An Analysis Of The Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill, 2022
On March 28, 2022, the Lok Sabha voted for introducing the Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill, 2022 (‘the Bill’). The Bill seeks to collect what it te... Read more.
ADM Jabalpur Is Dead – Long Live ADM Jabalpur
The judgement in Vijay Madanlal Choudhary v. Union of India has created a situation where the State can arrest anyone without telling them precisely what crime ... Read more.
A fundamental right to be presumed innocent
The presumption of innocence is a traditional principle of Indian criminal law. Generally speaking, every accused person is presumed innocent until proven guilt... Read more.
In Deferring To Govt Over The Money Laundering Law, The Supreme Court Has Created A New Normal
In upholding the validity of India’s money laundering law, the Supreme Court on 27 July 2022, created a new normal in the country’s justice system, overturn... Read more.
Understanding crime in India through the lens of data: Rukmini S in conversation with Ayan Gupta
In this interview, Rukmini S, a data journalist and author discusses with Ayan Gupta, a Death Penalty Fellow at Project 39A about her book and particularly the ... Read more.
Cinema and Criminal Justice
Project 39A recommends four Indian films - Court (2014), Visaranai (2015), Jai Bhim (2021) and Aakrosh (1980) - which center the experiences of the most margina... Read more.
Deviant Female Sexuality and Criminal Law in India
Adrija Ghosh and Dr, Durba Mitra discuss the idea of 'deviant female sexuality' that became foundational to modern social thought in colonial India, and continu... Read more.
India’s Sedition Law: the story so far, and what happens now?
Adrija Ghosh and Lubhyathi Rangarajan discuss about the developments in the Supreme Court hearings on the batch of petitions challenging the constitutionality o... Read more.
Explaining Mitigation and the Importance of the Supreme Court’s Suo Moto Writ regarding Death Penalty Reform
In this article, we seek to explain what mitigation is, and the inadequacies in the present capital sentencing framework that the Supreme Court has set out to a... Read more.
Intellectual Disability and the Death Penalty
Shruthi speaks to Prof Tassé about what intellectual disability is, who can diagnose it, the evolution of jurisprudence on Intellectual disability in the US an... Read more.