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Published on Dec 24, 2025 05:36 am IST

UP ex-minister Gayatri Prajapati granted one-month parole to attend ailing siblings

Gayatri Prajapati is required to regularly mark his attendance at the local police station during the parole period. (File)

lucknow news

Published on Nov 04, 2025 08:17 pm IST

Anticipatory bail approach of Kerala high court under SC scanner

Supreme Court of India. (PTI)

Published on Sept 08, 2025 12:15 pm IST

HC raps cops for poorly maintained case diaries, seeks affidavit from DGP

IPS officer Rashmi Shukla (Photo by Anshuman Poyrekar/ Hindustan Times) (Hindustan Times)

mumbai news

Published on Jul 12, 2025 08:52 am IST

SC halves cost imposed on Narcotics Control Bureau by Calcutta HC

Updated on Oct 07, 2025 12:47 am IST

Consistency, finality of judicial decisions hallmarks of sound justice delivery system: SC

Updated on Oct 06, 2025 06:08 pm IST

Proclaimed offender’s property attached by Police in Poonch, JK

Despite repeated efforts to apprehend him, Bashir continued to evade arrest, leading the court to issue orders for attachment of his property. (ANI File Photo)

Published on Apr 11, 2025 09:18 am IST

HC refers key arrest procedure issues to larger bench

mumbai news

Published on Feb 01, 2025 06:48 am IST

Alimony can’t be a condition for bail in marital disputes: SC

Emphasising that such a stipulation lies outside the scope of bail conditions, the apex court asserted that the conditions of bail must be relevant to ensuring a free and fair trial. (HT PHOTO)

Updated on Jan 08, 2025 04:00 am IST

Failure to appear in court an independent offence, SC rules

The court said non-appearance itself constitutes an offence, irrespective of whether the proclamation is later nullified or the accused is finally acquitted. (HT PHOTO)

Updated on Jan 04, 2025 08:12 am IST

Absconding accused entitled to default bail, says HC

mumbai news

Updated on Dec 27, 2024 06:40 am IST

Morning briefing: How 3 new laws reimagine crime; and more

The government has announced that while the British colonial rulers implemented these laws with an intent to inflict punishment on Indian subjects, the new laws aim to render justice to citizens by overhauling the punishment and procedures applicable for the investigation and prosecution of crimes.. (Arvind Yadav/HT Photo)

Published on Jul 01, 2024 09:24 am IST

Gurugram cops gear up, undergo training to implement three new laws from July 1

Gurugram, India-May 26, 2024: Haryana Police and Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) stand guard outside a sealed 'strong room' where electronic voting machines (EVM) are kept following Lok Sabha election of Haryana state at Government Girl College in sector-14, in Gurugram, India, on Sunday, 26 May 2024. (Photo by Parveen Kumar/Hindustan Times)

gurugram news

Updated on Jun 23, 2024 06:52 am IST

Put on hold three criminal laws, consult stakeholders: Stalin in letter to Shah

Tamil Nadu chief minister and DMK leader MK Stalin. (ANI)

Updated on Jun 19, 2024 04:02 am IST

Chandigarh admn imposes Section 144 near HCS exam centres

All Photostat machine shops within 200 metres around the examination centres and coaching centres in their vicinity will remain closed on Sunday till the examination is over, as per the Chandigarh district magistrate’s order. (HT Photo)

Updated on Mar 02, 2024 09:46 am IST

By Dec 2024, Chandigarh will be ready to implement new criminal laws: Amit Shah

From left: UT administrator Banwarilal Purohit, Union home minister Amit Shah and mayor Anup Gupta at Chandigarh College of Engineering and Technology, Sector 26, on Friday. (Ravi Kumar/HT)

Updated on Dec 23, 2023 09:18 am IST

New code will entrench prejudices in the police

Everyday policing in India is primarily driven by petty offences. (PTI)

Published on Nov 24, 2023 03:18 pm IST

MHA to now review other pre-Independence acts

A timeline for amending these acts has not been decided but officials said such reviews are part of a continuous process (AP)

Updated on Oct 26, 2023 04:58 am IST

Over three bills: Opposition MPs set to give dissent notes on report

Two prominent Opposition members -- former Union minister and Congress leader P Chidambaram and Trinamool Congress’s Rajya Sabha floor leader Derek O’Brien -- have written to Lal, opposing any haste in adopting the report (AP)

Updated on Oct 26, 2023 04:59 am IST

Chandigarh: Ahead of festive season, 123 snatchers on police radar

Chandigarh Police have initiated prevention action against a total of 123 snatchers, 72 of them repeat offenders — those booked for the same offence more than two times. (HT)

Updated on Sept 29, 2023 08:24 am IST

Section 144 imposed in Karnataka ahead of bandh over Cauvery row

A view of closed shops in the KR Market amid the 'Bengaluru bandh' called by the Kannada activists and farmers over the release of Cauvery River water to Tamil Nadu, in Bengaluru on Tuesday. (ANI)

bengaluru news

Updated on Sept 29, 2023 07:46 am IST

Oppn MPs seek views of jurists, experts on bills to replace criminal laws

Opposition members of Parliament demand views of more expert on bills to replace criminal code, IPC, evidence act. (HT Archive)

Updated on Sept 13, 2023 02:02 am IST

To fight mob lynching, police reforms a must

PREMIUM

The states, so far, have been miserly in allocating funds to the police

Published on Aug 22, 2023 10:34 pm IST

Legal code overhaul needs more debate

PREMIUM

A major potential improvement in the new bills is adding community service as a possible punishment for petty offences.

Published on Aug 19, 2023 10:22 pm IST

New draft codes need wider consultations

PREMIUM

Changes to police custody (PC) are retrogressive

Published on Aug 16, 2023 10:11 pm IST

‘Judges be vigilant’: Kapil Sibal sounds alarm on bills to replace criminal laws

Rajya Sabha member Kapil Sibal.

Published on Aug 13, 2023 06:33 pm IST

ED can interrogate me in prison, Balaji tells SC

V Senthil Balaji told the Supreme Court on Tuesday that nothing prevented the ED from interrogating him in the hospital during his 15-day remand beginning June 14 while he was hospitalised for bypass surgery. (PTI)