Much has been said about reforming — dismantling — India’s colonial legacy in the realm of law. In its second avatar, the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill, 2025, for instance, seeks to amend ...

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 ...

The defamation laws in India sit at the uneasy intersection of two critical fundamental rights: The right to reputation, protected as part of the right to life, and the right to freedom of speech and ...

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday (October 13, 2025) described the implementation of the three new criminal laws as a historic reform and the biggest overhaul of India's criminal justice system ...

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 ...

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 ...

On Tuesday in United States v. Cooley, the Supreme Court upheld a power that tribal governments have long assumed they possessed as a basic necessity of ensuring public safety. The court held that ...

India registered the first cases under its new criminal code against street vendors as the laws replacing colonial legislation came into force amid criticism from opposition parties and rights groups.

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 ...