Mere use of abusive words like ‘bastard’ during a heated argument does not amount to offence of obscenity under Section 294 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), the ...

A combined reading of Section 141 and Section 149 IPC (supra) show that an assembly of less than five members is not unlawful assembly within the meaning of Section 141 and cannot, therefore, form the ...

The Punjab and Haryana High Court recently ruled that not every case under Section 498A (husband or relative of husband of a ...

The Supreme Court today said that a larger group of judges would re-consider and examine the constitutional validity of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), a law that criminalises sexual ...

Supreme Court of India ruled that merely using abusive words like "bastard" does not amount to obscenity under Section 294(b) ...

The Supreme Court, while re-criminalizing gay sex by upholding the constitutional validity of Section 377 of IPC, unsuccessfully searched for a “uniform test” to classify acts as ‘carnal intercourse ...

The Supreme Court of India on September 6, 2018 in a historic judgement decriminalised homosexuality in India. A five-judge constitution bench led by Chief Justice Dipak Misra and comprising Justices ...

Section 211 of the Indian Penal Code is an important provision that deals with the offense of false charges of an offense made with the intent to cause injury. This provision is aimed at preventing ...

New Delhi [India], June 2 (ANI): The Law Commission of India, in its report submitted to the Law Ministry, has recommended that Section 124A of IPC dealing with Sedition needs to be retained in the ...

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