Union Home Minister Amit Shah batted for the need to replace the IPC, CrPC and the Evidence Act stating that any law becomes “out of date” after 50 years while citing the change in the scale of crime.

Lok Sabha has passed the Bharatiya Nyaya (Second) Sanhita, 2023 bill, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha (Second) Sanhita, 2023 and Bharatiya Sakshya (Second) Bill (BSB) 2023, which will replace the Indian ...

People convicted of petty offences like defamation and drunken misconduct in public may soon get away with community service as a form of punishment, with Union Home Minister Amit Shah introducing the ...

Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde on Tuesday cited the 153-year-old IPC to defend his proposal for lowering the consent age for sex to 16 years, days after the anti-rape Bill passed by Parliament ...

The Indian Penal Code 1860 (IPC) used to form the core of criminal law in India. However, in recent years, the Government of India deemed it necessary to review the country's existing criminal laws to ...

NEW DELHI: A PIL has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking a direction to the Centre to set a judicial panel or a body of experts to draft a "comprehensive" and "stringent" penal code for ensuring ...

NEW DELHI: It may have taken more than two decades for Thomas Macaulay to draft the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC). However, the recently concluded winter session of ...

Union Home Minister Amit Shah speaks in the Lok Sabha during the Winter session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023. (PTI Photo) Parliament Winter Session: The Lok Sabha on Wednesday ...

IPC vs CrPC: Understanding the Key Differences Between Indian Penal Code and Criminal Procedure Code India’s criminal justice system is built on two essential legal frameworks—the Indian Penal Code ...