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Criminal Law Reform in India: A closer look into the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita

Published on: 15th January 2026 Authored By: Maansi Gupta St Joseph’s College of law Abstract India’s criminal justice system has undergone a transformative overhaul with the introduction of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023, which replaced the colonial-era Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), 1973. This essay examines the historical context necessitating this reform, analyzes […]

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Custodial deaths in India’s legal framework and accountability

Published on: 12th January 2026 Authored By: Yash sharma IMS LAW COLLEGE NOIDA Abstract Custodial deaths in India reflect the perpetuation of human rights violation, showing systemic  failure in criminal justice administration. Custodial death is generally understood to be a  death that takes place when the dead person is in the custody of the police

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CUSTODIAL DEATHS IN INDIA: LEGAL FRAMEWORK, ACCOUNTABILITY, AND REFORMS

Published on: 12th January 2026 Authored By: Yash Mishra MIT World Peace University Introduction: Custodial deaths – the killing of persons held by police or in prison – remain a grave human rights crisis in India. These deaths occur amid custodial torture, neglect of medical care, or in purported “encounters” during police action. According to

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RETHINKING CAPITAL PUNISHMENT IN INDIA: BALANCING JUSTICE, MORALITY, AND REFORM

Published on: 12th January 2026 Authored By: Santhoshini. R SASTRA DEEMED UNIVERSITY ABSTRACT This paper critically analyses the ongoing debate surrounding the death penalty in India through legal, moral, and reformative lenses. Although capital punishment remains part of India’s penal framework, its constitutional validity has been narrowly upheld under the “rarest of rare” doctrine, as

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Climate Change and Marginalized Communities

Published on: 12th January 2026 Authored By: Vishnu Vardhan G SASTRA DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY Abstract Climate change is a critical global issue affecting marginalized communities disproportionately. In India, socio-economic inequalities combine with climate hazards such as floods, droughts, heatwaves, and rising sea levels, placing small farmers, tribal groups, coastal residents, urban slum dwellers, women,

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