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Thursday, November 13, 2025

BNSS and Pre-Cognizance Right of Hearing for an Accused — A Case of Perplexing 'Reform'

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Going by publicity announcements surrounding the BNSS both inside and outside Parliament, one of the main reasons for ditching the 1973 proc...
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Saturday, October 25, 2025

The Other Origin Story of Preventive Detention in Independent India - Article 373 and the Extension of Duration Order

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Preventive Detention, the practice of arresting and detaining a person in custody without a trial in court, has a long and storied history o...
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Friday, October 24, 2025

Guest Post: The Trajectory of Credibility - Forensics, Suspicion, and the Future of Circumstantial Justice in India

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( This is a Guest Post by Sumedha Edara ) Could the Supreme Court’s decision in  Vaibhav v. State of Maharashtra (2025 INSC 800) mark a pi...
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Tuesday, October 21, 2025

Guest Post: A Sorry State of Affairs, which is the Law Governing 'Dowry Deaths' in India

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( This is a guest post by Shikhar Aggarwal ) The  dowry-related ‘murder’ of Nikki Bhati , nine years after her marriage, sent shockwaves thr...
Sunday, October 5, 2025

Does Criminal Law Matter?

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For practitioners in Delhi, courts resume regular functioning after a summer break (the length of which is determining entirely by how high ...
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Saturday, September 27, 2025

Sanjabij Tari and More Guidelines for Speedy Disposal of Cheque Bounce Cases

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Since the criminalisation of defaulting of cheque payments in 1988 by amendment of the Negotiable Instruments Act 1881 , the Supreme Court h...
Saturday, September 20, 2025

On Conspiracy — A Brief Historical Interlude

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A long time ago, the Blog began a series (yet incomplete) on the blog discussing the Conspiracy offence in Indian criminal law. A couple of ...