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Break from colonial past: Highlights of India's new criminal justice bills
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The recent criminal justice reform in India marks a significant shift in priorities, placing crimes against women, children, and the nation at the forefront. This stands in stark contrast to colonial-era laws, where concerns like treason and treasury offences outweighed the needs of ordin
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Delhi HC issues notice to ED on Jacqueline's plea seeking quashing of FIR,
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The bench of Justice Jyoti Singh sought ED's response after hearing the arguments at length. The bench fixed January 29, 2024, for further hearings.
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"Those hiding in other countries...trial in absentia introduced": Amit Sha
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday said that the new criminal law bills have a provision of trial in absentia for those who are "hiding in other countries" for terror acts and other offences in India.
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Rajasthan: 13-year-old minor girl raped for 10 days in Ajmer
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
A case has been registered under a section of the Prevention of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), the police said.
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Sanjay Raut booked for sedition over objectionable article on PM Modi in '
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut in big trouble as an FIR has been filed against him on charges of sedition and other offences. This is due to an allegedly objectionable article he wrote against Prime Minister Modi in the party's publication, 'Saamana'.
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Himachal HC quashes FIR after POCSO accused, victim solemnise marriage
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Himachal Pradesh High Court on Friday quashed an FIR filed under relevant sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and Indian Penal Code (IPC) after observing that the accused and the victim solemnised marriage and a 'compromise' was reached between both the pa
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Kerala: Fast Track Court awards 40 years imprisonment, fine of Rs 20,000 t
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Kerala special Fast Track Court has sentenced a woman to 40 years of rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs 20,000 in a Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) case on Monday.
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WB: LoP Suvendu Adhikari writes to ED director, I-T, Health ministry, alle
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
The Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, on Saturday wrote to the Enforcement Directorate (ED), alleging a scam in the purchase of PPE kits and other medical equipment during the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 and 2021.
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European Parliament reach provisional agreement on environmental crime law
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
The new directive aims at establishing minimum rules on the definition of criminal offences and sanctions in order to better protect the environment, replacing the previous 2008 directive, which has become obsolete in the face of developments in EU environmental law.
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Odisha Economic Offences Wing unearths huge crypto ponzi scam
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
On November 15 while he was trying to escape from India to Dubai, he was intercepted and detained by BOI at Jaipur International Airport under intimation to EOW, Odisha. The EOW team went to Jaipur and arrested the accused.
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'Kya chal raha hai India mein?': Ashneer Grover after being stopped at air
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
A day after being prevented from boarding a flight following a Look Out Circular, former BharatPe founder Ashneer Grover said on Friday that he hadn't received any communication or summons from the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) since May until this morning.
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Pune police register multiple FIRs, book 9 persons for allegedly disrespec
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Pune police has registered multiple offences after it found flag stickers of Israel pasted in various locations on the streets of Pune on Saturday.
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