legal provisions

Hyderabad, March 30 – Telangana's Hate Speech and Hate Crimes (Prevention) Bill, 2026, was referred to a Select Committee of the State Legislative Assembly for detailed scrutiny after members expressed concerns over certain provisions and potential misuse.Transport Minister Ponnam Prabhakar...

Ranchi, March 26 – The Jharkhand High Court on Thursday expressed serious concern over the 437 deaths reported in judicial and police custody across the state since 2018, highlighting major gaps in mandatory judicial investigations.This figure was disclosed in an affidavit filed by Vandana...

Meerut (UP), March 26 A man has been arrested and taken into custody for allegedly making inflammatory remarks following the vandalism of a statue of Dr B R Ambedkar, police said on Thursday.According to police, someone had recently damaged Ambedkar's statue in Bhagwanpur village. Upon...

New Delhi, March 24 The government said on Tuesday that no centralized data is maintained on incidents of "hate speech, racial slurs, harassment, and discrimination" against people from the Northeast, while emphasizing that policing and public order fall under the purview of state governments...

Bengaluru, March 23 The Karnataka Assembly on Monday passed two key bills, including the Karnataka Prohibition of Crimes in the Name of Unity, Freedom, Dignity and Tradition in Marriage (Ivanaarava, Ivanaarava) Bill, 2026, with the government asserting that both measures aim at social reform and...

Samana, March 22 Activist Gurjeet Singh Khalsa, who has been sitting atop a mobile tower since October 2024, refused to come down on Sunday until an anti-sacrilege law is implemented in Punjab.Khalsa has been atop the telecom tower in Samana since October 12, 2024, demanding strict punishment...

Noida, March 20 Noida Police has suspended a station house officer and a sub-inspector for allegedly failing to invoke relevant legal provisions, including those under the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act and the SC/ST Act, in a rape case registered earlier this...

REASI, March 16: The District Legal Services Authority (DLSA) Reasi organized several legal awareness programs across the district.An awareness camp on the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006 was held at the Mahore Court Complex, where participants were informed about the legal provisions...

Mumbai, March 16 The Maharashtra assembly on Monday night passed the Freedom of Religion Bill 2026, which contains stringent provisions to prohibit religious conversions carried out through coercion, fraud, inducement, or marriage, by voice vote.According to the Bill, those involved in...

New Delhi, March 13 A bill seeking to provide a precise definition of the term "transgender" and exclude "different sexual orientations and self-perceived sexual identities" from the ambit of the proposed law was introduced in the Lok Sabha on Friday.The bill also provides for graded...

Jaipur, March 12 The Rajasthan Police organized a special virtual awareness program on women's safety on Thursday, involving students and teachers from 820 colleges across the state.The program, held via video conferencing, focused on cybersecurity and the latest legal provisions related to...

Jaipur, February 24 The Rajasthan government informed the assembly on Tuesday that 21 cases of deaths in police custody were reported in the state between January 1, 2024, and December 31, 2025.In a written reply to a question by MLA Shanti Dhariwal, the government said that 21 custodial...

Shillong, February 17 Meghalaya has detected 658 illegal Bangladeshi nationals since 2021 and deported 194 after their sentences were completed, Deputy Chief Minister Prestone Tynsong told the Assembly on Tuesday while outlining the state's stepped-up anti-infiltration measures.He was...

Prayagraj (UP), February 13 The Allahabad High Court has observed that while standard operating procedures are in place for medical termination of pregnancy up to 24 weeks, courts are still dealing with petitions filed by victims of rape, who often learn about their pregnancy at a later stage...

Lawngtlai, February 11, 2026: A "Special Awareness Campaign on Legal Provisions" was held today at the DC Conference Hall for government officials in Lawngtlai. The program was jointly organized by the Administrative Training Institute (ATI) and the Mizoram State Legal Services Authority. Deputy...