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‘No one has the right to take a life’: Madras HC upholds life term for parents who poisoned 9-year-old mentally disabled daughter

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The Madras High Court dismissed an appeal from a couple convicted of murdering their mentally disabled daughter by poisoning. The court ruled that parents have an absolute duty to care for their children, regardless of disabilities, and personal hardship never justifies taking a life.
Crime

Love Jihad in Uttarakhand: Shahnawaz posed as Sonu to lure a Hindu woman, pressurised for physical relations and religious conversion, arrested

Divya Bharti -
Police in Khatima arrested Shahnawaz for allegedly posing as a Hindu named “Sonu” to deceive a 19-year-old colleague. The victim reported that he pressured her for religious conversion and physical relations after she discovered his true identity via his Aadhaar card.
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Kali Mata idol found dressed as Mother Mary in Chembur Temple, Mumbai

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A priest in Mumbai’s Chembur area was arrested for dressing the Goddess Kali idol as Mother Mary. While the priest claimed the goddess requested this in a dream, outraged devotees filed a complaint. Police have charged him under Section 295A for hurting religious sentiments.
News Reports

As BNS gets implemented, here are some important changes: From stricter punishment for sexual offences to strict timeline for case resolution

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The Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita proposes community service as an alternative to custodial form of punishment for petty crimes.
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Bar Council of India appreciates the removal of colonial, outdated criminal laws by replacing them with three new laws

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The Bar Council of India acknowledges the positive features embedded in the three new criminal laws
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Home Minister Amit Shah launches reference books on three new criminal laws, the books give comparisons of new laws with old ones

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Home Minister Amit Shah introduced the reference books on the three recently enacted transformative criminal justice laws passed by Parliament on Saturday.
News Reports

‘Mr 420’ is now ‘Mr 316’: How sections for criminal offences have been changed in BNS as compared to IPC

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Several sections of the IPC, which were afresh in the public mind about certain offences, have been moved to different sections under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).
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A new criminal justice era begins in India, three momentous bills replacing IPC, CrPC and Evidence Act passed by Rajya Sabha

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Bharatiya Nyaya (Second) Sanhita 2023, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha (Second) Sanhita 2023, and Bharatiya Sakshya (Second) Bill 2023 replace IPC, CrPC and Evidence Act.
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New Criminal Law has provision of trial in absentia for fugitives hiding in other countries: Home Minister Amit Shah

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Amit Shah said that the new criminal law bills have a provision of trial in absentia for those who are "hiding in other countries" for terror acts and other offences in India.
Opinions

Why Section 195 of Draft Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita needs relook: A ‘religiously neutral provision’ that may end up criminalising criticism of Muslim separatism

Nupur J Sharma -
On the 11th of August, Home Minister Amit Shah introduced 3 new bills to revamp the criminal justice system of India. These bills Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita and Bharatiya Sakshya Bill will replace the Indian Penal Code, Criminal Procedure Code and the Indian Evidence Act respectively.

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