Category: Short Article
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Rubber-stamp Justice: Can a Review of Judicial Passivity at the Pre-Trial Stage Reduce India’s Trial Backlogs?
[This Article is authored by Devdeep Ahirwal and Shivansh Singh, Students, Faculty of Law, University of Delhi] Introduction The Supreme Court (SC) recently, in the case of Tapas Kumar Palit v. State of Chhattisgarh, put forth the right to a speedy trial as a fundamental right, grounded in Article 21 of the Indian Constitution. This…
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From Witness to Commodity: Victim Exploitation in the Race For TRPs
[This Article is authored by Khushi Jain, Law Student at Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur] Introduction A recent terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam Valley has raised many questions that need to be addressed, but have long been ignored. The Pahalgam attack claimed the lives of innocent tourists, but one 10-year-old boy named Naksh Kalathiya…
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Re: Privacy of Adolescents: Two-Tiered Vortex of Myopia?
[This article is authored by S.V. Ghopesh, a Student at Tamil Nadu National Law University] Introduction The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO) has been subject to immense focus in contemporary times, with the issue of consensual sexual activity among adolescents currently barred by the law occupying the limelight, with the focus being…
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One Accusation Too Many: The Chilling Effect of BNSS Section 479(2)
[This article is authored by Mihir Teja Kalle, a Student at National Law Institute University] Introduction The presumption of innocence of an accused is one of the fundamental rights vested with an accused in Indian criminal jurisprudence. The legislature has only deviated from the same in cases of “extraordinary” offences that may require more stringent norms…
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Reinvestigating the Self-Incriminatory Landscape Under PMLA: The Need for Safeguards in Summon Proceedings
[This article is authored by Nandini Sharma, Student at Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Punjab] Introduction The challenge to the validity of summons proceedings citing the protection granted by the right against self-incrimination, as enshrined in Article 20(3), has been raised in several proceedings, particularly those of a quasi-criminal nature, under laws such as…
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