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  CAA, 3 criminal laws to be notified 'much before' Lok Sabha poll announcement: Sources

  India | January 02, 2024 19:32 IST

  The Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) had triggered massive protests by some Muslim groups against the Modi government in 2019-20. The passage of new criminal laws in the Parliament drew criticism as they got approval from both Houses in the absence of opposition MPs who were suspended.

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  Bill providing for stringent punishment in rape cases in Lok Sabha

  India | July 23, 2018 14:07 IST

  The Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill, 2018, which provides for stringent punishment including death penalty for those convicted of raping girls below the age of 12 years

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  EXCLUSIVE | 'Sex with minor wife is RAPE': How NGO 'Independent Thought' began the battle

  India | October 15, 2017 17:38 IST

  ‘It’s a social reality’ is what kept coming in arguments, but this by no means justifies the deprivation and violation of rights of girls, which is otherwise agreed internationally as well as constitutionally and under various other statutes.

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  Law Commission re-looking into IPC, CrPC; working to bring consistency in criminal law

  India | November 06, 2016 10:27 IST

  Law Commission has commenced work to remove discrepancies and bring consistency in the provisions of criminal law by making them straight and ridding of clauses.

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  China mulls scrapping death penalty for nine crimes

  World | October 27, 2014 11:44 IST

  Beijing: China, accused by rights groups of carrying out world's largest number of executions every year, now plans to cut down death penalty for nine crimes including smuggling weapons and nuclear materials.The draft amendment to

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  Muslim Personal Law can't override criminal law: Court

  India | September 25, 2013 17:28 IST

  New Delhi: Holding that Muslim Personal Law cannot “override” criminal law, a Delhi court has rejected the bail plea of a Muslim man, accused of kidnapping and raping his 17-year-old lover belonging to the same