The Centre has informed the Supreme Court that landmark judgments on adultery and same-sex relationships were based on subjective 'constitu...

The Indian government is decriminalising minor offences to boost business. This move replaces jail terms with fines, reducing burdens on co...

Menaka Guruswamy made history today by taking her oath as a Member of Parliament. She is the first openly queer MP in India. Guruswamy is a...

India is tackling its overloaded courts by decriminalizing minor offenses. The Jan Vishwas Bill aims to clear millions of pending cases. Th...

Lok Sabha witnessed a debate on the Jan Vishwas bill. The ruling BJP highlighted its role in decriminalising minor offences for ease of bus...

In its Tax Policy Working Paper Series - II: Towards India’s Tax Transformation: Decriminalisation and Trust-Based Governance, released on ...

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced that the government plans to introduce Jan Vishwas Bill 2.0 to decriminalise over 100 provisi...

"When you decriminalise homosexuality, you also realise that these are not one-off relationships, these are also stable relationships...by ...

Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday said the ministry is working on a law to decriminalise certain provisions to promote ...

Decriminalising of provisions under the Indian Telegraph Act, Indian Wireless Telegraphy Act, Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act...

The government will decriminalise 12 compoundable offences under the Act and will omit section 73, which relates to penal provisions in cas...

“A review is on of all the acts that fall within the ambit of the department. Our aim is to decriminalise those provisions that have harsh ...

The government is evaluating removal of clauses in the law that provide officers powers to arrest taxpayers suspected of evasion.

In a public draft on Friday, the MCA listed 20 sections of the LLP Act, ranging from registration or change of designated partners to maint...

“Criminalising procedural lapses and minor non-compliances increases burden on businesses and it is essential that one should re-look at pr...

Govt does not want a law that could treat every business house with suspicion, said FM.

The bench had reserved its order in March last year after granting day-to-day hearing of the case from February 15, 2012.