Published on 21st June 2025 Authored By: Ayushi Yadav Shri Ramswaroop Memorial University Introduction India has one of the world’s largest and most complex legal systems. Its criminal justice system is meant to protect the innocent and punish the guilty. However, sometimes the very laws meant to serve justice are misused. One such misuse happens […]
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Published on 04th June 2025 Authored By: Devesh Mandhata Indian Institute of Management Rohtak [IIM-R] Abstract Can a system designed for procedural efficiency truly deliver substantive justice? Plea bargaining, introduced in India through the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2005, was heralded as a pragmatic response to chronic trial delays and an overburdened judiciary. Yet, its
Published on 03rd June 2025 Authored By: Ayaan Siddiqui St. Xavier’s University Kolkata ​ Abstract The implementation of plea bargaining in India can greatly alleviate its massive judicial backlog. This study examines the socially constructed goods and infrastructures the system creates alongside its challenges. India’s current utilization of plea-bargaining amounts to 0.11 percent of all
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Published on 9th April 2025 Authored By: Yashasvi Noniwal Maharishi Markandeshwar (Deemed To Be University) Mullana-Ambala, Haryana Introduction The “insanity defense” is a strategy utilized in the criminal law of India to safeguard an individual charged with a crime from being held accountable. The defense is based on the idea that the accused was suffering
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Published on 31st March 2025 Authored By: Aqsa Nadeem Institute of Engineering and Management Abstract  In determining criminal liability of defendants, the criminal justice system relies on insanity. In India, legal framework establishes the criminal liability of accused persons suffering from mental illness by committing the tests to determine his or her participation in a punishment.
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