Law, Judiciary & Rights

Criminal codes

Coverage balance

How many entries exist for each party's governments and each decade. This shows where the record is thin, so a quiet period reads as a gap in coverage, not as inactivity.

By lead party of the government

5 of 6 parties have no entry here yet.

By decade

  • 1950s0
  • 1960s0
  • 1970s0
  • 1980s0
  • 1990s0
  • 2000s0
  • 2010s0
  • 2020s1

Dossiers

No dossier is published under this sub-category yet.

Actions in time order, by government

  1. Narendra Modi, 9 Jun 2024 to present

    BJP NDA government

    • ImplementedBJP

      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)