Soon after the controversial arrest of environmental activist Disha Ravi by the Delhi Police, her lawyers approached the Delhi High Court in
In a judgment widely covered in the media, the Supreme Court in Rajesh v. State of Haryana, reversed a conviction after the
In this episode of the 39A Dialogues, commemorating the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, human rights lawyers Babloo Lointongbam
Section 110 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) empowers the police, with the sanction of the Executive Magistrate, to initiate preventive action
The question of culture has regularly been a matter of legal concern. Both culture and law being ubiquitous entities get normalized as
Recently, a petition filed before the Supreme Court sought directions to ensure prevention of suicide attempts in zoos. The petitioner citing instances
A Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court of India has, in the recent judgment of Sushila Aggarwal & Ors. v. State of
In response to a recent petition before the Delhi High Court, the Central Government through the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) and
The Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (“PMLA”) seeks to punish money-laundering and to provide for confiscation of property derived from or
The genuineness of statements made to police officers has long been doubted given the historic distrust of the persuasive powers of the