Criminal Jurisprudence
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Understanding the conundrum: Forcing to give specimen handwritings during the investigation to subsume under ‘compelled to be a witness against himself’
Introduction Article 20(3) of the Indian Constitution provides an accused with immunity against self-incrimination. It is founded on the legal principle “nemo teneteur prodre accussare seipsum,” which translates to “No… Read more.
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Ordinance Criminalising Conversion for Marriage: A Debacle for India
Uttar Pradesh, a state in northern India, has recently promulgated The Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Ordinance, 2020, which requires religious conversion to be scrutinised and certified by the state.… Read more.
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Abolition of Death Penalty in India: A Case Study
Over the course of last century, innumerable debates have been put forth which opposed the policy of death penalty in any legal system. Unlike any other punishment, capital punishment once… Read more.
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Guilty until proven innocent?: A critical analysis of Section 20 of Prevention of Corruption Act
Introduction Recently the Hon’ble Supreme Court in the case of Vinod Kumar Garg (S) v. State (Government Of National Capital Territory Of Delhi), took into consideration the previously decided cases… Read more.
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The Legality of Compounding in Rape Cases: The Unlawful Compromise (Part I)
In this Bipartite blog series, the author carefully analyses and examines the line of cases allowing and not allowing compounding in cases of rape. The conflicting decisions by various High… Read more.
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The curse of the objective reasonable man on criminal law in India
This article is written by Simran Bhinder. Simran is a fourth-year law student at O P JINDAL GLOBAL UNIVERSITY. There are certain defining features of every legal document and every… Read more.
