LA/LR in its 12th edition is a timely response to provide relief to the students in the wake of new criminal laws replacing the old ones. LA/LR has been updated with important provisions of new criminal laws at the appropriate places. A completely new chapter on Family Laws - Hindu and Muslim Laws has been included in this edition. Legal reasoning, especially criminal law has been thoroughly revised and revamped to apprise the students to understand new provisions of BNS in comparison to the old provisions of IPC. The important definitions from BNS, BNSS, BSA, 2023 have been provided. The tables outlining differences among various offences with their details and definitions will enable the students to understand things easily. The new edition will be highly useful for all prominent law entrances like CLAT, SLAT, AILET, PU, DU, BHU AIL-LET, MAH (CET-LAW), IPU, KU, HPU, BVP (CET-LAW), JMI(LAW ENT), KLEE etc.