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 ...

The Union government’s decision to replace the Indian Penal Code, 1860, the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 and the Indian ...

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 8 (Reuters) - India's overhaul of its decades-old criminal justice system has come under criticism from some lawyers and activists who say the changes could increase police powers over ...

Stringent punishment for hit-and-run accidents is being strongly opposed by truckers, as establishing responsibility is not easy on India’s chaotic roads. In December 2023, India enacted three new ...

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 ...

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 ...

NEW Delhi, Aug 11 (Reuters) - India's government moved three bills in the lower house of parliament on Friday aimed at overhauling some colonial-era criminal laws, ranging from the controversial ...