• Need to make Juvenile Justice Act more Juvenile Friendly
    Identifying the Areas of Concern (Part-I)

    Introduction Children form the nation’s precious human resource. The future accomplishment of the nation depends on upon how its children perform and execute in present. The great poet Milton said, “Youth Shows the man as morning presentations the day”. The issue of effective Juvenile Justice System and juvenile delinquency is persistently at rise in India.…

  • Legality of Compounding in Rape Cases
    Part-II- Removing the Confusion

    The Correct Position of Law In the previous post we went through a series of decisions that were allowing compounding in rape cases on the basis of the fact that either accused has married the victim or offered to marry the victim. These line of cases were opening a floodgate for the wrongdoers where they…

  • Legality of Compounding in Rape Cases
    Part-I-The Unlawful Compromise

    In this Bipartite blog series, the author carefully analyse and examine the line of cases allowing and not allowing compounding in cases of rape. The conflicting decisions by various High Courts and Supreme Court itself have brought to the fore confusion surrounding the understanding of compounding and whether it can be allowed in serious cases…

  • “CBI at Work- How CBI takes up Investigation”

    “Let’s order investigation by CBI. Time for handing over the investigation to CBI.” These lines are often heard among masses and appear on daily basis in every major print and electronic media. The recent alleged suicide of Bollywood actor and encounter of a famous goon has once again brought CBI into limelight. Some people are…

  • “Police Remand- Whether can be given on Demand”

    The recent custodial deaths in Tamil Nadu has provided us an opportunity to write one more post in continuation of our series on Police Inaction and Excesses and to have a look into salutary provisions of arrest and remand as provided under CrPC. Focus of the present post will be on Police Custody and the…