-By Tanmay Gupta and Yashasvi Raj Introduction As per Section 167 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (“Code”), an accused can be remanded for a maximum period of fifteen days [...]
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Chemical Castration of Sexual Offenders in India – A Need for Reformation in Indian Anti-rape LawsChemical Castration of Sexual Offenders in India – A Need for Reformation in Indian Anti-rape Laws
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– By Anand Singh Introduction – On November 24th, 2020, Pakistan’s cabinet approved two anti-rape ordinances that call for chemical castration of the rapists and setting up special courts for [...]
Quackery and the Urgency to Curb ItQuackery and the Urgency to Curb It
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-By Sohini Bose Quackery is a socio-economic problem which is turned a blind eye towards for reasons unascertained. With the Government neither having taken any active interest nor steps to [...]
Rajesh Sharma And Ors. v. State of UP – Wrongly Feeds into the Narrative of 498A being Misused?Rajesh Sharma And Ors. v. State of UP – Wrongly Feeds into the Narrative of 498A being Misused?
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-By Khushi Agrawal INTRODUCTION With the incidents of domestic violence increasing by manifolds during COVID-19 times, it becomes pertinent to throw light on a 2017-judgement which reduced the importance of [...]
Some Thoughts after Diving into Prisons Data and Emerging on the Other SideSome Thoughts after Diving into Prisons Data and Emerging on the Other Side
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-By Abhinav Sekhri The National Crime Records Bureau [NCRB] runs the annual Crime in India reports as well as the Prison Statistics India reports. Both get their yearly moment in the [...]
‘Fit State Of Mind’: An Argument for a more Objective Test for Recording Dying Declarations‘Fit State Of Mind’: An Argument for a more Objective Test for Recording Dying Declarations
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-By Esha Goyal Section 32(1) of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 allows for a dying declaration in the form of a statement regarding the cause of the declarant’s death to [...]
End of Justice? The Supreme Court’s Order in Hitesh Verma v State of UttarakhandEnd of Justice? The Supreme Court’s Order in Hitesh Verma v State of Uttarakhand
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by Prannv Dhawan & Ishwar Singh The Supreme Court’s recent judgment in Hitesh Verma v. State of Uttarakhand [decided on 05.11.2020] reversed an order of the Uttarakhand High Court and quashed [...]
Juxtaposition of IP and Criminal LawJuxtaposition of IP and Criminal Law
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–By Namrata Pahwa Introduction When the products of any brand are authentic and original, it receives a considerable amount of recognition in the minds of its prospective buyer. It is [...]
Preliminary Inquiry Before FIR: A Panacea for Malicious Prosecution?Preliminary Inquiry Before FIR: A Panacea for Malicious Prosecution?
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-By Saisha Singh Earlier this year the Delhi High Court, in the process of hearing a case about registering FIRs against BJP Leaders, who have delivered alleged hate speeches, which [...]
Privileged Evidence under S.123, Yashwant Sinha v. CBI and Beyond?-Part IIPrivileged Evidence under S.123, Yashwant Sinha v. CBI and Beyond?-Part II
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-By Sudev Singh This is the second part of a two-part series. In the first part the author throws light on the case of Yashwant Sinha v. Central Bureau of [...]