India's British-drafted penal code includes some highly problematic provisions, which define "sedition" far too vaguely, criminalize homosexual acts, and allow for the prosecution of adultery (but ...

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 ...

New Delhi — India's government has told the country's Supreme Court that criminalizing marital rape would be "excessively harsh," as it opposes petitions with the court seeking to amend a British ...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code, which criminalises cruelty towards women by their husbands or in-laws, does not violate the right to equality guaranteed ...

NEW DELHI, May 12 (Reuters) - Authorities in an Indian state want to ban polygamy as part of a bid by the Hindu-nationalist central government to standardise the civil code across the country.

Supreme Court Ruling on Arrest Procedures On Thursday, the Supreme Court of India ruled that the obligation to provide ...