The Union government’s surprise decision to introduce three proposed codes to overhaul the colonial-era statutes that governed India’s criminal justice system must rank among the most ambitious pieces of reforms attempted in India’s legal architecture in the past few decades. The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 and Bharatiya Sakshya Bill, […]
Tag Archives: criminal justice system
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Aug
Aug
A peculiar and unfortunate aspect of the criminal justice system is the proclivity of law-enforcement agencies to arrest people routinely in cases with relatively minor charges and punishments. Clear instructions from the Supreme Court and guidelines that say that no one should be mechanically arrested in cases where the allegations of offences carry a maximum […]
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Jul
Jul
If the criminal justice system forms the skeletal frame of any democratic society and its functioning, then the fundamental right to liberty of every individual must be considered its spine because it is this logic that recognises the full personhood of an individual and limits the powers of the otherwise formidable State. Unfortunately, in India, […]