In a judgment widely covered in the media, the Supreme Court in Rajesh v. State of Haryana, reversed a conviction after the accused had already spent over 12 years in custody. Justice delayed is justice denied aside
The Supreme Court in 1975 had observed that ‘sentencing involves an element of guessing.’ More than 40 years later, this statement still rings true as there are no
The genuineness of statements made to police officers has long been doubted given the historic distrust of the persuasive powers of the police.
The Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (“PMLA”) seeks to punish money-laundering and to provide for confiscation of property derived from or involved in the offence.
A Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court of India has, in the recent judgment of Sushila Aggarwal & Ors. v. State of NCT & Anr set at rest a conflict
The question of culture has regularly been a matter of legal concern. Both culture and law being ubiquitous entities get normalized as a part of our everyday lives.
In response to a recent petition before the Delhi High Court, the Central Government through the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) and the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) has submitted that it intends to include ‘transgender’ as a category in the gender classification of prisoners.
In 2018, India saw the issue of sexual violence against young children come into the limelight after a series of cases were highlighted by the media.
In the first episode of The 39A Dialogues, criminal law expert Siddharth Aggarwal argues that the stage of “discharge” is an integral feature of all criminal trials and cannot be arbitrarily eliminated from summons triable cases