Mumbai, March 29 A sessions court in Mumbai has directed a magistrate to issue summons to former Maharashtra Director General of Police Satish Mathur and other senior officers for failing to register an FIR against MHADA officials in a complaint of alleged fraud.After issuing the summons, the...
acb
anti-corruption bureau
cognizable offence
corruption
criminal investigation
criminalprocedure
fir
first information report
fraud
kamlakar shenoy
legal proceedings
maharashtra housing and area development authority
mhada
mumbai sessions court
police misconduct
satish mathur
New Delhi, March 27 The government on Friday introduced a bill in the Lok Sabha to amend certain provisions to decriminalize and rationalize minor offenses, further promoting ease of doing business and living.The Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill, 2026, was introduced by Minister of...
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central acts
commerce and industry
criminalprocedure
decriminalization
ease of doing business
ease of living
fines and penalties
india
indian law
jan vishwas bill
legislative amendment
lok sabha
parliamentary process
select committee
Gandhinagar, March 25 The Gujarat legislative assembly on Wednesday unanimously passed a bill to amend an existing law, removing provisions related to terrorism so that they do not overlap with the Centre's new criminal code.The Gujarat Control of Terrorism and Organised Crime (Amendment)...
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bharatiya nyaya sanhita
criminal law
criminalprocedure
gujarat assembly
gujarat control of terrorism and organised crime act
india
law amendment
organized crime
state legislation
Mumbai, March 25 The Maharashtra legislative council on Wednesday unanimously passed the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (Maharashtra Amendment) Bill 2026 to include provisions in the Shakti Bill to protect the identities of victims of acid attacks and ensure imprisonment for online sexual harassment...
acid attacks
bharatiya nyaya sanhita
criminal law amendment
criminalprocedure
digital communication
disha act
electronic harassment
ipc (code of criminalprocedure)
maharashtra
maharashtra legislative council
online sexual harassment
pocso act
punishment
sexual offences
shakti bill
Mumbai, March 25 – The Maharashtra Assembly passed the Bill presented by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to amend the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) on Wednesday, effectively integrating the stringent provisions of the Shakti Act into the new national criminal code and incorporating two...
New Delhi, March 23 Questioning the "insensitive" approach of the Gurugram Police and the magistrate who examined a three-year-old rape victim, the Supreme Court on Monday directed the Gurugram police commissioner and the investigating officer to appear before it on March 25 with all the probe...
Bengaluru, March 18 A bill aimed at preventing crimes committed in the name of "honor" and tradition, and to penalize any conduct that interferes with individual freedom of choice in marriage, was tabled in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly on Wednesday.The Karnataka Freedom of Choice in...
basavanna
criminal justice
criminalprocedure
district magistrate
family law
honor crimes
karnataka law
karnataka legislative assembly
legal reform
marriage rights
prevention of violence
protection of rights
special fast track court
tax amendment bill
tax compliance
taxation
New Delhi, March 13 A day after three members of a family in Fatehpur district, Uttar Pradesh, allegedly committed suicide due to threats of being falsely implicated in SC/ST cases, a petition was filed in the Supreme Court on Friday seeking directions to allow a person or victim to file a...
Kolkata, March 12 Taking a stern view of a sessions court judge not following proper procedure in convicting and awarding the death sentence to an accused, the Calcutta High Court on Thursday acquitted him of the charge of murder.A division bench said that the court of the Additional District...
New Delhi, March 11 The Delhi Police issued a clarification on Wednesday, refuting claims and rumors that a minor involved in the Uttam Nagar murder case was missing.The police stated that two minors have already been apprehended in connection with the incident. This is in addition to the 14...
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criminalprocedure
delhi police
encroachment removal
holi celebrations
jj colony
juvenile justice board
minor arrests
municipal corporation of delhi
murder investigation
observation home
police deployment
prevention of atrocities act
social media monitoring
uttam nagar murder case
violence
New Delhi, March 11 Former Delhi chief minister and AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal, along with other accused in the excise policy case, on Wednesday urged the Chief Justice of Delhi High Court, D K Upadhyaya, to transfer the CBI's plea against their discharge in the case by the trial court from...
Kolkata, March 9 The Calcutta High Court cancelled the bail granted to a builder in a fraud case by a lower court, holding that the liberty of an accused cannot be protected by an order "born in sin".Justice Uday Kumar observed that a bail order which is unsigned or partially initialled, lacks...
administrative discipline
bail cancellation
calcutta high court
cossipore police station
criminalprocedure
displacement allowance
fraud case
judicial authentication
judicial orders
north kolkata
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property redevelopment
suvendu saha
tenant rights
west bengal state judicial academy
Sultanpur (UP), March A special court for MPs/MLAs here on Monday has scheduled March 12 for hearing arguments in a 2018 defamation case against the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha and Rae Bareli MP Rahul Gandhi, related to his remarks against Union Home Minister Amit Shah.Advocate...
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bjp
court proceedings
criminalprocedure
defamation law
district cooperative bank
karnataka elections
lok sabha
political law
political vendetta
rae bareli
rahul gandhi
section 313 crpc
special court
vijay mishra
Prayagraj/New Delhi, March 1 – The Allahabad High Court has criticized Prayagraj police officials for the arrest and delayed release of a man in an Arms Act case, stating that their conduct constituted a violation of the Supreme Court's directions regarding arrests in offenses punishable with up...
New Delhi, February 26 A Delhi court has overturned a trial court order declaring a man a fugitive in a 2015 case, stating that the mandatory provisions under Section 82 of the Code of Criminal Procedure were not strictly followed.Section 82 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) pertains to...
New Delhi, February 25 The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought the response of the city police to a plea filed by Congress leader Alka Lamba challenging an FIR and charges against her in a case related to an assault on police personnel during a protest at Jantar Mantar here in 2024.Justice...
Bengaluru, February 7 Karnataka DGP M A Saleem has issued fresh guidelines on the registration of FIRs related to social media posts, observing that they are being registered "mechanically, without undertaking preliminary inquiries."A circular in this regard was issued by the office of the...