Law, Judiciary & Rights

Courts, criminal law, civil liberties and citizenship.

Sub-categories

Law, Judiciary & Rights: points by partySorted by points per year in this category. Order is not a verdict; look at the ranges and the number of actions behind each figure.
Party	Points per year	Total points	Range (total)	Actions scored
JP	+5.33	+12.5	+11.0 to +14.0	2
BJP	+0.39	+5.9	+5.3 to +6.4	2
INC	+0.27	+14.0	+13.0 to +15.0	1 Low data

Parties with under 2 years in power are left out because a per-year figure over so short a time swings widely; their entries are listed below.

Low data: fewer than 2 scored actions credited to the party in this category.

Entries in this category by the party that led the government responsible. Zero is shown so gaps are visible.

No dossiers are published in this category yet. Dossiers are unscored fact files; they carry no party points.

ImplementedBJP1 Jul 2024
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023
New criminal code replacing the Indian Penal Code, 1860; enacted in December 2023 and in force from 1 July 2024 with companion procedure and evidence laws.
Evidence points +3.5 (range +3.0 to +4.0)
ImplementedBJP1 Aug 2019
PMLA amendments (2019) and the Supreme Court's Vijay Madanlal Choudhary ruling (2022)
The Finance (No. 2) Act, 2019 amended the 2002 money-laundering law; in July 2022 the Supreme Court upheld the Enforcement Directorate's arrest, attachment and bail provisions, and a review is pending.
Evidence points +2.0 (range +2.0 to +2.0)
ImplementedJP30 Apr 1979
Constitution (44th Amendment) Act, 1978
Amendment reversing several Emergency-era changes: narrower Emergency grounds, fixed limits on preventive detention, and removal of property from the fundamental rights.
Evidence points +16.5 (range +16.0 to +17.0)
ImplementedJP28 May 1977
Shah Commission of Inquiry into Emergency excesses 1977
The Janata government appointed Justice J. C. Shah in May 1977 to inquire into Emergency-era conduct; special courts to try the findings were later held not legally constituted.
Evidence points −4.0 (range −5.0 to −3.0)
ImplementedINC18 May 1955
Hindu Marriage Act 1955 and Hindu Succession Act 1956
Parliament codified Hindu marriage, divorce and inheritance law in 1955-56, replacing a draft code with separate Acts; daughters' coparcenary rights followed only in 2005.
Evidence points +14.0 (range +13.0 to +15.0)