assault, harassment

In the context of rape in particular, the trend of the accused seeking to prevent the media from covering trials presents a unique challenge for media reportage.

Lakshadweep bars entry into 17 isles citing threat to national security

The 17 are uninhabited isles of the Union Territory and permission for the entry from the sub-divisional magistrate is required

Marathi actor files plea in Bombay High Court challenging arrest for sharing objectionable post on Sharad Pawar

Ketaki Chitale's plea stated that the police should have given her a notice under Section 41A of the CrPC and allowed her to appear before a police officer

Section 144 imposed in 17 districts of Rajasthan to maintain law and order

The decision was taken a day after the Home Department issued guidelines for organising various events during different festivals

Centre initiates process to amend IPC, CrPC, Evidence Act in consultation with stakeholders

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs in its 146th report had recommended that there is a need for a comprehensive review of the criminal justice system of the country

SC cautions high courts over passing orders against arrest, coercive steps when probe is underway

The court also said that FIR is not an “encyclopedia” that must disclose all the facts and details relating to the offence reported and that courts should not to go into the merits of the allegations when an investigation is in progress

Politics in prosecution: Withdrawing of cases for votes undermines the criminal justice system

The Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), 1973 empowers the Public Prosecutor in charge of a case to withdraw a case, with the consent of the court