Kolkata: The West Bengal government have reimposed section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) in and around 500 metres of area in seven-gram panchayats, including Sandeshkhali. Sector 144 has been imposed in the area till February 19 to maintain law and order in view of the agitation by the BJP over allegations of … Read more
New Delhi: It was back to the classroom for about 400 Delhi Police officers last week, as they attended three days of lectures organised by the force to prepare them for the on-ground implementation of the three new criminal laws, passed by Parliament during its Winter Session and assented to by President Droupadi Murmu last … Read more
NEW DELHI: Amit Chakravarty, the HR head of NewsClick, moved an application before special judge Hardeep Kaur last week, seeking pardon in a case lodged against him under the anti-terror law UAPA. Hardeep Kaur has posted the matter before a metropolitan magistrate who will record Chakravarty’s statement. In his application, he said he was ready … Read more
Home News ‘Tareekh Pe Tareekh No More’: LS Passes Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2 Other Criminal Code Bills To Replace IPC, CrPC, Evidence Act The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita will replace the Indian Penal Code-1860, the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita will replace the CrPC of 1973 and the Bharatiya Sakshya Bill will replace the Indian Evidence Act … Read more
New Delhi: A parliamentary panel that scrutinised the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) — the law that seeks to replace the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 — has recommended that the use of handcuffs by police for arresting a person accused of ‘economic offences’ should be deleted from Clause 43 (3) of the proposed law. … Read more