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  Home Ministry expedites procedure to amend IPC, CrPC

  India | January 02, 2020 19:57 IST

  Aimed to curb heinous crimes like rape which have shaken the country on many occasions with brutal assaults on minor girls as well as on adult women, and to instil fear of law, the Union Home Ministry has expedited its procedure of seeking suggestions to amend the British-era Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC).

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  UP: Man throws out wife, six daughters from home for 'only giving birth to girls'

  Crime | December 03, 2019 16:00 IST

  A case was registered against the husband and his elder brother under various sections of the IPC, police said, adding that efforts are on to arrest the siblings who are absconding.

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  Life sentence for crushing man under BMW wheels

  India | November 20, 2019 18:54 IST

  The court held him guilty under Sections 302 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code on Monday. It also imposed Rs 3 lakh fine on him.

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  Neither CPI(M) nor me will protect Binoy: Kodiyeri on son facing rape charges

  India | June 22, 2019 17:36 IST

  "Neither my party (CPI-M) nor I will protect Binoy Kodiyeri. He is an adult. He stays as a separate family and is responsible for his actions," Balakrishnan told reporters here in his first public comment on the issue.

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  CBI books ex-MP Ateeq Ahmad for extortion of businessman

  India | June 13, 2019 16:27 IST

  The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a case against Ahmad, former Samajwadi Party (SP) MP from Uttar Pradesh, on the charges of criminal conspiracy, extortion, cheating, forgery, robbery and criminal intimidation, they added.

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  ICAI CA Exams 2019: Admit card for Foundation, IPC, Final released; here's direct link to download online

  Education | May 06, 2019 19:06 IST

  ICAI CA Admit Card 2019: The Institute of Chartered Accountancy of India (ICAI) has released the admit card for the Chartered Accountancy Exams for the foundation, intermediate and final levels. Those who have applied for the exams can download their admit card or hall ticket from the official website -- icai.org, icai.nic.in or icaiexam.icai.org. ICAI will not send physical admit cards to any candidate. Candidates will have to download their admit cards from the official website of ICAI.

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  Supreme Court verdict on adultery: Five-judge bench strikes down anti-adultery law with riders

  India | September 27, 2018 12:03 IST

  Mere adultery can't be a crime, unless it attracts the scope of Section 306 (abetment to suicide) of the IPC: CJI Dipak Misra reading verdict on the validity of Section 497 (Adultery) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC)

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  SC refuses to expand scope of challenge to Section 377 of IPC, hearing to continue today

  India | July 11, 2018 6:55 IST

  The SC bench made it clear that it will only confine the hearing to the constitutional validity of Section 377, which criminalizes homosexuality.

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  Supreme Court notice to Centre on plea against criminalisation of homosexuality

  India | April 23, 2018 17:56 IST

  Owing to Section 377 of the IPC continuing on the statute book, various adult and consenting members of the LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender and Queer) community continue to face the threat of a false prosecution, the plea said.

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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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  Want to sell my wife for Rs. 1 lakh: debt ridden man's facebook post

  India | March 08, 2016 17:30 IST

  Indore: In a bizarre incident, a 30-year-old man from the neighbouring Khargone district in Madhya Pradesh allegedly posted a 'status update' on social networking site Facebook seeking to sell his wife for Rs. one lakh,

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  Bihar court orders registration of case against Kanhaiya

  India | February 17, 2016 8:24 IST

  Munger: A Bihar court today ordered police to register a case against JNU Students Union president Kanhaiya Kumar and others for allegedly raising anti-national slogans at the premier educational institution.Munger Chief Judicial Magistrate Anjana Lal

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  2G case: Court to hear ongoing final arguments on October 28

  India | October 19, 2015 18:43 IST

  New Delhi: A special court today fixed October 28 for hearing the final arguments in the 2G spectrum allocation scam case in which former Telecom Minister A Raja, DMK MP Kanimozhi and 15 others are facing

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  Crimes against women reported every two minutes

  India | September 04, 2015 17:11 IST

  Crimes against women have more than doubled over the past ten years, according to latest data released by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB).As many as 2.24 million crimes against women were reported over the

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  Ex-Coal Secretary, three others granted bail in coal scam case

  India | August 20, 2015 12:00 IST

  New Delhi:  Former Coal Secretary H C Gupta and three others were today granted bail by a special court in connection with a coal scam case relating to allocation of Mahuagarhi coal block in Jharkhand.Special

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  Criminal defamation in IPC should be retained: Government tells Supreme Court

  India | July 12, 2015 23:42 IST

  New Delhi:  The provision for criminal defamation should be retained in the Indian Penal Code as a deterrent against defamatory actions, the Centre has told the Supreme Court.The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in its

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  Allow participation under national flag, India urges IPC

  Other Sports | May 22, 2015 19:45 IST

  New Delhi:  The sports ministry on Friday urged the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) to allow Indians to participate in competitions under their national flag.The ministry also urged the IPC that those who are not included

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  SC to examine whether defamation in IPC unreasonably restrictive

  India | April 08, 2015 7:34 IST

  New Delhi: The Supreme Court will examine whether Indian Penal Code (IPC)'s section 499 relating to defamation and section 500 providing for punishment for defamation travelled beyond the constitutional provision imposing reasonable restriction on the

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  Kerala High Court: Section 494 of IPC applicable to all offenders

  India | February 25, 2015 22:48 IST

  Kochi: The Kerala High Court today held that enforcement of Section 494 of IPC (marrying again during lifetime of husband or wife) is applicable to all offenders irrespective of their religion but subject to personal

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  Lok Adalats to be held in Delhi tomorrow

  India | December 05, 2014 14:32 IST

  New Delhi: In an effort to settle pending cases, Delhi State Legal Services Authority (DSLSA) will organise Lok Adalats in all districts under the Revenue Department tomorrow.Gyanesh Bharti, DC of Revenue Department, said that matters