Fine, as a form of punishment under Indian Penal Law, is a pecuniary penalty imposed by the court upon conviction of an offender. It is one of the recognized punishments under Section 53 of the Indian ...

Union Home Minister Amit Shah will hold a meeting with the Chief Ministers of eight northeastern states in Guwahati on Sunday ...

Decree-Law No. 9 of 2025 has been issued, repealing Article 153 of the Penal Code, which was originally enacted under Law No.

Iran is deploying aerial drones, facial recognition technology, and a mobile application to enforce its mandatory hijab laws, ...

A United Nations report has revealed that Iran is increasingly deploying drones, facial recognition, and digital surveillance ...

The Supreme Court has repeatedly interpreted Article 21 (Right to Life) to include the right to live with dignity, which extends to prisoners as well. Articles 14, 15, 17, and 23 also provide ...

House of Reps has said that a bill to amend Nigeria’s Penal and Criminal Codes, aiming to abolish or reduce the use of the ...

UN report comes against the backdrop of widespread protests against Iran's hijab laws and broader political and social ...

Nigerian Christian leaders are seeking clemency for a Christian farmer given the death sentence for killing a Fulani herdsman ...

A penal law-era piece of British legislation banning the use of Irish in courts has been repealed by the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Hilary Benn. The Administration of Justice ...

But it required the repeal of a penal law from 1737 which made it "a criminal offence to use any language other than English" in court. According to the Northern Ireland Office (NIO), Secretary of ...

So the majority of women who face violence within the confines of their homes do not even report it.