OPINION

OP-EDS ⁞ 16 April 2026

No licence, no jail? What the new law really means

Jan Vishwas Act, 2026 — passed by Lok Sabha on April 1 — takes forward the project of purging the law book of excessive criminalisation. Penalties, administrative sanctions, warnings are to replace violations that earlie...
Acharaj Kaur Tuteja, Ishaan Bamba, Naveed Mehmood Ahmad
OP-EDS ⁞ 19 October 2023

Systemic assessment should precede criminal law re...

Deepika
OP-EDS ⁞ 17 October 2023

Prosecuting Arundhati Roy After 13 Years Raises Qu...

Ayushi, Naveed
OP-EDS ⁞ 12 October 2023

Gender matters: BNS misses femicide that hides beh...

Prathiksha
OP-EDS ⁞ 05 October 2023

The Victorian imprint continues in Bharatiya Nyaya...

Ayushi, Naveed
OP-EDS ⁞ 28 September 2023

Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, still stuck in colonial e...

Alok
OP-EDS ⁞ 21 September 2023

The BNS: A missed opportunity for gender inclusivi...

Kanav
OP-EDS ⁞ 04 September 2023

New Codes: Selective decriminalisation, selective ...

Naveed
OP-EDS ⁞ 01 September 2023

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita: No ‘decolonisa...

Ayushi
OP-EDS ⁞ 31 August 2023

A lost opportunity to find and erase the ‘colonial...

Ayushi, Naveed
OP-EDS ⁞ 27 August 2023

The New criminal law bills have failed to reimagin...

Ayushi, Naveed
OP-EDS ⁞ 25 August 2023

Why SC Can Still Send Bilkis Bano’s Rapists Back t...

Ayushi, Naveed
OP-EDS ⁞ 13 August 2023

Criminal law: Too much of the old in the new

Naveed
OP-EDS ⁞ 26 July 2023

POCSO Act must stop turning consensual relationshi...

Neha, Ayushi
OP-EDS ⁞ 18 July 2023

Why Indian courts can send people to jail for over...

Ayushi, Naveed