The Theory of Broken Window and Crimes in India – A Socio-Legal Analysis
The human psyche influences every aspect of an individual, from physical to mental attributes, and the psychology of every person is a result of the environment they grow up in and spend a considerable time inhabiting. Hence…
Aging behind Bars – A Critical Analysis into the Anathema of Life Imprisonment
Prisons worldwide are dealing with issues related to an aging population of inmates. Because of the increased demand for public safety, lengthier sentences, and the incarceration of a more significant number of adults, this trend will continue.…
Pendency in the Criminal Cases and the Implications on Criminal Justice – Is the Design Flawed?
Denial of ‘timely justice’ amounts to a denial of ‘justice’ itself. Two are integral to each other. Timely disposal of cases is essential for maintaining the rule of law and providing access to justice which is a…
Critical analysis of Extrajudicial Killings in India
Whenever we talk about killings or death we are usually focused on what is happening around in the area in which we live because life is something where we are more exaggerated about talking and hearing about…
Judicious Scandal – Relooking into the Criminal Contempt Jurisprudence
The concept of criminal contempt has gained recognition in recent times with the Prashant Bhushan case where the need to consider the criminal contempt law and the scandalizing the court was put forward focusing on the need…
Section 295A IPC – A Potent Weapon in criminalizing Comedy and Cinema
There have been various questions related to religious liberty globally that have become flashpoints of controversy in virtually every aspect of life. Religion, which is thought to guide correctly and ethically all our activities in today’s world…
(De)Criminalization of Suicide in India – A Socio-Legal Analysis
In today’s era, suicide has become a big problem in India. The act of Suicide may be defined as taking one’s own life. It is death that occurs when a person has lost all his will to…
Rethinking the Sentencing Policy in India
Human civilization has maintained social order in society since ancient times by building laws and laws that the people ideally follow. If someone broke the applicable rule, he or she was to be punished in the ordinary…
Necrophilia – A Socio-Legal Insight
As civilization has progressed, humans have become self-aware. Societies or Modern Societies have now evolved and have changed the way an individual thinks. In the present day and age, we are learning to be more gender-inclusive and…
Acid Attack – An Abomination of the Society
Reality is a concentrated acid; it burns one to the core. Acid attacks are certainly an abomination of our society. Whenever we come across a case where we get to know about a person (mostly a girl…
Human Rights and the Criminal Justice System of India
Human Rights are those rights which every individual possesses by his birth as a human being. In other words, it can be said that Human Rights are those minimal rights, which every independent person must have as…
The Speluncean Explorers’ Case – A Murder for Survival?
The evolution of mankind has been a vast process, but a significant one. This includes the establishment of the state. Primarily, groups of people came together, and what we call a ‘society’ came into existence. And then…
Deterrence or Punishment – Changing Criminal Justice System
Criminal Deterrence as a concept imposes sanctions on all sorts of criminal activities thereby effectively deterring them from being committed by the general populace. Although it’s just a theory and has seen some success, there is room…
