From sedition to marital rape: Home panel looks at overhaul of criminal law
(WorldNews India)

From criminalising marital rape, making sexual offences gender-neutral to legalising euthanasia and revisiting sedition — a five-member committee constituted by the Ministry of Home Affairs is looking at a sweeping overhaul of criminal laws. “Does the offence of sedition under Section 124A require omission or any amendment in terms of its definition, scope and cognizability?” is one of the 49 questions that are being considered. The committee, headed by Dr Ranbir Singh, Vice-Chancellor of National Law University, Delhi, has sought a round of online public and expert consultation on substantive and procedural criminal law and the law on evidence. The committee, constituted on May 5, is also...