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Australia
Jones Day
The Australian Federal Parliament has passed the Crimes Legislation Amendment (Combatting Foreign Bribery) Act 2024 ("Act"), some six years after a bill to create a 'failure to prevent' foreign bribery offence was first introduced.
Criminal Defence Lawyers Australia
A parole order will not be made if an offender has not cooperated in locating the victim's body or remains.
Stacks Law Firm
Children aged 10-14 have the common law presumption of doli incapax – they are incapable of committing a criminal act.
Sydney Criminal Lawyers
Discusses mobile speed cameras including how they work, sites, speeding offences etc.
Criminal Defence Lawyers Australia
This proposed change has been labelled as a knee-jerk response to concerns of rising youth crime in NSW.
Preston Law
From 1 Jan 2025 there will be criminal penalties for employers deliberately underpaying or withholding lawful employee entitlements.
Sydney Criminal Lawyers
These activities on roads or road-related areas can be traffic offences with hefty fines and loss of licence.
Sydney Criminal Lawyers
New offences were introduced in 2022 with the aim to better protect NSW frontline emergency and health workers.
India
Metalegal Advocates
In a significant judgment that clarifies the legal boundaries of criminal liability in cases of alleged cheating, the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India (‘SC') in, A. M. Mohan v. State...
Metalegal Advocates
Recently, the Allahabad High Court in Amar Mani Tripathi v. State of U.P.[i] ruled that if an accused summoned for cognizable and non-bailable offences cannot apply for bond under s. 88 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, ...
IndusLaw
The recent enactment of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, and Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 represents a significant departure from the past, empowering India to extend its reach ...
Naik Naik & Company
The substitution of the existing colonial criminal laws with the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita and the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam in 2023...
Pioneer Legal
On March 04, 2024, a seven-judge bench of the Supreme Court held, in Sita Soren vs. Union of India.
AZB & Partners
The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 ("BNS") was enacted on December 25, 2023, repealing and replacing the Indian Penal Code, 1860 ("IPC") as the new penal code of the country.
Khurana and Khurana
In order to limit the imposition of death penalty to extremely narrow band of cases, Forty- two years ago, the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India in Bacchan Singh v. State of Punjab...
S.S. Rana & Co. Advocates
With the rapid advancement of technology, the digital landscape has become a breeding ground for cyber threats, and one of the most prevalent among them is phishing.
Thailand
Tilleke & Gibbins
On March 18, 2024, the president of the Supreme Court of Thailand announced the establishment of a specialized Technology Crime Division within the Criminal Court of Thailand.
Vietnam
Tilleke & Gibbins
Recently, Vietnam has witnessed a dramatic increase in cyber fraud, causing significant financial losses and posing a grave threat to both Vietnamese and foreign entities.
Sarvasuksma
The kidney illegal trafficking between Indonesia and Cambodia has shocked the country recently. This is a classic example of transnational crimes which affect across national borders.
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