A combined reading of Section 141 and Section 149 IPC (supra) show that an assembly of less than five members is not unlawful assembly within the meaning of Section 141 and cannot, therefore, form the ...

The Allahabad High Court has observed that a woman is the absolute owner of her 'streedhan' property and a legally wedded ...

Section 211 of the Indian Penal Code is an important provision that deals with the offense of false charges of an offense made with the intent to cause injury. This provision is aimed at preventing ...

“Importance of making the Section 498A compoundable with the permission of the court, can hardly be overlooked or understated," said the Bombay high court recently in a significant order directing ...

Among the three laws replacing India’s centuries-old criminal laws proposed by Union home minister Amit Shah in the ongoing Monsoon Session of Parliament was the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, ...

NEW DELHI: In what may result in the first review of the new Indian criminal codes, the Centre has started discussions on the misuse of Sections 85 and 86 of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS) that ...

The judge emphasised that for a criminal charge of cheating to stick, the intention to deceive must exist at the very start ...

The Allahabad High Court has observed that it is 'wrong' for any person to claim in secular India that a particular religion ...

New Delhi [India], June 2 (ANI): The Law Commission of India, in its report submitted to the Law Ministry, has recommended that Section 124A of IPC dealing with Sedition needs to be retained in the ...

Senior advocate and nominated MP Mahesh Jethmalani told the Rajya Sabha on Thursday that he will miss some parts of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), especially section 420 that is imprinted in everyone's ...