Hriday Shah At the break of dawn on the 1st of July, 2024, the Indian Penal Code, Code of Criminal Procedure and the Indian Evidence Act were substituted by the new Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita and the Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal On 1st July 2024, the Jharkhand High Court took suo motu cognizance of an error in the Universal LexisNexis edition of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) Bare Act. The court directed the publisher to issue a corrigendum in Read more
Nithyakalyani Narayanan V The integrity of the Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission (UPPSC) is in question following allegations of rigging in the PCS judicial examination. The Commission has confessed to the Allahabad High Court that 50 answer sheets were tampered Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal Three new laws, namely the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, and Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, have officially replaced the colonial-era Indian Penal Code, Code of Criminal Procedure, and Indian Evidence Act on 1st July 2024. This is Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal In a significant judgment addressing the misuse of law, the Madras High Court ruled on June 21, 2024, that a woman who knew the accused was married with a child cannot claim that her consent was obtained under Read more
K Chakra Pani On 26 June 2024, a Patna Court remanded two accused arrested by the CBI in the NEET Paper Leak case to CBI custody. The accused – Manish Kumar and Ashutosh Kumar, aliases Mukesh and Chintu – were Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal The Bar Council of India (BCI) has urged all Bar Associations and State Bar Councils to avoid protests and agitations against the three new criminal laws – Bharatiya Nyay Sanhiya, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, and Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal The Kerala High Court ruled that the guardian of a minor or the owner of a vehicle driven by a minor can face prosecution under Section 199A of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, even if the minor has Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal The Arbitration Bar of India (ABI) and the Indian Arbitration Forum (AIF) recently addressed their concerns to the Ministry of Finance’s Procurement Policy Division about a new Memorandum that suggests limiting the use of arbitration in procurement contracts. Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal The Bar Council of India (BCI) has decided to halt admissions for seven law schools for the 2024-25 academic year. This move aims to address the proliferation of substandard law colleges across India. Four of these colleges are Read more