Supreme Court Hearing On Constitutional Validity Of Section 124A IPC
A bench comprising the Chief Justice of India NV Ramana, Justice Surya Kant and Justice Hima Kohli has taken up the petitions challenging Section 124A While issuing notice on the petitions in July 2021, the CJI had orally made critical remarks against the provision. “Is it still necessary to retain this colonial law which the […]
Marital Rape
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 that charges of rape cannot be attracted against a man who has non-consensual sex with his wife. The High […]
Sedition- Supreme Court Hearing On Constitutional Validity Of Section 124A IPC
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 terms, sedition is an offence when any person through its words, signs, or actions, attempts or brings any feeling of […]
PIL in Delhi HC challenges Criminal Procedure (Identification) Act, 2022
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, handwriting or any other examination referred under Section 53 or Section 53A of CrPC. The Act received Presidential assent […]