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The Indian Penal Code (Amendment) Act, 1959 52 1959 56 The Indian Penal Code (Amendment) Act, 1961 41 1961 57 The Anti-Corruption Laws (Amendment) Act, 1964 40 1964 58 The Criminal and Election Laws Amendment Act, 1969 35 1969 59 The Indian Penal Code (Amendment) Act, 1969 36 1969 60 The Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 1972 31 1972 61
It has the lowest conviction rate among all the crimes under Indian Penal Code. [7] In 2005, Section 498A IPC was upheld by the Supreme Court of India when it was challenged. [8] In 2010, the Supreme Court spoke about the misuse of anti-dowry laws in Preeti Gupta & Another v. State of Jharkhand & Another and more detailed investigation was ...
One subsection (Section 3(2)(v)) increases the punishment for certain offences under the Indian Penal Code (IPC). These protections can be broadly divided into protection from Social disabilities (denial of access to certain places and to use customary passage and to get water from any spring, reservoir or any other source).
The Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2013 (popularly known as Nirbhaya Act) is an Indian legislation passed by the Lok Sabha on 19 March 2013, and by the Rajya Sabha on 21 March 2013, which provides for amendment of Indian Penal Code, Indian Evidence Act, and Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 on laws related to sexual offences.
Theft under Section 379, 380 and 381 of the Indian Penal Code provided that the value of the stolen property is below ₹ 2,000. Receiving or retaining stolen property under Section 411 of the penal code where the value of the stolen property is below ₹ 2,000.
The State List is a list of 61 (originally 66) subjects in the Schedule Seven to the Constitution of India. The respective state governments have exclusive power to legislate on matters relating to these items. [3] This list is divided into legislative/general part (entries 1 to 45) and taxation part (entries 46 to 63). [4]
Romesh Thappar vs State of Madras [3] 1950 Ban on dissenting media under the Section 9 (1-A) of the Madras Maintenance of Public Order Act, 1949 struck down as unconstitutional. This in-turn led to formulation of the 1st amendment of the Constitution of India which clarified public order can form grounds for reasonable restrictions of free speech.
Section 304B was added to the Indian Penal Code, 1860 ("IPC"), which made dowry death a specific offence punishable with a minimum sentence of imprisonment for 7 years and a maximum imprisonment for life. It provided that if the death of a woman is caused by burns or bodily injury or occurs in suspicious circumstances within 7 years of her ...