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  Nirbhaya act is Indian legislation to protect children and women from sexual offences. Here's everything you need to know about the Act. The Criminal Law (Amendment) Act 2013 ( Nirbhaya Act ) is an Indian law passed by the Lok Sabha on March 19, 2013. Rajya Sabha passed the act on March 21, 2013. It amends the Indian Penal Code, Indian Evidence Act, and Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, to address laws relating to sexual offences. Let’s have a brief about the act Criminal law amendment act 2013: Sexual offences The Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill, 2013, is also known as the Anti-Rape Bill. The Act went into effect on February 3, 2013, in response to the national anger over the deadly gang rape in New Delhi on December 16, 2012. Following the brutal rape incident, the protests in Delhi demonstrated the vastness and gravity of the need for quick reform in Rape Laws across India. This incident received widespread international attention, and the United Nations Entity for Gender Equali...

  The Rowlatt Act , passed by the Imperial Legislative Council in February 1919, gave the British government the power to imprison anyone suspected of anti-British conspiracy ideas for up to two years without trial and convict them summarily without a jury. The Rowlatt Act was called as black law . The act replaced the Defence of India Act (1915), enacted during the First World War, with a permanent statute that gave the British more power over Indians, based on the recommendation of a commission led by Justice S.A.T. Rowlatt.  The Indian leaders, particularly Mahatma Gandhi, opposed the harsh legislation and organised a protest campaign culminating in the horrific Jallianwala Bagh massacre in April 1919 and the ensuing Non-Cooperation Movement. Why was Rowlatt Act imposed? The 'Anarchical and Revolutionary Crimes Act of 1919,' popularly called the 'Rowlatt Act,' was enacted by the British to deter Indians from rising against them by suppressing revolutionary groups and...