The plea, filed through advocate H K Chaturvedi, has referred to the August 2018 verdict of the Delhi High Court which had decriminalised b...

As first reported in ET on July 18, the ministry has brought two major changes to the draft Bill which was introduced in the Lok Sabha in D...

The central govt, in an affidavit, said that at present, 20 states and 2 Union territories have either enacted their own anti-beggary legis...

Objective of the Bill is to provide protection, care, support, training and other services to persons in destitution and for establishing a...

Bill makes a distinction between beggary and syndicated or organised beggary, and says forcing any child or destitute into begging is a cri...

The government has drafted a bill that seeks to decriminalise beggary and offer a life of dignity to the beggars, homeless.

"Not only does the criminal justice system largely victimise the poor and vulnerable sections of society, laws themselves criminalise pover...