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 ...

India's parliament on Thursday rushed through the country's biggest criminal justice overhaul since the British colonial era, alarming rights campaigners who say the new laws give authorities too much ...

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 ...

The bench said that the government’s pledge cannot prevent the legislature from introducing the provision in the Bharatiya ...

New Delhi: The Ministry of Home Affairs on Monday released a press release detailing all the historic reforms and amendments made in the year 2024 by the Indian government. "The year 2024 was a year ...

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 ...

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 ...