Section 420, the once ubiquitous term synonymous with cheating and dishonesty in India, has officially exited the legal landscape. Replaced by Section 318 in the new Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 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 ...

We usually call cheats as 420 and it’s a number no one likes to be associated with. Of course, this too has an exception. This number has takers among vehicle owners. A reality check by Bangalore ...

In the absence of a stringent law to punish hoax callers, cops often tweak the law to implicate them in harsher sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). However, the Azad Maidan police have set a new ...

India’s government has moved three bills in the lower house of parliament aimed at overhauling some colonial-era criminal laws, ranging from the controversial sedition law to strengthening laws that ...

Two individuals arrested for Rs 1 crore scam promising overseas jobs. Victims left jobless and cheated of passports and money.

Dilip Chhabria, the founder of India's renowned car modification studio DC Design, has been arrested by the Mumbai Police. The Mumbai Crime Branch, which had charged Chhabria under Section 420 ...

The Chief Judicial Magistrate Court in Coimbatore, which is the Special Court for CBI cases, on Monday awarded four years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) to two persons in a bank loan fraud. Judge K.