The Indian Penal Code 1860 (IPC) used to form the core of criminal law in India. However, in recent years, the Government of India deemed it necessary to review the country's existing criminal laws to ...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code, which criminalises cruelty towards women by their husbands or in-laws, does not violate the right to equality guaranteed ...

While the centenary celebrations of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) occupied a lot of space in political debate and media, the 125th birth anniversary of Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800-59) on ...

Jagdish Punetha, accused of defrauding people through fake investment schemes, has been extradited from UAE to India. He is ...

NEW DELHI: Terming the framing and implementation of the three new criminal laws as the biggest reform in Independent India, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said that they are framed in such ...

A 25-year-old man in Indore was arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a 23-year-old transgender person under the ...

New Delhi — India's government has told the country's Supreme Court that criminalizing marital rape would be "excessively harsh," as it opposes petitions with the court seeking to amend a British ...

The Supreme Court has made several points regarding arrest in its recent ruling. The court stated that if the police arrest ...

Is calling an Indian Muslim a “Pakistani” against the law? In February, the Supreme Court ruled that calling someone “Pakistani” in private may be in poor taste but does not amount to the offence of ...

Ahmedabad: A 26-year-old woman from Thaltej has accused her husband and in-laws of mental and physical harassment, including ...

In Rajasthan’s Chittorgarh district, a court ordered the registration of an FIR against Arushi Jain, the daughter-in-law, for allegedly extorting money and property from her in-laws in a matrimonial ...