In the context of the Delhi Excise Policy case, this article problematises the practice of filing multiple supplementary chargesheets. It explains how this practice amounts to an illegal misuse of investigative powers and the effects of it on the accused person’s rights in a criminal trial.
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Three bills were introduced in the Lok Sabha that sought to repeal and replace the Indian Penal Code, 1860, Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, and the Indian Evidence Act, 1872. In the first installment, Project 39A has prepared the document comparing the proposed Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Bill, 2023 (BNS) with the current provisions of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC).
Three bills were introduced in the Lok Sabha that sought to repeal and replace the Indian Penal Code, 1860, Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, and the Indian Evidence Act, 1872. In the third installment, Project 39A has prepared the document comparing the proposed Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 with the current provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.
Three bills were introduced in the Lok Sabha that sought to repeal and replace the Indian Penal Code, 1860, Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, and the Indian Evidence Act, 1872. In the second installment, Project 39A has prepared the document comparing the proposed Bharatiya Sakshya Bill, 2023 with the current provisions of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872.
In response to a recent petition before the Delhi High Court, the Central Government through the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) and the National Crime Records Bureau