The Punjab government is attempting to bring in a legislation providing for stricter punishment against crimes of sacrilege, ...

The Nulane decision provides a salutary reminder that the allocation of judges to such cases is a highly consequential ...

The inquiry against Justice Yashwant Varma has not merely invited public scrutiny, it has forced open foundational questions about the architecture of our Const ...

People can send their opinions on the draft by July 7 through email on [email protected] and or by post on the address of Senior Assistant Secretary, Justice Section-8, Law and Justice ...

Section 330 CrPC allowed conditional bail for non-violent offenders found incapable of defence. BNSS s.369 now lets courts grant bail in all cases—bailable or otherwise—so long as in-patient care is ...

15 laws and one ordinance recently passed by the 15th National Assembly (NA) and its Standing Committee came into effect on ...

Federal agents detained a possibly undocumented immigrant inside the City Circuit Court last month, marking the first ...

The new criminal laws, Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita and the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, came into effect exactly a year ago, on July 1, 2024. As we mark their ...

Terming the framing and implementation of the three new criminal laws as the biggest reform in Independent India, Union Home ...

In a move aimed at protecting innocent citizens from what has become widely known as the “arrest and case trade”, the interim ...

To prevent harassment in false and fabricated cases, the government has amended Section 173A of the Code of Criminal Procedure, allowing magistrates to discharge accused persons if preliminary ...