ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Interior passed the bill further to amend the Pakistan Penal Code, 1860 and the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 [The Criminal Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2024], ...

The Indian Penal Code 1860 (IPC) used to form the core of criminal law in India. However, in recent years, the Government of India deemed it necessary to review the country's existing criminal laws to ...

The objective of this piece is to explore the extent to which section 76 of the Penal Code, 1860, can protect individuals who merely follow the orders of their superior and apparently have no ...

Lahore High Court’s Justice Shahid Karim struck down Section 124-A of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC), 1860 -– the “sedition” law -- declaring it as ultra vires of the Constitution. The judge announced ...

Though politicians and journalists are the main victims of sedition charges, the federal government has defended Section 124-A of the Pakistan Penal Code-1860 by saying that ‘the section imposed a ...

Adultery was brought under punishment nearly 155 years ago under the Penal Code 1860. Though many provisions of the code had been amended during the span and demand of time, the provisions of adultery ...