On 27 July 2022, the three-judge bench headed by J. Khanwilkar upheld the constitutional validity of various provisions of the Prevention of
2022 was an important year in the death penalty for India. As per Project 39A's Death Penalty in India: Annual Statistics Report
The POCSO Act presumes an accused's guilt through its reverse onus clauses. The basis for such clauses must be examined against a
Since the inception of the field of criminal law, through all its evolutions and transformations, an indispensable cog that is essential to
Project 39A recommends Jocelyn Simonson’s article titled, ‘Police Reform Through a Power Lens'.
This article seeks to provide a summary of the Supreme Court’s recent judgement dated 24.03.2023 in Arup Bhuyan v State of Assam
This article examines the Dharmalingam case along with the issue of prosecutorial discretion that lies at the heart of a wider critique
Why Should Child Offenders Be Treated Differently? Enakshi Ganguly in Conversation with Snehal Dhote
With vast experience on a wide range of human rights issues since 1985, Enakshi Ganguly, the co-founder of HAQ: Centre for Child
Forty-two years after Bachan Singh v. State of Punjab, on 19 September 2022, the three-judge bench of the Supreme Court of India
In this podcast, Project 39A's Director (Sentencing) Neetika Vishwanath speaks to Dr. Mayur Suresh (Senior Lecturer, SOAS University of London) on his recently