The Law Commission of India has addressed torture through various reports, most notably its 273rd Report (2017) and 152nd Report (1994), which proposed comprehensive reforms to prevent custodial ...

The event, held in Guwahati, was attended by Manipur Governor Shri Ajay Kumar Bhalla, Assam Chief Minister Dr. Himanta Biswa ...

Supreme Court questions decade-old laws classifying criminals, as Government reveals 14 States still operate them.

The Supreme Court has repeatedly interpreted Article 21 (Right to Life) to include the right to live with dignity, which extends to prisoners as well. Articles 14, 15, 17, and 23 also provide ...

Union Home Minister Amit Shah led a high-level meeting in Guwahati with Northeastern state leaders to review the ...

Women's safety in India is a huge concern. However, there are several myths associated with the existing laws that people ...

Here Gandhi was building on a reading of colonial power that he first articulated in Hind Swaraj in 1909. One of the most ...

Union Home Minister Amit Shah reviewed the progress of three new criminal laws in India's northeastern states, urging the ...

The three new criminal laws, which were rolled out almost nine months ago across the country, have resulted in over 2.5 times higher conviction rate in Assam compared to the century-old colonial Acts ...

The use of the slur in public to invoke violence clearly qualifies as hate speech. Its use in other contexts may be more ...