The PIL, filed by Ashwini Upadhyay, who is also a leader of the ruling BJP, is likely to be heard next week. Lawyer and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Ashwini Upadhyay has filed a public interest ...

The Karnataka High Court's observations came after a 58-year-old woman approached the court seeking to quash criminal proceedings initiated by her daughter-in-law in 2026.

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 ...

The Karnataka High Court directed Karnataka State Law University to examine repeater students in the Indian Penal Code (IPC), not the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS). Two students challenged the ...

The Supreme Court questioned the Uttar Pradesh government on why relevant IPC sections weren't invoked in a Noida hate crime FIR from 2021. Hearing the plea of a victim, the bench expressed concern ...

Doctors practising modern medicine have objected to a section in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), which will replace the Indian Penal Code (IPC), on National Doctors’ Day on July 1. Section 304 A of ...

The Telangana High Court, in a recent judgment, has quashed criminal proceedings against a woman arrayed as Accused No.2 in a criminal complaint, reiterating that a girlfriend cannot be construed ...

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday (August 28, 2024) asked the Centre to treat as representation a petition against the exclusion of penal provisions for the offences of unnatural sex and sodomy from ...