A Supreme Court lawyer on how recent legal reforms could affect the country’s minorities. On June 23, authorities arrested Sarju Prasad, a pastor in Uttar Pradesh, for conducting Sunday worship in his ...

In the annals of legal history, certain moments stand out as pivotal junctures that shape the course of a nation’s legal framework. The year 1833 saw one such turning point, when the British ...

NEW DELHI, July 1 (Reuters) - India replaced colonial-era criminal laws with new legislation on Monday, which Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government said would make the country more just, but the ...

In December 2023, India enacted three new criminal justice laws: the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, and the Bharatiya Sakshya Act. The three laws mark a ...

India’s government reintroduced three revised criminal law amendment bills in the lower house of Parliament on Tuesday after withdrawing the three bills, which were initially introduced in August. The ...

NEW DELHI, July 8 (Reuters) - Indian lawyers and activists are urging Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government to put on hold three sets of new criminal laws, arguing they will increase litigation in ...

At this stage, we may note that one of the grounds that weighed with the High Court was that the offences against Respondent No. 1 were triable by a Magistrate. However, the High Court overlooked the ...

In the first such case, after colonial-era criminal laws were replaced with India's new criminal code, eight people have been arrested for lynching a Muslim man for eating beef in a northern state ...

Award-winning lyricist and screenwriter Javed Akhtar has sharply criticised reports of the Taliban formalising domestic violence under a newly signed penal code. His remarks come after the Population ...