Criminal Justice

Criminal Justice

Innocent until forgotten: How India’s POCSO Act is criminalising young love
‘More than 97 percent ‘untouchability’ cases remain pending, majority result in acquittal’, claims Social Justice Ministry’s data
Supreme Court orders CBI probe into brutal custodial torture of police constable; awards 50 lakhs compensation
A High Court directive curbing automatic remand for social media posts lays bare the persistent gaps in law and enforcement
“Struggle will go on. Repression is doomed!”: On Fr. Stan Swamy’s fourth martyrdom day, a declaration of a hunger strike
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World Organization Against Torture flags India as “high risk” country for police torture: Some reflections
‘Subjecting advocate in a case to beck and call of investigating agency untenable’: SC slams practice of investigation agencies summoning lawyers, notes threat to justice administration
What RTI data reveals about custodial torture, lack of CCTV facilities in Tamil Nadu’s police stations
Prison overcrowding in India is truly the story of overwhelming systemic apathy
Five noteworthy judgements of Justice N.V. Anjaria, among the latest appointees to the Supreme Court
Our subordinate court judges need case administrators, not court managers
A case for reforming the law on sanction for prosecution
How the reformed criminal laws put a cosmetic patch on India’s abiding issue with witness protection
Making sense of India’s global standing on conjugal visitations and progeny rights of prisoners
State of satire or satire of the State?: Notes on the FIR against ‘Ms. Medusa’
The gaping flaws in India’s long march to disability justice
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Four possibilities on Justice Varma ‘cash-scandal’, each worse than the other, and what they tell us about India’s thriving black economy
Six noteworthy judgements by Justice Joymalya Bagchi, the newest appointee to the Supreme Court of India
Government claims that the 'decolonised' criminal laws, existing domestic violence, marriage laws sufficiently address marital rape. Here is why it is wrong.
In Taloja jail, interviews with over 300 undertrials show denial of right to counsel, fair trial due to video conferencing of trials
K. Balagopal’s objections to the death penalty, and their resounding relevance today
Shattering the ‘Broken Windows’ Myth: Is Obscenity Actually Fueling Crime in Indian Society?
Prohibiting Rahul Gandhi’s entry to Sambhal: Rethinking the prohibition of elected representatives from accessing sensitive areas
Beckoning the Peacock(s): State of Delhi’s Prisons
What is transit anticipatory bail and why is it dangerous?
Death by rape—Part 2
Death by rape–Part 1
The year that was—5 | Supreme Court votes for fearless listening
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