While displaying pragmatism of the highest order and striking a notable balance, the Gujarat High Court at Ahmedabad in a ...

Criminal law occupies a pre-dominant place among the agencies of social control and is regarded as a formidable weapon that the society has forged to protect itself against anti-social behaviour. The ...

It is common to see a person, who works against or has done something against the laws, get arrested. In a general term, the word 'arrest' in its normal sense would mean the apprehension, restraint or ...

Observing that different High Courts had held earlier that ‘forest officials are not police officers within the meaning of the Criminal Procedure Code’, Justice J. Sreenivas Rao of Telangana High ...

Accurate scrutiny should begin with precision about what the law actually says, how it functions legally, and where interpretation begins to exceed text. Recent reporting on the Taliban’s January 2026 ...

The Taliban has formally entrenched a class-based justice system in Afghanistan under a newly enacted Criminal Procedure Code signed by its supreme leader, Hibatullah Akhundzada, triggering widespread ...

In January 2026, the Taliban implemented a new Criminal Procedure Code that serves less as a judicial framework and more as a mechanism for total ideological and social control. Signed by Mullah ...

The Taliban has formally entrenched a class-based justice system in Afghanistan under a newly enacted Criminal Procedure Code signed by its supreme leader, Hibatullah Akhundzada, a move that has ...

Dehradun: Uttarakhand high court has clarified that compliance with the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) is mandatory in all criminal proceedings initiated after 1 July 2024, marking a ...

Taliban supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada approved and circulated a new 119-article “Criminal Procedure Code for Courts” on January 4, intended to regulate judicial proceedings in Taliban-ruled ...

At first glance, the criminal code appears to be a typical legal framework. But the state’s goal is not to protect citizens, but to control them. But for Afghans, the war did not end; it only changed.