In Part I, through the cases of Sharat Babu Digumarti v. Govt. of NCT of Delhi and Gagan Harish Sharma v. The State of Maharashtra , we understood the position of law with respect to …
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Simultaneous applicability of the Indian Penal Code and the Information Technology Act: A Problem of Differentiated Protections and Liabilities – Part I
There have been several questions regarding the simultaneous applicability of the Information Technology Act [“IT Act”] and the Indian Penal Code [“IPC”] due to considerable overlaps between the offences provided for in these statutes. The …
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Repeat Sexual Offences and Proportionality of Punishment
The Bombay High Court in Mohd Salim Mohd. Kudus Ansari (Shakti Mills case) recently upheld the constitutional validity of s.376E of the IPC that allows for the death penalty as one of the punishments for …
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