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The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) (IAST: Bhāratīya Nyāya Saṃhitā; lit. ' Indian Justice Code ') is the official criminal code in India.It came into effect on 1 July 2024 after being passed by the parliament in December 2023 to replace the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
The title of two popular Hindi films – Chachi 420 (in English: Trickster Aunt, a 1997 remake of Mrs. Doubtfire) and Shri 420 (in English: Mr. 420, a 1955 film) – are direct references to Section 420 of the IPC.
The Indian Penal Code (IPC) was the official criminal code in the Republic of India, inherited from British India after independence, until it was repealed and replaced by Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) in December 2023, which came into effect on 1 July 2024.
The Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Religious Conversion Ordinance, 2020 (Hindi: उत्तर प्रदेश धर्म विधि विरुद्ध धर्म संपरिवर्तन प्रतिषेध अध्यादेश, romanized: Uttara Pradēśa Vidhi Virudha Dharma Saṁparivartana Pratiśēdha Adhyādēśa, 2020), referred to as the Love Jihad ...
On 11 August 2023, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita Bill, 2023 was introduced by Amit Shah, Minister of Home Affairs, in Lok Sabha. [5] [6] [7]On 12 December 2023, the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita Bill, 2023 was withdrawn.
Section 295(A) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) was enacted in 1927 [4] by the British Parliament. A book, Rangila Rasul, was published in 1927. The book concerned the marriages and sex life of Muhammad. On the basis of a complaint, the publisher was arrested but later acquitted in April 1929 because there was no law against insult to religion.
Naz Foundation (2013): [19] Upheld and reinstated the Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code criminalising Anal sex: This judgement thus overruled Naz Foundation v. Govt. of NCT of Delhi (2009): [20] Decriminalization of homosexual acts involving consenting adults throughout India. Deepika Singh v. Central Administrative Tribunal [21] 2022
The other section of Indian Penal code which deal with obscenity are 292 and 293. The law does not clearly define what would constitute an obscene act, but it would enter the domain of the state only when it takes place in a public place to the annoyance of others.