The Supreme Court ruled that threatening someone to give false evidence is a cognisable offence under IPC Section 195A. The ...

The Supreme Court of India on September 6, 2018 in a historic judgement decriminalised homosexuality in India. A five-judge constitution bench led by Chief Justice Dipak Misra and comprising Justices ...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday clarified that a complaint from a court is not necessary for the police to register a first ...

The Supreme Court today said that a larger group of judges would re-consider and examine the constitutional validity of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), a law that criminalises sexual ...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday (October 28) ruled that the offense of threatening a witness under Section 195A of the Indian ...

It said offences under sections 193 to 196 of the IPC require a complaint to be made only by those named in section 195(1)(b) ...

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 Union government wanted the Indian Penal Code Section (IPC) that allowed a man to have sex with his wife aged between 15 and 18 to stay. The Section was read down by the Supreme Court on Wednesday ...

In a significant matter related to a case filed by the police against a young doctor after she was tested positive for Covid-19, Chhattisgarh high court has quashed the FIR against her, holding that ...

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 ...