Tag: IPC

Recently, the Kerala High Court ("Court") ruled that media persons, in discussing the contents of a publicly available book, cannot be prosecuted for defamation. The media persons, in conducting such discussions, would be exercising their freedom of speech through engaging in fair comment and criticism. ......

The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 ("BNS"), the legislation that replaced the existing Indian Penal Code, 1860 ("IPC") was brought into effect on July 1, 2024. BNS while introducing various new offences also reformulates certain older provisions and introduces new nomenclature for some offences. . . . ...

The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting ("MIB") amended and notified new provisions of the Cinematograph (Amendment) Act, 2023 on August 4, 2023. To enable such provisions the MIB has introduced the draft Cinematograph (Certification) Rules, 2024 ("Draft Certification Rules") and invited comments on the same....

The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court ("J&K&L Court") in its recent order in Pritam Chand v Dr. Kamal Saini (CRMC No. 758/2017), stated that the press must refrain from publishing content in the newspaper that is manifestly defamatory in nature against an individual. ......

The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Bill, 2023 ("New IPC Bill"), the proposed successor to the existing Indian Penal Code, 1860 ("IPC") was introduced in the Lok Sabha on August 11, 2023. The Bill was tabled along with two other bills: (1) Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita Bill, 2023; and (2) Bharatiya Sakshya Bill, 2023 intended to replace the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 and the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 respectively. ......