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New criminal laws come into force today

New Delhi: The three new criminal laws—Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, and Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023—are set to come into force Today. The Government of India has been actively engaging with…

Cops to be Arrested for not lodging FIRs

The Home Ministry's recent instructions to all the states and union territories will put pressure on the police department as refusing to file an FIR on jurisdictional ground could now cost a police officer a year in prison. The cop will be…

Should We repeal Sedition Law?

By Himanshu Guru: After the arrest of political cartoonist Aseem Trivedi on the charges of sedition, a serious question winks into the mind, how the term ‘sedition’ will be defined? Making a cartoon or mocking at the government is crime? Or…