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Monday, June 15, 2026

Guest Post: Chaturvedi and the Remission Standard the Supreme Court Declined to Write

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( This is a guest post by Kshitij Saruparia ) On 15 May 2026, in Rohit Chaturvedi v. State of Uttarakhand , a bench of Justices B.V. Nagarat...
Sunday, June 14, 2026

Guest Post: Renumbering as Repeal? The Allahabad High Court on the interplay of BNSS with the SC/ST Act

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( This is a guest post by Ammar Shahid ) Two orders from the Allahabad High Court raise a peculiar question: does the bar on anticipatory ba...
Saturday, June 6, 2026

Guest Post: Reconsidering the Expulsion Requirement in The Offence of Causing Miscarriage

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 ( This is a guest post by Ananya Kumar ) Under the Indian Penal Code 1860 (IPC), causing the death of a foetus was a criminal offence, eve...
Saturday, May 23, 2026

Update - IBC Moratoriums, Personal Insolvency, and Cheque Bounce Cases

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About a year ago , the blog covered a decision of the Supreme Court [ Rakesh Bhanot v. Gurdas Agro , 2025 INSC 445] dealing with the issue o...
Tuesday, May 19, 2026

Course Correction on Delays and Bail under the UAPA?

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[ This post was updated at 6PM on 19.05.2026 to add reference to this news article  and on 23.05.2026 to add reference to the SC Order dated...
Monday, May 18, 2026

Snippet - The Prison Statistics India 2024 Report

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This past week, the Prison Statistics India Report for 2024  ['PSI Report'] was published by the National Crime Records Bureau [...
Tuesday, May 12, 2026

Thinking about Section 27 (and 8) of the Evidence Act

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Come July 2026, it would be two years since the three new criminal codes were brought into force. That is hardly long enough for the heavy, ...