Union home minister Amit Shah said that the new laws will fundamentally transform the Indian criminal justice system in the ...

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday termed the enactment of three new criminal laws as the biggest reform in independent India and said they will make the judicial process process not only ...

Increased conviction rate in Puducherry after implementation of new criminal laws, leading to improved law and order ...

The UN Subcommittee on the Prevention of Torture (SPT) expressed concern Friday after visiting Peru, where it observed serious issues such as prison overcrowding, lengthy pretrial detention, and a ...

AMMAN — The Senate on Wednesday approved the draft laws on cooperatives and virtual assets, and the 2025 amendments to the Penal Code, as received from the Lower House. According to the Jordan News ...

Drawn from colonial penal codes, criminal defamation laws are routinely used to silence critics. Despite regional rulings from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Court and the ...

Article 3 of the draft decree-law that amends certain provisions of the Penal Code promulgated by Law No. 16/1960 stipulates the following: A new clause (No. 8) titled “Debtor’s Evasion of Payment,” ...

The Irish language is set to be used in court in Northern Ireland due to the repeal of a law that is almost 300 years old. A proposal to allow the use of Irish in court was contained in the New ...

Indian penal law does not recognise necrophilia as an offence, SC affirms. By Utkarsh Anand, New Delhi. Feb 05, 2025 06:02 AM IST . Share Via. Copy Link.

Rep. Jones' law is directed at the Texas penal code, which currently states: "A person commits an offense if he engages in deviate sexual intercourse with another individual of the same sex." ...

As a general rule, the Estonian state can prosecute individuals and companies for acts committed within its territory. The law includes certain exceptions, allowing Estonia's Penal Code to apply to ...