The Supreme Court has ordered that the Allahabad High Court's ruling which observed that acts like grabbing a woman's breast, breaking her pyjama-string and dragging her underneath the culvert are insufficient to charge the accused under provisions pertaining to Attempt to rape or Rape un
The Lieutenant Governor of the National Capital Territory of Delhi, Vinai Kumar Saxena, visited Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL), Rohini, on December 1, 2025, to review the progress in the laboratory with respect to the implementation of the New Criminal Laws. Forensic evidence reports a
India's new criminal laws, which came into effect on July 1, 2024, replace the Indian Penal Code, Code of Criminal Procedure, and Indian Evidence Act with the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, and Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, respectively.
The Ministry of Home Affairs and the National Judicial Academy, Bhopal, hosted a two-day National Conference on three New Criminal Laws in Bhopal on 8-9 November 2025.
Amit Shah inaugurated a state-level exhibition on new criminal laws in Jaipur and performed the ground-breaking for investment proposals worth Rs 4 lakh crore today.
Noting a remarkable jump in conviction rate in Rajasthan from 42 per cent to 60 per cent within one year, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday expressed confidence, saying the rate will rise as high as 90 per cent once the new three criminal laws are fully implemented across the state.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated the grand exhibition of "Nav Vidhan: A New Identity of Justice," which is based on new criminal laws, at the JECC, Sitapura, on Monday. Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma and acting Chief Justice of the Rajasthan High Court, Sanjeev Prakas
Addressing a public gathering in Jaipur, Shah reflected that India's judicial system has developed a reputation for delaying justice. He emphasised that the new criminal law will change that.
The exhibition, set to open today, marks one year since the implementation of the new criminal laws--the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, and Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam--which came into effect on July 1, 2024. The exhibition will run from October 13 to 18.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday described the three new criminal laws that came into force on July 1, 2024, as a landmark in India's legal history, calling them the "biggest reform of the 21st century."