Criminal Law

The evolution of white-collar crime in India has necessitated significant legislative reform, culminating in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) 2023, which introduces comprehensive provisions to address modern financial crimes.

Chinese authorities issued the first major update to criminal bribery laws in a decade, lowered thresholds for private-sector corruption crimes, and maintained aggressive enforcement against both bribe givers and receivers. Three senior officials faced prosecution in the first half of 2026, with investigations reaching back decades and emphasizing "family-style corruption" involving relatives who exploited officials' influence for personal gain.

企业控制权争夺中，刑事控告正从权利救济手段异化为博弈工具。本文以职务侵占罪、挪用资金罪、背信损害上市公司利益罪及民企背信罪名为核

The Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS Act) is among the most stringent criminal statutes in India, aiming to curb the menace of drug trafficking and substance abuse. One of the most debated legal concepts under this Act is the idea of "possession" particularly the distinction between "conscious possession" and "mere presence" near narcotic substances.

The Supreme Court of New South Wales recently refused to impose strict post-release supervision on a young man convicted of vandalism and arson, finding that his anti-Israel graffiti constituted political expression rather than antisemitic hate speech. This landmark judgment clarifies the legal boundaries between criticism of a foreign state and racial or religious hatred, while rejecting the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's working definition of antisemitism as too imprecise for Australian la

The evolution of criminal procedural laws in India reflects a delicate balance between ensuring justice and safeguarding individual rights.

New South Wales has introduced permanent legislation allowing police to use metal detector wands to scan people for knives in designated public areas, following successful trial operations that seized 380 weapons. The reforms expand police powers while raising concerns about civil liberties, racial profiling, and the potential for these scans to become stepping-stones for more invasive searches, despite knife crime being at an all-time low in NSW.

The Supreme Court of India has once again reaffirmed the settlement-oriented philosophy underlying cheque dishonour litigation by holding that an offence under Section 138...

The NSW Court of Appeal has struck down sweeping anti-protest laws enacted after the Bondi Beach terror attack, ruling that police powers to ban public assemblies across broad geographic areas violated constitutional protections for political communication. The landmark decision examines whether governments can impose blanket restrictions on peaceful protests during times of heightened security concerns, and what constitutional limits exist on such powers.

中国で人工知能（AI）の「幻覚」を意図的に誘導して虚偽の証拠を作成し、商標権侵害訴訟を起こしたとして、企業に10万元の司法制裁が科された。AIを悪用した証拠捏造に対する司法判断として全国初の事例とされる。（1元は約23.5円）

最高检发布5件知识产权恶意诉讼惩治典型案例，涵盖实用新型专利、外观设计专利、商标权、不正当竞争等多领域检察监督案件。

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