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…
Juvenile Delinquency – An Examination of Juvenile Behaviour and the Motivations
Juvenile delinquency is the criminal conduct of a person under the age of 18. For a number of reasons and circumstances, these illegal activities have recently been rapidly increasing. Major juvenile offences like robbery or murder are…
Analysis of Blue Collar Crime and its Implications – Dyeing the Collar Blue
Crime is a ubiquitous word that we casually use in our day-to-day life. Collared crimes existed for tens of years in our society. There are different types of collared crimes, like red-collar crimes, green-collar crimes, pink-collar crimes,…
Is Criminal Procedure Identification Act arbitrary and overreaching? – A Sombre Prognosis
An entrenched criminal justice system is extremely important for an effective administration. India’s modern criminal justice system traces back its roots to the colonial era. The ruling British people introduced the concept of codified laws to manage…
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…
Section 46 CrPC- A license to kill?
An accused is innocent until proven guilty in a court of Law – how true is this statement in light of extrajudicial killings done in name of justice? The concept of ‘instant justice’ is often used interchangeably…
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…
Scales of Justice – Balancing the Rights of Victim and the Offender
The administration of Criminal Justice in India is based on the legal framework established by the Britishers during the colonial period. It follows the adversarial justice system wherein the judges hear both parties in a case and…
Junking the Colonial Era Criminal Defamation Law in the Era of #MeToo
India is one of the largest democracies in the world and its supreme law is the ‘Constitution of India.’ The Indian Constitution is the lengthiest constitution in the world and one of its most important parts is…
(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…
