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Senior Advocate Adish Aggarwala welcomed the proposed provision of capital punishment in the newly introduced Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) bill

The Centre has introduced several new bills in the Parliament, one of which will be altering several criminal and sexual assault laws, including those mentioned in Section 377.

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, that will replace CrPC, includes several provisions like trial in absentia, use of technology, mercy petitions and other safeguards

The Rajya Sabha MP called on the government to take back the three bills it has brought to replace the Indian Penal Code, 1860, Criminal Procedure Act, 1898, and Indian Evidence Act, 1872, alleging that if such laws become a reality, they would "imperil the future" of the country.

Niger's coup leaders have been reported to have reached a major agreement with President Bola Tinubu-led ECOWAS negotiation team of influential Islamic scholars

President Bola Tinubu's intelligent quotient on international diplomacy was revealed by ex-foreign affairs ministers, Sule Lamido, over ECOWAS vs Niger crisis

Nasir El-Rufai, immediate past governor of Kaduna state was conspicuously absent at the wedding ceremony of his son soon after Senate withheld his confirmation

PDP has accused the APC and President Bola Tinubu of trying to use the Niger political crisis to cause State of Emergency in Nigeria ahead of tribunal outcome

While the IPC does not have any specific section on making false promises of marriage, courts have often seen such cases and currently deal with them under sections of the IPC dealing with rape and consent.

Legal colonial baggage must be shed with prudence and intelligence. Parts and portions that no longer suit the present, archaic words and emotions of ‘disaffection’ termed seditious must be dropped without remorse