India is moving towards decriminalizing minor offenses, replacing jail time with monetary fines. This reform aims to boost ease of doing bu...

The Lok Sabha has passed the Boilers Bill, 2024, which replaces the Boilers Act of 1923. This new bill aims to decriminalize minor offences...

The Delhi High Court directed the Centre to clarify its stance on a PIL challenging the absence of provisions equivalent to Section 377 in ...

A working paper, co-authored by EAC-PM member Sanjeev Sanyal, said that the government should opt for a system of graded fines and remove i...

The poll panel told the apex court that in its "Proposed Electoral Reforms, 2016", it had reiterated its 2004 recommendation that people ch...

ET gathers that it was indicated so to stakeholder ministries and departments at a high-level meeting during the national conference on dru...

The Legal Metrology Act 2009 enforces standards related to weights and measures.

With the aim to simplify, decriminalize & remove redundant laws, India has undertaken a massive exercise to reduce burdensome compliances.

In the last seven years, several such measures have been taken due to which there is an improvement in competitiveness, innovation, and eas...

The Act missed a recommendation by the committee to permit the government to set higher limits for net worth, turnover, or net profit of co...

Cannabis stock tracker MJ ETF rose 5.5% to mark its best session since early June, while Tilray Inc jumped 19.2% on the Nasdaq. U.S.-listed...

The Bill introduces a regime of direct listing of securities of domestic public corporations in certain foreign jurisdictions, thereby allo...

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...

The Finance Ministry has proposed to decriminalise a host of minor offences, including those relating to cheque bounce and repayment of loa...

Currently, civil defamation is dealt with under the law of torts whereas criminal defamation is an offence under Section 499 of the IPC.

Selling pre-packaged items higher than maximum retail price (MRP) will soon attract higher penalty, including a jail term.

Government feels the judgment touched but on a small part of Article 377 when it decriminalized sex between two consenting adults of the sa...