Tag: CrPC

CrPC amendment bill is violative of Article 21: Congress

Congress MP Manish Tewari said: "The Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill 2022, which is a derogation of Article 20 sub article 3 and Article 21 of the Indian Constitution, highlighted that the bill is beyond the legislative competence of the House and against the fundamental rights of our citizens."

March 28, 2022

Lesson from Sitalkuchi

The writer is Senior Fellow Institute of Social Sciences, a former Director General of the National Human Rights Commission and former Director, National Police Academy.

May 28, 2021

Prohibitory notices issued to 4,000 people in Aligarh ahead of Friday prayers

Police have identified eight spots in the town which fall in sensitive areas and organised meetings with local leaders to maintain peace.

February 28, 2020

SC sets aside criminal code, empowers judicial magistrates to direct accused for voice samples

The Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) does not have provisions that allow judicial magistrates to direct the accused to give voice samples.

August 2, 2019

Amendment to CrPC has been proposed for NRI marriage issue: Maneka

The problem of women being abandoned in NRI marriages is a grave issue and the government of India has taken steps to provide coordinated support to women facing problems in their marriage to NRIs

July 28, 2018

A one-sided law

The Indian law on adultery is out of sync with the times, has an inherent gender-bias and treats the wife as the personal property of the husband. Several times in the past the law had been challenged on various grounds but each time the courts had upheld its Constitutional validity. But now the Supreme Court...

February 1, 2018

Dera chief’s sentencing: Schools, colleges shut in Punjab, Haryana

With  the special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court set to pronounce the quantum of  punishment in the rape case against Dera Sacha Sauda (DSS)  chief, Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh on Monday, an uneasy calm prevailed in Haryana and Punjab on Sunday even as both state governments taking precautionary steps to prevent any untoward incident. In order to...

August 27, 2017