The Supreme Court has ruled that a dowry demand is not required to establish the crime of cruelty under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code. The court emphasized that cruelty, whether physical or ...

Manikrao Kokate, an MLA from Sinnar constituency in Nashik district, was convicted in connection with illegal acquisition of ...

Justice C. Hari Shankar, hearing a petition on the crucial issue of marital rape, in 2022, upheld the exception under Section ...

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 ...

Assets worth more than Rs 10 crore of the director of 2010 movie 'Enthiran' facing charges of plagiarism and copyright ...

A bench took note of Section 74 of the Juvenile Justice Act and the fact that the circulation of notice issued to the SHO was ...

Most of us are very sensitive to social justice issues, and UN organizations remind us of this at various times during the year. Within social justice however, nothing makes for a more substantive ...

To enable married women and make them able to speak up for themselves, here are some important legal rights that all married ...

Union Home Minister Amit Shah reviewed the implementation of new criminal laws in Jammu and Kashmir with Chief Minister Omar ...