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Justice over penalty
India needs a principled approach towards criminalisation that favours the delivery of justice over the impetus for punishment.
TN police arrest BJP leader over derogatory remarks against MK,...
24 July 2023 5:48 AMV.A.T Kalivaradhan was arrested from his residence early this morning.
Double Standards: India’s obscenity laws and bodily autonomy
15 July 2023 9:30 AMObscenity laws now extend to the digital space as well. According to the Information Technology (IT) Act, anyone who publishes or transmits obscene...
Mule forced to inhale 'weed'-stuffed cigarette in Kedarnath, man held
25 Jun 2023 12:00 PMHorses and mules are used to ferry pilgrims and their baggage on the trek route to the Himalayan temple.
Avoid invoking Section 420 for money lending cases, PP writes to DGP
15 May 2023 3:37 PMJinnah in his letter said that petitions invoking Section 482 CrPC are mounting before the Madras High Court and Madurai Bench for setting aside cases...
Editorial: Out of the closet, into the mainstream
18 Sept 2020 9:23 PMTwo years after Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, a draconian law which criminalised homosexual relationships was repealed, the issue of...
Taking custody of daughter-in-law's jewellery for safety not cruelty:...
14 Jan 2022 8:04 AMTaking custody of daughter-in-law's jewellery for safety cannot constitute cruelty under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code, the Supreme Court has...
SC keeps in abeyance sedition law till review
11 May 2022 8:52 AMA bench of Chief Justice of India NV Ramana, Justices Surya Kant and Hima Kohli also asked the Central government and States not to register any cases...