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Del HC: Can File for Pre-Arrest Bail in FIR U/S 376(3) IPC if Incident Happened Prior to 2018(11.01.2023)
Delhi High Court has held that there is no bar to file anticipatory bail under section 438(4) of CrPC in FIR registered under Section 376(3) of Indian.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Anticipatory Bail, Criminal Law (Amendment) Act
Lok Sabha Passes Bill to Provide Death to Child Rape Convicts(31.07.2018)
Lok Sabha has passed the Criminal Law Amendment Bill, clearing the way to award death penalty to convicts of child rapes in the country.
Tags : Lok Sabha , Criminal Law, Amendment
Rajya Sabha Approves Death Penalty for Child Rape(07.08.2018)
Rajya Sabha has passed a crucial bill seeking to provide death penalty to those convicted of raping girls below the age of 12 years.
Tags : Rajya Sabha, Criminal Law
President Gives Assent to Criminal Law (Amendment) Act(13.08.2018)
President Ram Nath Kovind has given assent to Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2018, that provides for stringent punishment, including death penalty for .....
Tags : Criminal Law, Amendment
BCI: Bar Associations to Refrain from Protests and Agitations Against New Criminal Laws(27.06.2024)
After receiving representations from several bar associations expressing concerns about the new criminal laws, the Bar Council of India has appealed t.....
Tags : Bar Associations, Criminal Laws, Bar Council of India
7 Member Committee Constituted by WB Government to Review Newly Implemented Criminal Laws(18.07.2024)
West Bengal Government has constituted a seven member committee to review the newly implemented criminal laws to determine whether there is a requirem.....
Tags : WB Government, Seven Member Committee, Criminal Laws
Mad. HC: Proposed Changes in Criminal Laws Could have been Brought Through Amendments(19.07.2024)
Madras High Court while listening to Public Interest Litigations (PILs) challenging the constitutionality of the three new criminal laws, has observed.....
Tags : Madras High Court, Public Interest Litigations, Criminal Laws
Kerala HC: No Fundamental Right for Citizen to Have Title of Laws in Language that is Familiar(21.08.2024)
Ker. HC while dismissing a PIL that challenged the Hindi names of the three new criminal laws, has observed that there is no fundamental right for a c.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Fundamental Right, Criminal Laws
WB Govt. Passes 'Aparajita Woman and Child (West Bengal Criminal Laws Amendment) Bill, 2024'(04.09.2024)
West Bengal Government has passed the Aparajita Woman and Child (West Bengal Criminal Laws Amendment) Bill, 2024 that seeks to amend the prescribed pu.....
Tags : WB Government, Sexual Offences, Criminal Laws
SC: Concerning that Criminal Law is Being Used Against Men Once Consensual Relationship Ends(27.11.2024)
SC has observed that it is evident from large number of cases decided by this Court that there is a worrying trend that consensual relationships going.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Criminal Law, Consensual Relationship
SC: Amendment in Criminal Laws Beneficial to Accused Can Be Applied in Pending/Earlier Cases(04.11.2019)
Supreme Court has observed that if the amendment in a criminal law is beneficial to the accused persons, it could be applied with respect to earlier c.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Amendment in criminal law
Supreme Court: Criminal Law Not a Tool for Civil Disputes or Personal Vengeance(25.09.2025)
Supreme Court quashed a criminal case where an FIR was filed in a purely civil dispute that was wrongly given a criminal angle. The Court criticized t.....
Tags : Criminal Law, Civil Disputes, Vengeance
President Promulgates Criminal Law (Amendment) Ordinance(23.04.2018)
President has promulgated Criminal Law Amendment Ordinance, 2018 to amend Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act to pave way for death penalt.....
Tags : Criminal Law Amendment Ordinance, Rape
Madras HC: No Ex Parte Hearing, Disposal in Criminal Law(07.07.2016)
Madras HC has said that ex parte hearing, disposal, conviction or sentences are concepts unknown to criminal law and hence neither trial nor appeal ag.....
Tags : Madras HC , Criminal Law, Ex Parte Hearing
Bombay High Court Upholds States Rule-Making Power Under Criminal Law Amendment Act 1932(14.04.2017)
Bombay High Court has examined whether State retains powers conferred by Section 10 of Criminal Law Amendment Act of 1932 to make certain offences cog.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Criminal Law Amendment Act 1932
Centre Notifies Date for Enforcement of Criminal Laws Replacing IPC, CrPC, Evidence Act(26.02.2024)
Central Government has notified that the three criminal laws Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita and the Bharatiya Sakshya Adh.....
Tags : Enforcement, Criminal Laws, Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam