Union Home Minister Amit Shah batted for the need to replace the IPC, CrPC and the Evidence Act stating that any law becomes “out of date” after 50 years while citing the change in the scale of crime.

Enacted way back in 1860, Indian Penal Code has long been reviled for its Victorian attitude to sexual offences. NEW DELHI: Enacted way back in 1860, Indian Penal Code has long been reviled for its ...

Lok Sabha has passed the Bharatiya Nyaya (Second) Sanhita, 2023 bill, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha (Second) Sanhita, 2023 and Bharatiya Sakshya (Second) Bill (BSB) 2023, which will replace the Indian ...

Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde on Tuesday cited the 153-year-old IPC to defend his proposal for lowering the consent age for sex to 16 years, days after the anti-rape Bill passed by Parliament ...

People convicted of petty offences like defamation and drunken misconduct in public may soon get away with community service as a form of punishment, with Union Home Minister Amit Shah introducing the ...

Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde on Tuesday cited the 153-year-old Indian Penal Code to defend his proposal for lowering the consent age for sex to 16 years, days after the anti-rape Bill passed ...