According to NCRB’s Crime in India Report, 2020, on an average 77 rape cases per day were reported across India in 2020,
In 2019, the Ministry of Home Affairs commissioned the All India Citizens Survey of Police Services (‘AICPS’). It is a nationwide public
Innocence-based crime dramas in their aim to present individual stories of injustice can undercut deeper criminal justice issues. Given the power of
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
The Supreme Court in 1975 had observed that ‘sentencing involves an element of guessing.’ More than 40 years later, this statement still