Today, On 28th August, The Delhi High Court gave the Centre six months to address the exclusion of ‘unnatural offences’ from the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), expressing concern over non-consensual acts no longer being punishable. The absence of equivalent provisions in the BNS to address such acts has faced criticism. The Court instructed the government to make a decision within six months.
On Wednesday, the Delhi High Court turned down a request for reconsideration of a decision that dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) targeting Truecaller, accusing the global caller ID platform of infringing on the privacy rights of Indian citizens. Acting Chief Justice Manmohan and Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora, presiding over a division bench, rejected […]
