Technology forms the bedrock of the new criminal laws, which aim to ensure a faster and more efficient justice delivery system by addressing the long-standing issue of delays, Union Home Secretary ...

India’s president assented Monday to three new post-colonial criminal law reform bills, paving the way for their enactment. The Ministry of Law and Justice of the Government of India officially issued ...

The threat of jail under India's criminal defamation law has had a "chilling effect" on the country's #MeToo movement, the lawyer who successfully defended a female journalist sued by a former ...

Indian law students are reporting for JURIST on law-related developments in and affecting India. This dispatch is from Samar Veer, a third-year law student at National Law University, Delhi and JURIST ...

India’s opposition groups and lawyers have raised concerns about the rollout of new criminal laws, saying the changes are being implemented too hastily and without proper consultation. The government ...

Despite the admittedly admirable objectives behind the new criminal laws, the government has been on the receiving end of severe criticism from experts and 100+ former bureaucrats, alongside the ...

Dharmashastra National Law University, Jabalpur (DNLU) is offering an Advanced Certificate Course on Drafting and New Criminal Laws from November 15 to November ...

All rules under the Data Act (DPDPA), including questions, apprehensions and queries revolving around pre-censorship that ...

Lucknow: In a pioneering initiative, the Lucknow Police has embarked on a mission to educate citizens about the ...

India on July 1 implemented an overhaul of colonial-era criminal laws, praised as a "watershed" movement by the top judge but which critics said could worsen an already glacially slow pace of justice.

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 ...

Upholding justice, SC quashes POCSO case as convict marries victim, balancing law with societal harmony, focusing on justice ...