Meemansha Choudhary Introduction The rapid advancement of technology and societal evolution often leaves the law struggling to keep pace. While this lag is understandable, given the gravity of legal decisions and their implications on society at large. However, it becomes imperative to question the relevance and manner of implementation of certain concepts in the modern […]
Tag: Criminal Law
Shaurya Mahajan The Indian criminal legal framework has recently been overhauled, from the centuries-old Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) to the new Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS). This shift is an effort by the Parliament to decolonise the criminal law framework and make it more citizens’ […]
Divyam Shresth Sinha Introduction Criminal prosecution of a big corporation results in profusion of problems in the economic landscape of a country. Therefore, countries worldwide are willing to enter into Deferred Prosecution Agreements (DPAs) with these corporates. Various countries follow different approaches in their DPA regime. The present paper briefly analyzes the DPA regimes across […]
Debangana Nag and Sudha Ganesh Introduction The key purpose of a prison is to reform and rehabilitate the prisoners and make them responsible citizens of a nation. However, the reality on the ground emphasises that what is practised in our prisons is the theory of retribution and deterrence. The adverse conditions during long periods of […]
Rahul Ranjan A 2022 judgment, Deepak Sethi v. State of Uttarakhand (‘Sethi’), seems to have gone unnoticed by many observers, but potentially opens up questions about the guidelines given in the case of Satender Antil v. Central Bureau of Investigation (‘Antil’) for Category A offences. The Sethi judgment of the Uttarakhand High Court categorically observed […]
