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Criminal Law News


Special courts for crimes against children

   07 August 2015 at 10:27

Section 28(1) of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 provides that for the purposes of providing a speedy trial, the state Government shall in consultation with the Chief Justice of the High Court, by notification in the officia ..

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Reforms in Guardianship and Custody Laws

   24 July 2015 at 12:09

The Law Commission in its 257th Report on May, 2015, titled “ Reforms in Guardianship and Custody Laws in India” has recommended for amendments in the Guardians and Wards Act, 1890 and the Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act, 1956. The de ..

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Proposal to move Official Amendments to the Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Bill, 2013

   30 April 2015 at 12:11

The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, gave its approval to amend the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 by pursuing the Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Bill, 2013, pending before the Rajya Sabha by moving official ..

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Investigation Units on Crime against Women

   29 April 2015 at 12:04

In order to augment the capacity of States in the domain of investigation of heinous crimes against women viz. rape, acid attack, dowry death and human trafficking etc., the Ministry of Home Affairs has proposed to set up 150 Investigative Units for ..

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Amendments to the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Bill

   23 April 2015 at 17:06

The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has approved the introduction of Amendment to the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Bill 2014. The amendments to the draft Bill strike a fine balance between the d ..

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Government welcomes SC decision on 66A

   24 March 2015 at 18:18

Following is the text of the statement made by the Union Minister for Telecom & IT, Sh Ravi Shankar Prasad on Supreme Court judgement on section 66-A of IT act: “The Union Government welcomes Hon’ble SC’s decision on 66A. W ..

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Fine for harassment of women at workplace

   19 March 2015 at 19:06

The Supreme Court of India laid down formal guidelines for dealing with sexual harassment at the workplace in the case of Vishakha Vs. State of Rajasthan. The guidelines clearly state that all workplaces should constitute a Complaint Committee to de ..

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Black Money Bill in the current session

   02 March 2015 at 10:41

The Union Finance Minister Shri Arun Jaitley has said that a Bill to enact a new law to deal with black money is to be introduced in the current session of the Parliament. In his Budget Speech in the Lok Sabha here today, giving details of proposed ..

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Deletion of Article 370 of the Constitution

   26 February 2015 at 11:31

There is currently no proposal under consideration of the Government to delete Article 370 of the Constitution. Article 370 was made in the Indian Constitution for continuance of the State of Jammu and Kashmir with the Union of India on the basis ..

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Attempt to suicide

   25 February 2015 at 11:59

The Law Commission of India, in its 210th Report: “Humanization and Decriminalization of Attempt to Suicide” had recommended that Section 309 (attempt to commit suicide) of IPC needs to be effaced from the statute book because that provi ..

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