A bench comprising the Chief Justice of India NV Ramana, Justice Surya Kant and Justice Hima Kohli has taken up the petitions challenging Section 124AWhile issuing notice on the petitions in July 2021, the CJI had...
The Delhi High Court is set to pronounce its verdict today in a batch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of Exception provided in Section 375 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). The exception effectively provides...
Section 124A of IPC states that whoever “brings or attempts to bring into hatred or contempt, or excites or attempts to excite disaffection towards the government in India” can be held to have committed sedition. In normal...
The Criminal Procedure (Identification) Act allows Police to collect finger impressions, palm prints impressions, footprint impressions, photographs, iris and retina scans, physical and biological samples. It also permits the authorities to collect behavioural attributes including signatures,...
