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Last verified: June 4, 2026

Culpable homicide vs murder under BNS: Sections 100, 101, 103 and 105 explained (2026)

A senior naval officer came back from sea in 1959 and learned that his wife had been involved with a family friend, a businessman in the city. He drove first to his ship, drew a service revolver on the pretext of a journey, and then went to the businessman...

Last verified: 2026-06-03

Section 413 BNSS (Old Section 372 CrPC): The Victim’s Right to Appeal Explained (2026)

A woman who had been stalked, and whose modesty had been outraged, sat in a trial court and watched the man she accused walk free. The court acquitted him. The State did not appeal. For most of independent India’s legal history, that silence would have been ...

Last verified: 2026-06-03

Criminal Breach of Trust Under Section 316 BNS: Punishment, Ingredients, and Case Law (2026)

A commercial supplier delivered goods to a buyer on credit. The invoices were genuine, the delivery was real, and the only thing missing was payment. When the money did not come, the buyer (the complainant company in the criminal case that followed) di...

Last verified: 3 June 2026

Paper leak laws in India 2026: the central Act, state laws and your rights as a student

In February 2024, the question paper for a police constable recruitment exam in Uttar Pradesh began circulating before candidates had even reached their centres. Roughly 4.8 million applicants had registered. Many ha...

Last verified: 2026-06-03

Directors and officers (D&O) liability insurance in India: law, cost and cover

When the collapsed infrastructure conglomerate imploded under roughly Rs 90,000 crore of debt in October 2018, the people who lost the most sleep were not the executives who ran it day to day. They were the independent directors. The Serious Fraud Investigation ...