{"id":89863,"date":"2019-10-21T17:17:08","date_gmt":"2019-10-21T11:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/factly.forumias.com\/?p=11087"},"modified":"2019-10-21T17:17:08","modified_gmt":"2019-10-21T11:47:08","slug":"indian-penal-code","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/indian-penal-code\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian Penal Code"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>News<\/strong>:The Central Government has constituted two committees comprising legal luminaries to overhaul the Indian Penal Code (IPC) introduced by the British in 1860.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About Indian Penal Code,1860:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The Indian Penal Code (IPC) is the official criminal code of India.It is a comprehensive code intended to cover all substantive aspects of criminal law.<\/li><li>The code was drafted in 1860 on the recommendations of first law commission of India established in 1834 under the Charter Act of 1833 under the Chairmanship of Lord Macaulay.&nbsp;<\/li><li>The Code was passed into law in 1860.The Code came into operation in 1862.<\/li><li>The Code has since been amended several times and is now supplemented by other criminal provisions.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Why reforms are needed in IPC?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The revamping of the code introduced by the British in 1860 is necessary as it is primarily based on the spirit of master and servant.<\/li><li>The complete overhaul is needed as IPC has never been amended in totality after it has been framed.Only some additions and deletions have been made..<\/li><li>There is uneven punishment for crimes of grievous nature.For example snatching of chains or bags on road.It could be life-threatening in some cases but the punishment is not commensurate with the gravity of the crime.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News:The Central Government has constituted two committees comprising legal luminaries to overhaul the Indian Penal Code (IPC) introduced by the British in 1860. Facts: About Indian Penal Code,1860: The Indian Penal Code (IPC) is the official criminal code of India.It is a comprehensive code intended to cover all substantive aspects of criminal law. The code&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/indian-penal-code\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Indian Penal Code<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1234],"tags":[7243],"class_list":["post-89863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-polity-current-affairs","tag-indian-penal-code","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704696551},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89863","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89863"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89863\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}