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Death For Lynching, Suicide Decriminalised: Highlights Of New Criminal Laws
The Indian Penal Code will be replaced by the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita as the government seeks to do away with the colonial-era criminal laws.
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Capital Punishment For Mob Lynching: Big Revamp Of Indian Criminal Laws
The government on Friday announced a complete overhaul of colonial-era criminal laws to include maximum punishment for crimes like mob lynching and rape of minors and a new offence of "endangering unity" instead of sedition.
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Amend Laws To Punish Rape Of Dead Bodies: Karnataka High Court To Centre
The High Court of Karnataka has asked the Centre to amend the relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) or bring in new ones criminalizing and providing for punishment for 'carnal intercourse' with corpses.
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"Meaning Of Rape Includes...": Court Verdict On Abortion Marks Big Step On Marital Rape
"A woman may get pregnant to as a result of non-consensual sexual intercourse performed upon her by her husband. Existing Indian laws recognise various forms of violence," said the bench headed by Justice DY Chandrachud.
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A Chronology Of Marital Rape Exception Under Indian Law
IndianPenal Code (IPC) came into force with the marital rape exception being applicable to women above 10 years of age.
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"Even Twitter Has Shown Him The Door": BJP MP's Swipe At Rahul Gandhi
The BJP took swipes at Rahul Gandhi on Friday over Twitter locking his account for violating company policy and Indian laws - by posting photographs that show him with the family of the nine-year-old Dalit girl allegedly raped and killed in Delhi.
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"Are Children Not Citizens?" Top Court Slams Bihar In Shelter Home Cases
The Bihar government was pulled up by the Supreme Court today for not filing cases under the relevant law on allegations of sexual assault on children at shelter homes in the state. The top court was hearing a case of multiple rapes at a shelter home in Muzaffarpur when it found faults in the way the Bihar government has been handling cases, as a p...
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Sexual Intercourse By Man With Wife Not Rape, Centre Tells High Court
The Union government today defended, before the Delhi High Court, the Indian Penal Code provision that says sexual intercourse by a man with his own wife, who is not under 15 years of age, is not rape.
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Can Have Law On Marital Rape But Women Won't Complain: Maneka Gandhi
Months after her statement that "concept of marital rape cannot be applied in the Indian context" created some controversy, Union minister Maneka Gandhi on Tuesday said even if there was a law against it, women are unlikely to complain about this kind of abuse.
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Government to Bring Comprehensive Law to Criminalise Marital Rape
Government on Friday said it will bring a comprehensive law to criminalise marital rape by amending the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and was awaiting the Law Commission report on the issue.
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Can't Keep Live-In Relationships Outside Purview of Rape: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has refused to keep live-in relationships outside the purview of rape under the Indian Penal Code, saying it would amount to giving them the status of matrimony, which the legislature has chosen "not to do".
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India in 'Dereliction of Duty' Over Rapes: UN Watchdog
Indian law enforcement and justice authorities have shirked their responsibility to fight sex attacks, a UN child rights watchdog said on Thursday, amid uproar over the horrific gang-rape and lynching of two girls in Uttar Pradesh.
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India in 'Dereliction of Duty' Over Rapes: UN Watchdog
Indian law enforcement and justice authorities have shirked their responsibility to fight sex attacks, a UN child rights watchdog said on Thursday, amid uproar over the horrific gang-rape and murder of two girls.
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Union Cabinet to discuss bill on anti-rape law today
The Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill, which proposes jail term to a rape convict for his entire life, will be taken up at a special meeting of the union cabinet today, Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde said in Delhi on Monday.
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Family says anti-rape laws could be named after student, but government may disagree
The family of the 23-year-old medical student has said that it would be an honour for new anti-rape laws to be named after her, as suggested yesterday by junior minister Shashi Tharoor. However, sources in the Ministry of Home Affairs say that the changed rape law cannot be named after the victim since in the Indian Penal Code, the Code of Criminal...
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Death For Lynching, Suicide Decriminalised: Highlights Of New Criminal Laws
The Indian Penal Code will be replaced by the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita as the government seeks to do away with the colonial-era criminal laws.
-
Capital Punishment For Mob Lynching: Big Revamp Of Indian Criminal Laws
The government on Friday announced a complete overhaul of colonial-era criminal laws to include maximum punishment for crimes like mob lynching and rape of minors and a new offence of "endangering unity" instead of sedition.
-
Amend Laws To Punish Rape Of Dead Bodies: Karnataka High Court To Centre
The High Court of Karnataka has asked the Centre to amend the relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) or bring in new ones criminalizing and providing for punishment for 'carnal intercourse' with corpses.
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"Meaning Of Rape Includes...": Court Verdict On Abortion Marks Big Step On Marital Rape
"A woman may get pregnant to as a result of non-consensual sexual intercourse performed upon her by her husband. Existing Indian laws recognise various forms of violence," said the bench headed by Justice DY Chandrachud.
-
A Chronology Of Marital Rape Exception Under Indian Law
IndianPenal Code (IPC) came into force with the marital rape exception being applicable to women above 10 years of age.
-
"Even Twitter Has Shown Him The Door": BJP MP's Swipe At Rahul Gandhi
The BJP took swipes at Rahul Gandhi on Friday over Twitter locking his account for violating company policy and Indian laws - by posting photographs that show him with the family of the nine-year-old Dalit girl allegedly raped and killed in Delhi.
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"Are Children Not Citizens?" Top Court Slams Bihar In Shelter Home Cases
The Bihar government was pulled up by the Supreme Court today for not filing cases under the relevant law on allegations of sexual assault on children at shelter homes in the state. The top court was hearing a case of multiple rapes at a shelter home in Muzaffarpur when it found faults in the way the Bihar government has been handling cases, as a p...
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Sexual Intercourse By Man With Wife Not Rape, Centre Tells High Court
The Union government today defended, before the Delhi High Court, the Indian Penal Code provision that says sexual intercourse by a man with his own wife, who is not under 15 years of age, is not rape.
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Can Have Law On Marital Rape But Women Won't Complain: Maneka Gandhi
Months after her statement that "concept of marital rape cannot be applied in the Indian context" created some controversy, Union minister Maneka Gandhi on Tuesday said even if there was a law against it, women are unlikely to complain about this kind of abuse.
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Government to Bring Comprehensive Law to Criminalise Marital Rape
Government on Friday said it will bring a comprehensive law to criminalise marital rape by amending the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and was awaiting the Law Commission report on the issue.
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Can't Keep Live-In Relationships Outside Purview of Rape: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has refused to keep live-in relationships outside the purview of rape under the Indian Penal Code, saying it would amount to giving them the status of matrimony, which the legislature has chosen "not to do".
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India in 'Dereliction of Duty' Over Rapes: UN Watchdog
Indian law enforcement and justice authorities have shirked their responsibility to fight sex attacks, a UN child rights watchdog said on Thursday, amid uproar over the horrific gang-rape and lynching of two girls in Uttar Pradesh.
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India in 'Dereliction of Duty' Over Rapes: UN Watchdog
Indian law enforcement and justice authorities have shirked their responsibility to fight sex attacks, a UN child rights watchdog said on Thursday, amid uproar over the horrific gang-rape and murder of two girls.
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Union Cabinet to discuss bill on anti-rape law today
The Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill, which proposes jail term to a rape convict for his entire life, will be taken up at a special meeting of the union cabinet today, Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde said in Delhi on Monday.
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Family says anti-rape laws could be named after student, but government may disagree
The family of the 23-year-old medical student has said that it would be an honour for new anti-rape laws to be named after her, as suggested yesterday by junior minister Shashi Tharoor. However, sources in the Ministry of Home Affairs say that the changed rape law cannot be named after the victim since in the Indian Penal Code, the Code of Criminal...
