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Criminal Justice
Criminal Justice
What RTI data reveals about custodial torture, lack of CCTV facilities in Tamil Nadu’s police stations
Edgar Kaiser
12 Jun 2025
6 min read
Prison overcrowding in India is truly the story of overwhelming systemic apathy
Tanishka Goswami
11 Jun 2025
6 min read
Five noteworthy judgements of Justice N.V. Anjaria, among the latest appointees to the Supreme Court
Lavanya Yadav
11 Jun 2025
3 min read
Our subordinate court judges need case administrators, not court managers
Dr Shivaraj Huchhanavar
09 Jun 2025
12 min read
A case for reforming the law on sanction for prosecution
Rahul Machaiah
06 Jun 2025
11 min read
How the reformed criminal laws put a cosmetic patch on India’s abiding issue with witness protection
Piyush Rewatkar
03 Jun 2025
7 min read
Making sense of India’s global standing on conjugal visitations and progeny rights of prisoners
Harshita Sharma
15 May 2025
7 min read
State of satire or satire of the State?: Notes on the FIR against ‘Ms. Medusa’
Rohin Bhatt
01 May 2025
4 min read
The gaping flaws in India’s long march to disability justice
Edgar Kaiser
30 Apr 2025
9 min read
Could ‘compassionate release’ put a dent on the mental illness crisis in America’s prisons?
Samuel Chen
28 Mar 2025
11 min read
Four possibilities on Justice Varma ‘cash-scandal’, each worse than the other, and what they tell us about India’s thriving black economy
Arun Kumar
26 Mar 2025
7 min read
Six noteworthy judgements by Justice Joymalya Bagchi, the newest appointee to the Supreme Court of India
Anshika Bhatt
11 Mar 2025
6 min read
Government claims that the 'decolonised' criminal laws, existing domestic violence, marriage laws sufficiently address marital rape. Here is why it is wrong.
Salony Kumari
05 Mar 2025
8 min read
In Taloja jail, interviews with over 300 undertrials show denial of right to counsel, fair trial due to video conferencing of trials
Hany Babu
02 Mar 2025
13 min read
K. Balagopal’s objections to the death penalty, and their resounding relevance today
Umar Ali
26 Feb 2025
6 min read
Shattering the ‘Broken Windows’ Myth: Is Obscenity Actually Fueling Crime in Indian Society?
Tejaswini Kaushal
11 Feb 2025
6 min read
Prohibiting Rahul Gandhi’s entry to Sambhal: Rethinking the prohibition of elected representatives from accessing sensitive areas
Hamza Khan
06 Feb 2025
6 min read
Beckoning the Peacock(s): State of Delhi’s Prisons
Sarab Lamba
05 Feb 2025
3 min read
What is transit anticipatory bail and why is it dangerous?
Vilasini Balasubramanian
27 Jan 2025
6 min read
Death by rape—Part 2
Indira Jaising
14 Jan 2025
14 min read
Death by rape–Part 1
Indira Jaising
12 Jan 2025
14 min read
The year that was—5 | Supreme Court votes for fearless listening
Shreya Bansal
31 Dec 2024
3 min read
Ground report: BNS’s black-and-white treatment of a rainbow of masculinities
Aishwarya Avraj
24 Dec 2024
12 min read
Land, democratic protests and 'unlawful' activities: Recovering democratic protest in Chhattisgarh
Radhika Chitkara
23 Dec 2024
9 min read
SC issues caveat against bail in ‘serious’ cases once the trial has commenced
The Leaflet
04 Dec 2024
4 min read
Has India been able to protect the right against self-incrimination during custodial interrogations?
Vinayak Chawla
30 Nov 2024
8 min read
Blueprints for ‘bulldozer action’: A step-by-step guide to 'fair' demolitions
Aniket Sawant
24 Nov 2024
7 min read
How a recent Delhi High Court Order reinforces disturbing trends in bail jurisprudence
The Leaflet
21 Nov 2024
5 min read
Bulldozer action judgment: Supreme Court guards against State overreach
Aamir Husain
19 Nov 2024
5 min read
SC rules against ‘might is right’ bulldozer action, issues guidelines and fixes personal responsibility of erring officers
The Leaflet
17 Nov 2024
7 min read
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