The media plays a significant role during court trials. Reporters give their own opinions while reporting the judgements and they ask what the pubic thinks of the decisions taken by the court. In a country which guarantees its citizens the right to freedom of speech and expression, as well as freedom of press, it is…
Solitary Confinement ,one of the most important components of US penal (Prison) system continued as a common practice, when traced depicts long ago, somewhere in early 1800s, how thousands of inmates were allegedly held in isolation to confer penalties. With the scenario of Indian Criminal Justice System, which is largely influenced by Reformative Theories, Solitary…
With regards to state corruption, the assurance of legitimate corruption must be founded on the standards of the law of state responsibility. Unless unique guidelines exist, these standards apply to state duty emerging from infringement of human rights. However, there are no completely settled principles of corruption under worldwide law. The International Law Commission’s (ILC)…
A 14 year old girl, Aarushi Talwar was found dead in her bedroom on the morning of May 16, 2008. She was residing at Jalvayu Vihar, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, along with her parents, Dr Rajesh Talwar and Dr Nupur Talwar, both of whom were doctors. Her throat was slit and her head was bludgeoned with…
Under this, a person is arrested with the object of preventing him from committing a crime that could harm the public order in society. It is one of the laws which were used by colonial rulers to suppress dissenting opinions in past. When India got independence there was the possibility of communal riots, war with…
What is an Alibi? The term ‘Alibi’ is a Latin word which means ‘elsewhere’ or ‘somewhere else’. In criminal proceedings alibi is used as a form of defence by the accused against the commission of an alleged offence. When an accused makes a plea of alibi in a court he or she attempts to prove…
Need for revision Alteration becomes essential when the motivation behind the institution of the Act comes up short and it tends to be seen that the milestone cases help in the assurance of the equivalent. In Vijay Singh v. Territory of Delhi, the appealing party was charged for endeavour to kill according to Section 307,…
Juvenile Offenders What’s to come is in the possession of the youthful developing age. They go about as the mainstays of solidarity for the more established age. It is the consideration, security, direction and so forth which assume a part in the improvement of a kid. The development and improvement of a kid can be…
Abrogation of Mandatory Death Penalty As investigated in the Bachan Singh’s case, capital punishment must be granted in the most extraordinary of uncommon case, subsequently the Constitutional legitimacy of compulsory capital punishment to the detainee for homicide while serving life detainment for another situation as recommended by Section 303 of IPC, 1860 (presently stands revoked)…
The established legitimacy of capital punishment has consistently been an easily proven wrong issue with respect to the genuine adequacy of such type of discipline in India. Article 13(2) of the Indian Constitution expresses that “The State will not make any law which removes or compresses the rights gave by this part and any law…
